As an art director, what other jobs could you have outside of advertising? I often think about what else I could be doing with my time but wouldn’t even know where to start with my skills.

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What do you like and what do you hate about your current job? That can help give a direction.

To give an example of how I transitioned:

I was an AD then CD then I started 2 side hustle/businesses and learned all about entrepreneurship. How to get your business of the ground legally, then raising awareness and attracting customers - How to pitch reporters, how to set up marketing campaigns on Facebook and IG, how to work with influencers, how to evaluate brand sentiment with your customers... while doing UX, design, QA, project management, negotiation with partners, shooting, editing, after effects animation, customer service.
I was on a path to growing my business as a “CEO” (basically people who can wear all the hats) but didn’t like the job. Dealing with accounting, payroll, being the flawless visionary leader at all times, working 24/7...

I ended up joining a startup and have a hybrid role leading their brand vs just pure creative direction (includes KPIs, metrics, ROI, etc). That is more going towards a CMO route. But still figuring that out.

Overall I’m slowly getting out of pure creative - I ultimately want to hire brilliant creatives and CDs and focus more on the business and global brand side.

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Go ahead! One caveat is that you need to comfortable with losing a lot of money :( a lot of stuff is trial and error (eg. Invest $10k in Facebook ads to see what works and what doesn’t) and TIME. Meaning time you’re not earning something else. Made me realize how many entrepreneurs come from privileged backgrounds because they have parents to pay for rent or kick off their business. Or are older and have saved enough in their careers. Or are slower at achieving their goals because they need to freelance on the side to maintain. It often takes about 2-3 years to get a business off the ground (meaning actually make a living from your business) - I never reached that point tbh

Learn a new skill, perhaps? I suppose that's why grad schools exist too :) they have internships and career centers

I see. I mean, if you'd like to pivot somewhere new, I suppose that's the default answer : learn something different. But probably an answer to a different question.

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