Has anyone here made the jump from finance to marketing? What did you do and how did it go? I'm dying to do something more creative on a daily basis.

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I jumped from early career in marketing to finance. Someone else said it well: “Marketing is not that creative man” … especially these days. Most roles are increasingly quantitative. X% allocated to this channel based on Y% ROAS… Or you’re sourcing leads for sales teams using relatively formulaic methods/analysis… unless you’re a creative, which most in marketing are not… There are areas of finance that are intellectually stimulating and require creativity… and they’ll pay a lot better. I’d try to find those.

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what jobs in finance are more creative?

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