What’s it like working in an agency business development role? What can you do after, e.g are you pigeon holed into working in BD/agencies forever?

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You know more about the agency capabilities and cases than anyone, you work with more senior clients (mainly), you work with pitch teams in agencies (usually some of the best people) and you spend more time with leadership teams than most of the agency.
Sounds pretty transferable to me, although question is when you jump to missing out on all that.
On the downside, the hours can be tough!

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It depends on the agency and how they approach biz dev. I’ve worked at agencies where the biz dev folks drive strategy and are contributors to the entire process including being in the room for the pitch, and others where the biz dev folks are glorified project managers.

So it depends on what you’re looking for or going into. The former can transition well into other strategic roles, the latter maybe into other pm or account management roles.

Good luck!

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It's a great stepping stone to agency leadership and can also be leveraged into an account mgmt role. But the hours for new business can be brutal. Make sure you have an understanding partner.

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