Looking for the next career step outside of the media agency world. Am a Director in "Digital Investment" with 10 years of media buying experience, so wondering what sort of roles make sense if I were to move to the publisher/client/etc. side.

I assume "account management" at publishers/vendors are the easiest with my buying background, but want to understand what else is out there.

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Was in a similar position as you and made the move to Google. Different times obviously, but took an AM role and still increased comp > 30% for better quality of life from a director role at an agency. That said I’m definitely a much more experienced and senior AM than most others.

Ultimately it depends on what you want / enjoy, but if you’re open to making selling a bigger part of your role an AE position vendor side could also be a fit.

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Appreciate the insight - very helpful!

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