Anyone with experience / advice on pivoting from a creative leadership role to marketing / comms role? I see lots of account mgmt types going to be marketing directors but not as much from creative

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Brandside tends to be archaic and likes their marketing directors to have MBAs.

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Argh yeah that tracks.

ACD1 is unfortunately correct. Which is a shame because good writing is an insanely powerful strength in marketing.

I was in Brand Management at P&G and still run into issues with only having my undergraduate business degree.

In terms of growing specific skills, I’d recommend picking up some analytical fundamentals.

Also, not sure if you freelance, but that would be a good way to grow some experience. Especially for smaller startups or agencies where you could do more wholistic marketing activities. A lot of the time startups can’t afford a marketing director but desperately need help with copywriting, positioning, and messaging…

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Unfortunately it’s often the initial screening that’s the roadblock. Internal bandside cultures are ones where fear is most often the driving force and puts value on “box checking” and “ass-covering” over logic when it comes to decision making. The initial screeners normally won’t risk not being able to check off the MBA box.

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