
Episodes
How Marketers Use a Career SWOT to Find Their Next Move
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career SWOT analysis can help marketers identify opportunities and threats in their professional landscape. They discuss practical steps to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats specific to the marketing field, and share a real-world example of a brand manager who used this framework to pivot from B2B to B2C. Tune in to learn how to turn self-reflection into a strategic career action plan.…
How Marketers Can Build a Career Resilience Plan
In episode 155 of the Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a career resilience plan specifically for marketers. They dive into the story of a mid-career brand manager who faced a sudden layoff and how a pre-built resilience plan helped her pivot to a new role in just six weeks. The conversation breaks down the key components of such a plan, including financial buffers, skill refresh cycles, and personal advisory networks, and discusses how to actively build one before…
How Marketers Can Use a Career Journal to Spot Trends
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the practice of keeping a career journal — not a diary, but a structured record of wins, frustrations, and decisions that can reveal patterns across months and years. They walk through a concrete framework: weekly entries, monthly reviews, and quarterly pattern-spotting. Lucas shares how a simple habit of writing down one 'energy high' and one 'energy low' per week helped a product marketer notice she thrived on early-stage…
How Marketers Use Career Lattice Thinking to Grow
In Episode 153 of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a fresh alternative to the linear career ladder: the career lattice. Instead of chasing the next promotion, you move laterally, diagonally, and even backward to build a portfolio of skills that compound. They anchor the episode in a concrete example: a brand manager at a mid-size consumer goods company who shifted into a data analytics role for eighteen months, then returned to brand with a sharper edge. Along the way, Lucas…
How Marketers Use a Career Portfolio Website
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the career portfolio website as a practical tool for marketers to move into bigger roles. They discuss why a simple site can outshine a PDF resume, how to structure it around outcomes rather than duties, and the specific pieces that make a portfolio memorable—including case studies, client testimonials, and a clear 'what I actually did' section. They also share the story of a brand manager who landed a director role by showcasing a single campaign that…
How Marketers Use a Career T-Shaped Skills Map
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the T-shaped skills model—a practical framework for marketers looking to deepen their expertise while broadening their versatility. They break down what the T really means, how to identify your vertical spike and horizontal bar, and how to use a skills map to guide your next move. Using the example of a content marketer at a mid-sized B2B SaaS company, they walk through a concrete process for auditing your current skills…
How Marketers Can Use a Career Personal Board of Advisors
In this special 150th episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a personal board of advisors for marketers—a small, intentionally chosen group of mentors, peers, and even juniors who provide guidance and accountability for career decisions. They share a practical framework for selecting advisors, setting meeting cadence, and getting the most out of these relationships. Using real-world examples like a mid-career marketer pivoting to product marketing and a…
How Marketers Use Side Projects to Land Bigger Roles
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a strategic side project can become the single most powerful lever for a marketing career change. They break down the difference between a hobby and a portfolio piece, using the example of a brand manager who built a niche newsletter that caught the attention of a CMO and led to a director role. Lucas shares the three-part framework: pick a specific audience, define a measurable goal, and document the process publicly.…
How to Use a Career Portfolio Review to Stand Out
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a career portfolio review can be a powerful tool for career advancement. They discuss a case study of a mid-level brand marketer who landed a senior role by presenting a strategic portfolio at the final stage, and they share a practical framework for conducting your own review. Learn what to include, how to frame your work as business outcomes, and how to use the review to guide your next career move. Whether you're job…
How Marketers Use a Career Exit Interview to Grow
Episode 147 of The Marketing Career Podcast dives into a rarely discussed career tool: the exit interview. Lucas and Luna explore how marketers can turn this often-dreaded HR ritual into a strategic opportunity for feedback, relationship preservation, and even future referrals. They break down why most exit interviews fail, what questions actually surface useful intel, and how to frame criticism so it lands without burning bridges. Using a fictional but realistic example of a mid-level brand…
How Marketers Use a Career Coach Without the Cost
