I really want Director. I’ve been at AS for a while and bosses keep kicking the can on AD by moving the goalpost or giving me vague feedback. Externally, no one seems to want to hire an AD unless they’ve already done the job. How the hell am I supposed to break through? Any advice?

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Sounds like it's little about your actual skills and more about the lack of available position within your company to promote you so they want you thinking it's a you problem. I got a promotion from Account Executive to Manager but switching jobs but was mainly able to do so because my responsibilities were essentially matching an AM position anyway. Can you try and pick up more strategic tasks, put together decks etc?

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Sounds like for whatever reason, financial or otherwise, they aren’t going to promote you.

You need to go elsewhere.

If you’ve already been doing the AD job though I’d definitely lean heavily on that in your resume, LinkedIn, and interview story.

Hell, call yourself an Associate Account Director if you need to.

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Yep they always say you need to do the job before you get… also why does it matter so much to you?

I need to make more money to afford starting a family, and I need title to unlock that pay grade.

Jump ship.

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