Associate Account Executive Career Path
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Based on 10 Jobtrees users who were an Associate Account Executive in their career, on average, they have 1.72 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 1.2 years on average in this job building experience and earn $66K 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 Associate Account Executive are Account Executive, Senior Copywriter and Integration Engineer. Account Executive, 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 Account Executive is from the same job family, Sales - Account, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Integration Engineer, also being a common career path from Associate Account Executive.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Associate Account Executive are Communications Intern, Product Marketing Director and Account Executive based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
Communications Intern, the most common step before Associate Account Executive, 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 higher title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. Focus more on the scope of the next role than title progression in building a path to Associate Account Executive.
While Communications Intern is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Associate Account Executive that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Associate Account Executive 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 Associate Account Executive so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Communications Intern isn't from the same job family as Associate Account Executive, Sales - Account, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Product Marketing Director also being a common career path to Associate Account Executive.
What should I know about the career path
Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Communications Intern being on the path to and from Associate Account Executive. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with.
Associate Account Executive is part of the Sales - Account job family which has a variety of unique role 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.
Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Associate Account Executive.