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a practical alternative to hiring a full-price career coach: building a peer coaching circle with other marketers. They break down how to structure monthly sessions, what to actually do in them, and why the right group can deliver the accountability and fresh perspective you'd get from a coach. Along the way, they share a concrete exercise — the 'coach's chair' — where each member takes a turn asking tough questions, and they discuss how to keep the group…
How Marketers Use a Career Trajectory Map to Navigate Growth
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the career trajectory map—a strategic tool that helps marketers visualize their professional journey and identify intentional next steps. They walk through a practical framework: plotting your past roles, analyzing patterns in your skill development, and projecting future opportunities based on your unique strengths. The conversation includes a real-world example of a mid-level brand manager who used the map to transition into a data-driven marketing role…
How Marketers Can Use a Career Pivot Map
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the career pivot map, a tool that helps mid-career marketers visualize their skills, interests, and market opportunities before making a strategic move. They break down a real-world example: a brand manager who pivoted into a customer experience role using a five-step map, avoiding a costly misstep. Lucas explains how the map combines a skills inventory, an interest grid, and a market demand overlay to reveal pivot paths that aren't obvious on a resume.…
How Marketers Use a Career Portfolio Review
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the career portfolio review—a structured, quarterly habit that helps marketers audit their projects, skills, and outcomes before they update their resume or chase a promotion. They break down a real example: a content marketer who used a portfolio review to spot a gap in data storytelling, then built a small dashboard project that led to a senior role. You'll learn the five questions to ask in your own review, how to score…
How Marketers Use a Career Experiment Log to Track Growth
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the career experiment log—a practical tool for marketers who want to track their on-the-job experiments and turn them into tangible career growth. They break down how documenting micro-experiments, from A/B testing subject lines to trying new audience segmentation, can reveal patterns in your strengths and interests that you might otherwise miss. Using the example of a mid-career brand manager who logged every experiment for six months, they show how this…
How Reverse Mentoring Can Accelerate Your Marketing Career
Lucas and Luna explore how reverse mentoring — where junior marketers mentor senior leaders on digital trends — can supercharge your career growth. They break down a real-world example from a Fortune 500 company, discuss the hidden benefits for both mentors and mentees, and share practical tips to start your own reverse mentoring relationship. If you're a mid-career marketer feeling stuck or a junior one wanting visibility, this episode offers a fresh playbook. #ReverseMentoring…
How Marketers Craft a Career Signature Story
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the power of a career 'signature story' — a concise, compelling anecdote that summarizes your unique marketing skills and impact. They walk through a real example: a mid-career B2B marketer who turned around a failing product launch by implementing customer feedback loops, and how she used that story to land a senior role at a competitor. Learn how to identify your own signature moment, structure it with a clear before/after contrast, and deploy it in…
How a Career Manifesto Can Define Your Marketing Philosophy
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the power of a career manifesto — a one-page document that clarifies your professional philosophy, non-negotiables, and vision. They break down a real-world example: a senior brand marketer named Sarah who used her manifesto to pivot from a top advertising agency to an in-house role at a tech startup, landing a position that aligned with her values. The hosts walk through a six-step process for writing your own manifesto…
How Marketers Use a Personal SWOT for Career Planning
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how marketers can use a personal SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for career planning. They share the story of Alex, a B2C marketing manager who used SWOT to pivot into a B2B analytics role that better suited her skills. The hosts break down how to apply SWOT to your own career, including common pitfalls and the one question most marketers forget. If you're stuck in your marketing career, this episode gives you a…
How Marketers Build a Personal Brand Strategy That Works
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down how to build a personal brand strategy that actually opens career doors. They walk through a concrete framework: defining your niche, choosing the right platforms, and creating content that attracts opportunities. Lucas shares how a mid-career B2B brand manager landed a director role by shifting from generic marketing posts to focused thought leadership on customer loyalty programs. Luna pushes back on the pressure to…
How Marketers Use Career Values to Find the Right Role
