- Based on 518 Jobtrees users who were a Marketing Director in their career, on average, they have 3.95 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.5 years on average and earn $118K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 7% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Marketing Director are Marketing Manager, Vice President Of Marketing and Business Owner. Marketing Manager, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Marketing Manager isn't from the Marketing - General job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Marketing Director shown by Vice President Of Marketing also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Chief Marketing Officer, Creative Director and President as they commonly lead to Marketing Director as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Marketing Director are Marketing Manager, Senior Marketing Manager and Vice President Of Marketing based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Marketing Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Marketing Director that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Marketing Director 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 a Marketing Director so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider marketing manager or senior marketing manager as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to marketing director. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Marketing Manager isn't from the same job family as Marketing Director, Marketing - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Senior Marketing Manager also being a common career path to Marketing Director.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Marketing Director, you should also consider Head Of Marketing, Executive Director and Marketing Consultant as they commonly lead to Marketing Director as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Marketing Director are Master Of Business Administration (mba), Master Of Business Administration (m.b.a) In Marketing, and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Political Science. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Marketing Manager being on the path to and from Marketing Director. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Marketing Director is part of the Marketing - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (85) 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.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Marketing Director are Director Of Marketing, Director Of Marketing And Communications, Director Of Marketing And Sales.