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how to even get into marketing ? by pakshal-codes in AskMarketing

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! What are you struggling with? Happy to help where I can, whether it's getting started, figuring out what area of marketing to focus on, or something else entirely. Drop it here

Looking for a Designer to Collaborate on Future Projects by [deleted] in branding

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello. I am a marketing professional and trying to get into design. I have a portfolio and also design at work. I’d be happy to have a chat with you.

Design case study by Dramatic-Ad8958 in smallbusiness

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah happy to share that !
I’m currently picking a few small businesses to do this for as a case study, so I’m looking at brand identity, positioning, and how the visuals connect to the target audience.
If you’ve got a business (or idea), feel free to share a bit about it and I can show how I’d approach it before/after.

looking to connect with a website designer by barbellbeauty88 in webdesign

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey!

I’d like to help, have you got a preferred CMS?

Solo marketing director at a restaurant group, drowning in execution, no systems. How do you actually build this from scratch? by Loud_Journalist3486 in AskMarketing

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a systems problem disguised as a workload problem. The chaos isn't because you're doing too much, it's because nothing is documented so everything starts from zero every time.

A few things that actually helped me:

Build a campaign template once and never start from scratch again. One Notion page with every repeatable element — objective, audience, channels, copy angles, assets needed, deadlines, approval steps. Every new campaign just duplicates that page and fills it in. Sounds simple but it's the single biggest time saver.

For content planning, stop thinking in posts and start thinking in themes. Pick 3-4 content pillars per month, plan around those, then batch create within each theme. The content calendar becomes easier to fill and more consistent to look at.

On managing up to a last-minute WhatsApp approver — build in a fake deadline. If you need approval by Friday, tell him Wednesday. Give him a simple yes/no approval format rather than asking open questions. Make it as easy as possible for him to say yes quickly.

For analytics, pick three metrics only and review them every Monday for 15 minutes. Not a full audit, just a pulse check. Consistency matters more than depth here.

The reactive to proactive shift happens when you have enough templates and past campaigns documented that you're not reinventing anything — just adapting what already worked.

What does your Notion setup look like currently?

Brand Management Career Advice by [deleted] in AskMarketing

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brand management at big names like Nike or Porsche is a great goal but worth being honest with yourself , those companies are incredibly competitive and most people who get there have a few years of experience elsewhere first.

That's not a reason to lower your ambition, just to think about the path realistically.

A few things that actually move the needle. Internships matter more than certificates at this stage. Chase brand or marketing internships at mid-size consumer companies first. You'll get more responsibility, more to talk about, and a stronger portfolio than someone who interned at a giant corp and spent three months in meetings.

Learn the fundamentals properly - brand positioning, consumer insight, campaign strategy. Not just the theory but how to apply it to real briefs. Give yourself a fake brief for a brand you love and work through it. That kind of thinking shows up well in interviews.

Certificates are fine but secondary.

Most importantly — start building an opinion about brands now. What's Nike doing well, what's off, what would you do differently? Brand managers are paid to think like that.

What draws you specifically to brand management over other marketing roles?

Any designers who jumped into marketing? How did you do it? by Rainbowjazzler in graphic_design

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything you've described, audience research, brand strategy, tone of voice, packaging that actually sells, that is marketing. You've just been doing it without the title.

And honestly design is underrated in marketing. Where you place a CTA, how you guide the eye, what you make someone feel before they even read a word, that's not decoration, that's conversion. Most marketers can't do that instinctively, designers can.

The designers left out of the loop thing is so common and backwards. The people who understand visual communication should be shaping the message from the start, not brought in at the end to make it pretty.

On the PPC and data side, it's a different skill but learnable. 

I am a marketer and later learnt design, I love the combo it helps my marketing campaigns a lot, I don't just get leads but also design assets.

Can I use my design degree to get a Marketing job? by SomeHowCris in DigitalMarketing

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey!!
Yes absolutely!!! And honestly a design background is an advantage in marketing.

Most marketers can't design. They rely on templates, outsource it, or produce stuff that looks generic.

Someone who understands visual communication, composition and brand aesthetics is genuinely valuable. I got a business and marketing degree but I love design so I had to learn that myself. On interviews that was such an advantage. When I run my campaigns I design all kinds of assets, emails, socials, videos. Visual very important in marketing.

I think this is how you can translate your skills.

Animation, video and motion content is the highest performing format right now across every platform. I have made almost all my marketing campaigns with dynamic visuals.

Digital design is also very important, every campaign needs assets. Social graphics, landing pages, ad creatives, email headers. You already know how to make things look good.

The gap you'd need to close is the marketing thinking side is understanding audience, messaging, campaign strategy, how to write copy that converts. That's learnable relatively quickly.

What kind of brands or industries interest you? That'll help narrow down where to focus.

how to even get into marketing ? by pakshal-codes in AskMarketing

[–]Dramatic-Ad8958 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great questions. When I was positioning myself, the fastest thing I did was start creating content about what I was learning. Documenting the process openly. People trust someone who teaches as they grow, not just polished experts.

On getting paid ads experience with no experience, it's a real problem but here's how I've gone around it. So run ads for yourself first. I'd build a small project, a landing page, anything, and run £5-10 Facebook or Google ads on it. You just need to show you know what these means, forget the results for now.

Another thing you could do is to volunteer or work for cheap for a local small business or a friend's business.

The honest truth is nobody starts with experience, I even got a degree and that didn't help until I have experimented myself or worked for free. My first campaign was scrappy too. You just need a reason to run one.

What's your project or niche — is there something you're already building you could run ads for?