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how marketers can use a structured values exercise to find jobs that truly fit their priorities—not just on paper, but in day-to-day work. They break down a Career Values Sort adapted from Richard Bolles' work, showing how to identify top values like autonomy, creativity, or stability, and then turn them into interview questions that reveal real company culture. A LinkedIn data point from 2025 shows marketers who prioritized cultural fit moved 40% faster…
How Marketers Use a Personal Board of Directors for Career Transitions
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a personal board of directors—a curated group of advisors from different functions and industries who provide candid feedback, strategic guidance, and accountability during career transitions. They break down how one brand marketer assembled a board of five people (a product leader, a finance VP, a recruiter, a startup founder, and a former boss) to successfully pivot from brand marketing to growth marketing…
How Marketers Use Informational Interviews to Uncover Hidden Roles
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the power of informational interviews for marketers looking to uncover unlisted jobs. They share a surprising stat: only about 30% of marketing roles are ever publicly advertised. Then they walk through a tactical framework: how to find the right people to talk to, what questions to ask (and what to avoid), how to turn a 20-minute chat into a referral, and how to follow up without being pushy. Lucas brings in a real example of a mid-career brand manager…
How Marketers Use a Skills Gap Analysis to Bridge to Their Next Role
Most mid-career marketers know what job they want next but not how to get there. In this episode, Lucas and Luna walk through a real-world example: a fintech demand generation manager targeting a product marketing role at a FAANG company. They break down the three-step skills gap analysis — identifying target role requirements, auditing current skills, and creating a ninety-day learning plan. Lucas shares a framework called the 'Gap-to-Goal Matrix' and explains how one marketer used it to close…
How to Use Thought Leadership to Advance Your Marketing Career
Sarah Chen, a senior marketing manager at a mid-sized SaaS company in Austin, used consistent LinkedIn thought leadership to land a director role at a major tech firm without even applying. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the method: choose a specific niche, commit to 15 minutes daily of posting and engagement, and measure success by inbound recruiter messages, not vanity metrics. They share actionable steps and real-world examples of how marketers can build authority and unlock…
How Marketers Win at Salary Negotiation
A 2026 survey found that 60% of marketers accept the first offer. Lucas and Luna break down why that's a mistake, how anchoring bias works against you, and a three-step preparation framework using market data. They cover the 'range response' tactic, when to mention competing offers, and why silence is your best friend. Plus: the one number you should never volunteer first. If you're a marketer negotiating a raise or a new role, this episode gives you the exact playbook to walk in prepared.…
The One Skill Missing from Most Marketing Resumes
Episode 130 of The Marketing Career Podcast dives into a skill that marketing managers consistently rank as critical yet rarely see on resumes: data storytelling. Lucas and Luna explore why the ability to translate metrics into narrative is becoming a non-negotiable for mid-career marketers, using the example of a brand manager at Kraft Heinz who secured a promotion by reframing quarterly results as a story about customer behavior. They break down the three components of a data story—context…
How Marketers Use Secondment to Build New Skills Without Quitting
Episode 129 of The Marketing Career Podcast explores secondment as a low-risk career growth strategy. Lucas and Luna break down how a brand manager at Unilever spent six months embedded with the company's sustainability team, returned with a new specialty, and got promoted within eighteen months. They discuss the internal negotiation process, what to do if your company doesn't offer formal programs, and the specific skills marketers can build through short-term assignments in adjacent functions…
How Marketers Use Career Micro-Experiments for Growth
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of career micro-experiments — short, low-stakes projects that help marketers test new skills and directions without quitting their jobs. They break down a real-world example: a B2B content marketer who ran a four-week paid newsletter experiment to pivot into product marketing. The hosts discuss how to design a micro-experiment, measure its outcome, and avoid common pitfalls like scope creep. Lucas shares a…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use a Career Sabbatical for Growth
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how mid-career marketers can use a career sabbatical—a deliberate break from work—to reset, gain clarity, and return with renewed strategic focus. They break down the difference between a sabbatical and a burnout pause, the financial and professional planning required, and what to actually do during the time off to make it career-accelerating rather than career-derailing. Drawing on examples from tech and CPG marketers who…
How Marketers Use a Career Network Audit to Find Hidden Opportunities
