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You don't have to fill the room with your words. It can be powerful to observe and then say something insightful or connecting.
If you want to move up, you are going to have to speak up. Is fear of being judged what you say holding you back speaking up?
dude i love ur attitude. Dont feel bad, you’re a junior still soaking it all in, which is exactly what tou are expected to be doing. I guarantee once you learn the ropes after constant soaking of info, you will have thoughts during a meeting that you will want to voice eventually
There are tools you can use to thrive as an introvert. Someone at FCB gave a SXSW presentation about it about 4 years ago. Following up in writing, letting people know your work style, asking great questions, connecting the dots in a group setting (“so what I’m hearing is x is ___ but y is ___”) and body language will help!
The work is almost the least important piece unfortunately. To be more valuable to your immediate bosses you'll need to be able to lead and build relationships with clients, so they can pass that stuff off to you. All requires talking.
And then from there the next step up often requires pitching/closing aka revenue generating. Again, requires talking, and confidence to boot.
It's cool, it doesn't happen at once. Just start as soon as possible, and practice and grow. It's not magic, just a skill like anything else. You can be great at it!!
You’ll need to work on confidence for sure, as you want your work to be heard. But that’ll come with time! Like Senior Designer said, you have a great attitude and I think it’s admirable that you’re not walking in acting like you know everything. If you find speaking in meetings hard (personally, I find it’s a million times harder virtually when only one person can speak at a time), you could send your thoughts/ideas in an email after. Good luck, I’m rooting for you! ❤️
To move up, you will need to get more comfortable with speaking up and participating. From my own experience, not being more visible has hindered and delayed my career promotions. Push yourself to participate, especially if you have ideas. Good luck!
I spent many years in junior and mid too nervous to speak up. I really regret it because I could’ve grown much quicker in the roles I had, if I participated more in conversations. I could’ve learned more if I participated more in conversations that would get me on better projects.
It takes time to get over this fear of public speaking - although this is not a presentation, this is where this stems from. I got way more nervous talking to a boardroom of colleagues than I did in a heavily prepped presentation.
Take a public speaking workshop! Idk if there are virtual ones or if they’re even effective, but I took one 3-4 hour workshop on a Saturday and it completely changed my life, and my confidence. Take proactive steps to overcome this!!
Thank you for this! Yes! I can present my ideas and do public speaking fairly confidently (so when I’m given a platform, I use it) but the most difficult part is in internals and brainstorms where I’m a bit of a fly on the wall. The more comfortable I am with a team, the more I stay quiet because I don’t have to try so hard... if that even makes sense. I also just don’t like small talk in general 😔
To be very clear to some of the other posters: introverted =|= lack of confidence.
And that’s where I’m coming from with my thoughts. I consider myself introverted, but I do not lack confidence - which I think is an important distinction.
Use your introverted-ness to your advantage! I work with some very introverted people (and I consider myself pretty introverted) who have an ability to quiet a room when they are ready to speak because their opinion has been deemed so valuable. That value comes from the fact that they are not always over speaking, over communicating, filling the room with words, etc. but when they do speak, it is thoughtful, filled with intent, and usually the most helpful communication of the meeting.
If you are introverted but extremely thoughful/intentional, if you are introverted but extremely good a connecting with clients on a deeper level, etc etc you are an asset to your team.
I’ve been there. I’m eight years in and I’m still trying to improve, but I’ve come a long way from my junior days where I’ve been told I wouldn’t make it in advertising because I was too quiet. It takes time and practice but you’ll only get better!