- Based on 10 Jobtrees users who were a Global Communications Manager in their career, on average, they have 5.62 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 4.0 years on average in this job building experience and earn $99K 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 Global Communications Manager are Senior Communications Manager, Account Supervisor and Executive. Senior Communications Manager, 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. While Senior Communications Manager is from the same job family, Communications, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Executive, also being a common career path from Global Communications Manager.
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- The most common career steps to get to Global Communications Manager are General Manager, Relations Manager and Lecturer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- General Manager, the most common step before Global Communications Manager, 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 Global Communications Manager, 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 Global Communications Manager.
- While General Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Global Communications Manager that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Global Communications Manager 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 Global Communications Manager so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Mid 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 general manager or relations manager as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to global communications manager. 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 General Manager isn't from the same job family as Global Communications Manager, Communications, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Relations Manager also being a common career path to Global Communications Manager.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Global Communications Manager are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Communications, Master Of Business Administration (mba), and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Public Relations. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Global Communications Manager is part of the Communications job family which has a limited number of unique role types (24) 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 Global Communications Manager.