Lucas and Luna explore the career network audit: a structured way for mid-career marketers to assess and strengthen their professional connections. They break down a real case of a product marketing manager who used the audit to identify five dormant contacts that led to two job offers within six weeks. The hosts walk through the three-step audit framework—map, score, activate—and discuss why most marketers underestimate the value of weak ties. They also share a practical tool: the 10-10-10…
How Marketers Use a Career Contract for Role Clarity
Lucas and Luna explore how marketing managers use career contracts to negotiate role clarity and avoid scope creep. They discuss a real example from a mid-tier ad agency where a senior content marketer used a simple one-page document to define responsibilities, decision rights, and success metrics with her VP. The conversation covers the three essential sections of a career contract: the 'job description plus' clause, the decision-making matrix, and the 90-day review cadence. They also share a…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Career Side Project for Strategic Impact
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into how mid-career marketers can leverage a strategic side project — not as a hobby, but as a deliberate career move. They unpack the story of a senior brand manager at a CPG company who launched a niche newsletter that directly led to a VP role in digital strategy. The hosts break down the specific steps: choosing a project that fills a skill gap, setting measurable milestones (like growing to 5,000 subscribers in six…
How Marketers Use a Career Side Project for Strategic Impact
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how marketing professionals can use strategic career side projects—not just as resume padding, but as intentional vehicles for skill building, visibility, and career direction. They break down a real example: a senior brand manager at Procter & Gamble who launched a newsletter on direct-to-consumer analytics, which led to a promotion and a speaking slot at a major industry conference. Lucas shares a three-part…
How Marketers Use a Career Portfolio to Stand Out
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a marketing career portfolio — a curated collection of projects, case studies, and results that goes beyond a resume. They discuss why a portfolio can be more impactful than a traditional CV, especially for mid-career marketers looking to pivot or accelerate growth. The conversation draws on examples from the tech and consumer goods industries, highlighting how marketers at companies like HubSpot and Procter & Gamble have used portfolios to…
How Marketers Use a Career Compass for Strategic Direction
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a Career Compass—a tool that helps mid-career marketers set long-term strategic direction rather than chasing the next job title. They break down the difference between a career ladder and a career compass using the real example of a marketing manager at Mailchimp who pivoted from demand generation to product marketing after a year of deliberate exploration. Lucas and Luna discuss how to identify your true…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use a Skills Audit to Stay Relevant
Episode 120 of The Marketing Career Podcast dives into the strategic skills audit: a structured way for mid-career marketers to assess their capabilities against market demand. Lucas and Luna unpack how one brand manager at Procter & Gamble, Maria Chen, used a quarterly skills audit to identify a gap in digital analytics, upskilled through a Google certificate, and landed a promotion to associate director within 18 months. They discuss the audit template, how to prioritize which skills to…
How Marketers Use a Career Impact Audit to Prove Their Worth
Lucas and Luna dig into the Career Impact Audit—a concrete framework for mid-career marketers who need to quantify their contributions when promotion conversations stall. Lucas walks through a real case: a senior brand manager at a mid-size CPG company who mapped every project from the past 18 months onto a simple grid of business impact (revenue, retention, efficiency) versus personal skill growth. The result? She walked into her annual review with a one-page document that showed she directly…
How Marketing Managers Use Career Contracts for Role Clarity
Lucas and Luna dig into the career contract—a written agreement between a marketer and their boss that spells out scope, resources, and success metrics for the next six months. They break down why vague role definitions cause burnout and stalled promotions, using a real example from a mid-size B2B SaaS company where a content marketing manager used a contract to lock in budget and headcount before taking on a new demand-gen hybrid role. The hosts walk through the three must-have sections…
How Marketers Use Career Sponsors to Accelerate Growth
Episode 117 of The Marketing Career Podcast explores the difference between a mentor and a sponsor, and why a sponsor is more powerful for career acceleration. Lucas and Luna unpack the story of a mid-career brand manager at Procter & Gamble who credits her promotion to director not to a mentor who gave advice, but to a senior VP who used political capital to put her name forward for a stretch assignment. They discuss how sponsors actively advocate for you in rooms you're not in, the specific…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Reverse Mentorship Playbook
