- Based on 24 Jobtrees users who were an Account Associate in their career, on average, they have 1.49 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 1.5 years on average in this job building experience and earn $54K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Account Associate are Account Manager, Marketing Manager and Associate Director. While Account Manager is from the same job family, Sales - Account, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Associate Director, also being a common career path from Account Associate.
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- The most common career steps to get to Account Associate are Marketing Communications Manager, Management Intern and Communications Director based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Marketing Communications Manager, the most common step before Account Associate, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Account Associate, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Account Associate.
- While Marketing Communications Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Account Associate that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Account Associate career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming an Account Associate so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Marketing Communications Manager isn't from the same job family as Account Associate, Sales - Account, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Management Intern also being a common career path to Account Associate.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Account Associate are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Communication, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Geography, and Bachelor Degree In Marketing. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Account Associate is part of the Sales - Account job family which has a limited number of unique role types (34) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.