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I was an Account Supervisor and I’m now a Senior Marketing Specialist. I oversee creative dev and the production of integrated campaigns with our agency partners. I feel like I’m basically doing the same thing I was on the agency side but in-house, except it’s better pay, less pressure, and better hours.
I went from Account Director with a few years of experience in that position agency side to Senior Marketing Manager brand side. If you’re an Acct Sup (or don’t have a few years of account director experience) I would go for associate marketing manager or marketing manager
Don’t get too hung up on titles when making the switch to brand side. I’m a VP agency side but transitioning to associate director brand side - the pay is significantly higher along with more sti and lti incentives. It’s not taking a step back- but even if in some way it is- it’s better to make entry a little lower in responsibilities to learn the differences with a swap out of agency.
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What kind of agency was it ? Experiential , advertising, etc ? That would make the difference. Ie: I was agency side at experiential agency. Now on brand side, I’m lead events manager on the brand team.
It’s an ad agency. My most recent experience has been production heavy, but I’ve also worked on media heavy accounts.
I would get the director title agency side first. Coming from someone who made the switch from AD agency side to Sr Manager brand side.. it has added 6 years to my timeline to promotion to Director.
For CPG, I would recommend looking into sales. In larger orgs, sales is responsible for building and managing relationships with retail partners (like Walmart, Target, Kroger, etc.) to drive mutual business growth. It’s not about cold-calling and more about strategic customer management and data-driven selling.
I moved over to brand side as an account sup but was previously an AD but got laid off and had to take a cut. I went over as a manager and 4 jobs later I’m still at a manager level but making a lot more.