Curious to hear everyones stories on how they got their start in marketing. Its not as straightforward as many other areas such as dev or finance. I am helping some more junior people get into the field and would love ideas to jump start careers. I myself started by going into consulting then exiting into product. PS there was no marketing career channel which is interesting...
Product marketing? Or another type?
Product marketing/ management
Started in IT when marketing automation wasn't quite a thing. Did emails and website as a part of IT and then ended up joining a marketing agency.
Sales then marketing
Photographer then Graphic design which basically laid the base for content creation/marketing. That gets exposure to see what channels are needed and exposure to campaigns.
I started out as an unpaid intern doing unpaid marketing on social media during college. Once I got used to the various platforms / metrics etc, started applying to FT positions in digital marketing. Did paid social, SEM, email for 3.5 years and then moved to growth at a start up. I feel like it's really important to get exposed to different channels and mediums and get a sense of how each work.
I lead customer training webinars in college part-time. I've found customer experience and webinar experience both helped me to get hired in quite a few marketing roles.
Marketing a very large field. Depends what you're talking about. Advertising wise - agencies are usually where people get their start. Great for young professionals right out of college
I’m referring to product marketing or management
Started my own import/export eCommerce business in my teens, never went to school. Working at google now in mktg
I shifted from program management to product marketing by networking and taking a position with a less well known brand. I also took a bunch of consulting work locally and abroad. Volunteering around marketing and strategy for an org like taproot.org would also help ..also, attend PMM confetences. These works the best
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