What seems like the most sensible pivot to you from a marketing background? I'm burned out and don't want to deal with the constant chaos anymore. If I wanted something slower but still allowed me to use my marketing skills, which fields should I consider?

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I've been thinking about sales. I feel like there's a ton of overlap between marketing and sales. Similar skills, different application. Could you possibly see yourself doing that?

Sales is 10x more chaotic with 100x more pressure than marketing. I burned out faster in a sales role than any other role i've had.

Depending on your skills, you may want to look into corporate communications. It's slower, and that's partly because everything you write goes through an approval process that's more of a slow burn than the chaos you want to avoid.

I agree with this one. I work for a pretty large fortune 100 company and we have a large internal communications team that just worked on company newsletters, the company website, campus events, etc.. It says way less stress, but you’re essentially doing the same thing as a marketers

Try product management! A lot of overlap there and they pay really well.

Sales and corporate comms are great recommendations. Sometimes they get crazy too, but its likely more focused than marketing

Maybe communications?

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