I have +4 years in account management and my progress/growth is been slow for many different reasons (i.e. job hopping for more money, moving countries), and I think I don't want to be client facing anymore, at least not on the agency side since it's affecting me in a level I never experienced before with other jobs.
I'm struggling on where to translate my skillset and what can I do to drift away from the agency environment. Any advice?

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I’m sorry to hear that but I totally get it. I had a late start getting into Agency life and I’m finding that, with the wrong agency, it can be draining. Many go client side. Driving company marketing initiatives for a brand they can be passionate about. I’ve heard it’s generally more stable and the benefits can be better. Plus if you have agency experience, you make a great client partner to get the most out of your companies AOR because you know what drives an agency and how they think. You end up becoming a translator of sorts. Unless you’re wanting to leave the marketing/advertising industry all together? In which case maybe business management, where your driving teams? I’ve heard tech sector business management has a lot of similarities. Hope this helps and good luck.

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Woah Glassdoor thanks for never notifying me of any interactions. Thanks for your words! Going client side is definitely one of my goals if I don’t find a different solution, but from what I’ve seen you need to know the right people. At the moment they have me doing very low level work and I don’t get to participate on “big” conversations. Very discouraging and I often feel diminished by a senior peer and no one can’t do anything about it!

I'm feeling the same way right now :( thank you for posting

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It’s very frustrating! Do you feel that way working for FCB? I was interviewing with them all the way until the hiring freeze and followed up this last week to know that it’s still frozen🤣

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