- Based on 5 Jobtrees users who were a Digital Strategist in their career, on average, they have 1.68 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.0 years on average in this job building experience and earn $83K 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 Digital Strategist are Social Media Coordinator, Chairperson and Media Strategist. Social Media Coordinator, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs.
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- The most common career steps to get to Digital Strategist are Marketing Manager, Product Marketing Director and Vice President It based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Marketing Manager, the most common step before Digital Strategist, 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 Digital Strategist, 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 Digital Strategist.
- While Marketing Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Digital Strategist that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Digital Strategist 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 Digital Strategist so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Marketing Manager isn't from the same job family as Digital Strategist, Strategy, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Product Marketing Director also being a common career path to Digital Strategist.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Digital Strategist are Bachelor Degree In Marketing, Bachelor Degree In Fine Art, and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Anthropology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Digital Strategist is part of the Strategy job family which has a limited number of unique role types (19) 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 Digital Strategist.