Episode 116 of The Marketing Career Podcast explores reverse mentorship — where junior team members teach senior leaders fresh digital skills and cultural insights. Lucas and Luna unpack a concrete case: a 2025 Edelman study found that 62% of senior marketers who participated in a structured reverse mentorship program reported faster adoption of new social platforms like TikTok Shop and BeReal. They walk through how a mid-career brand manager at Unilever used a six-month reverse mentorship with…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Career Storytelling Framework
Lucas and Luna explore how mid-career marketers can break out of the resume-listing trap by adopting a structured storytelling framework used by top brand strategists. Lucas breaks down the four-part narrative arc — context, conflict, choice, consequence — and shares how a former PepsiCo marketer used it to land a VP role at Unilever after being stuck at director level for five years. Luna pushes back on whether the approach feels ‘too salesy,’ and Lucas cites research from a 2025 LinkedIn…
How Marketers Use the Career Mentor Map to Find Better Mentors
Episode 114 of The Marketing Career Podcast dives into the Career Mentor Map: a structured approach to finding and building mentorship relationships that actually move your career forward. Lucas and Luna explore why a single mentor is often not enough, drawing on a 2025 study from the American Marketing Association that found marketers with three or more mentors are 2.3 times more likely to earn a promotion within 18 months. They walk through a real-world example of a mid-career brand manager…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Informational Interview to Unlock Hidden Jobs
Lucas and Luna unpack the underrated power of the informational interview for mid-career marketers. Lucas shares a specific case from a former colleague who landed a senior brand role at Patagonia after a series of low-stakes coffee chats, not a formal application. They discuss the two-part framework: the 'scout' phase (identifying 10 people in roles you want, using LinkedIn and alumni networks) and the 'learn' phase (preparing 5 questions that show you've done your homework). Luna challenges…
How to Use a Marketing Career Sabbatical for Growth
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the strategic use of career sabbaticals for mid-career marketers. They discuss how a planned break—typically three to six months—can accelerate career growth rather than stall it. The hosts examine a real case: Sarah Chen, a brand director at a mid-size CPG company, who took a four-month sabbatical to study behavioral economics at a European university. Upon return, she landed a VP role with a 30% salary…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Career Break to Reset
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the career break as a strategic tool for mid-career marketers hitting burnout or a plateau. Using the example of a senior brand manager who took a three-month sabbatical, they discuss how to plan the break financially, frame it on a resume, and return with renewed energy and focus. They cover the difference between a break and quitting, how to negotiate time off without burning bridges, and what to say in interviews. The…
How Marketers Use Career Shadowing to Break Plateaus
In this episode of The Marketing Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore career shadowing as a powerful but underused tactic for mid-career marketers stuck in a plateau. Lucas shares the story of a senior brand manager at Procter & Gamble who shadowed a data scientist for two weeks and came back with a pricing model that saved the category three million dollars. Luna explains why shadowing is different from mentorship or job swapping—it's about temporarily borrowing someone else's perceptual…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Career Pivot Roadmap
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how mid-career marketers can use a structured career pivot roadmap to transition into new roles or specialties. They break down the four-phase framework—assess, explore, prepare, launch—using real-world examples like a content marketer who moved into product marketing at HubSpot and a brand manager who switched to growth marketing at a fintech startup. Lucas shares data from a 2025 LinkedIn survey showing that 62% of marketers who planned a pivot with a…
Why Marketing Generalists Win in a Specialists Market
In a job market that demands niche expertise, marketing generalists are quietly landing roles faster and earning promotions more steadily than their specialist peers. This episode unpacks the data behind the shift: a 2026 LinkedIn analysis of 11,000 marketing hires shows that professionals with breadth across three or more sub-disciplines — content, analytics, growth — had a 22 percent higher promotion rate over two years. Lucas walks through why companies are suddenly willing to pay for…
How Mid-Career Marketers Use the Career LinkedIn Audit
Episode 107 of The Marketing Career Podcast digs into a specific, underused strategy for mid-career marketers: the career LinkedIn audit. Lucas and Luna walk through why a one-hour, structured review of your LinkedIn profile — not a daily scroll, but a quarterly reset — can surface misaligned keywords, outdated achievements, and missed opportunities that recruiters see immediately. They anchor the conversation in a real example: a senior brand manager who rewrote her 'About' section using the…
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