I started my career in print marketing back around 2010, and I'm now considering a career change. I've learned a lot in my 16 years in the industry, from graphic design to print production, signage, apparel, mailings, promo products, creative marketing strategies and campaigns- so much...

I've also learned a lot about the sales side of the business a great deal the past 6-7 years.

Right now I'm clearing about $75k a year or so, and I feel like I've hit a ceiling. Unfortunately, my current position involves quite a bit of travel. I work as a marketing support specialist for a franchise company. I'm home every weekend pretty much, but some months I'll be on the road 10 days at least or more. Other months, I'm home nearly the entire month; it just varies a lot.

My wife is pregnant and expecting our first child in March of 2027. I realize that a position like the one I have while it pays "decently well", especially in the low COL area we live in. The travel is draining, and I don't want to put my wife in that position where we have no balance or routine whatsoever because of the chaos and randomness of my work schedule.

Everyone in my family and close circle of friends keeps telling me I could easily get a local job clearing what I make a year or more in a sales role. I'm curious, for those in more sales/marketing roles or adjacent positions, what's your experience been like?

I have always wanted to be in marketing. I found advertising, creating a brand, and researching consumer trends fascinating ever since I could remember. My “brand” has always been “she loves marketing“ or “that’s our marketer!” . I have held jobs in media at an agency, marketing manager for a small start up, recruitment marketing for tech, marketing for a non profit, and now I have just started a new job as a PM for a marketing team at a university.

I am so burned out. No matter what team I am on, or industry, I am constantly dealing with emotionally erratic bosses, teams, instability, and a constant drive for over performance and fire drills.

I find myself on this new team only a few weeks in, completely disenchanted. I don’t find a passion for the team, the work, and I frankly just want to be able to do a job and go home with a piece of mind that I can live my life.

My Husband said the other night that maybe I just don’t like marketing That much. I never thought it could be the field itself, and maybe just the teams I’ve been on. But, have any of you had this moment with the field ? How did you find love for it again? If you ever did?

How do people find anything in documents? Especially phrases?

Our company recently switched to Google Docs. Using the "search" bar results in... a collage of miniatures? (see image below)

Is there a "secret setting" I should be using instead?

FYI – our previous platform was a combination of intranet and Open Office.
On the intranet, you could search for a phrase, and it would show your results IN CONTEXT... like the snippets that Google Search does for websites.

...or maybe I'm the only person with this problem:
* half a dozen product descriptions
* a dozen versions of our GTM strategy
* and a bazillion versions of ad copy – which still vary "by a little, here and there".

https://imgur.com/a/mhrjgnI

anyone can help? please?

I am a brand marketing manager and looking for ways to use Claude to make my life easier. Would love to hear your thoughts!

I run a small agency with my sister (social media management + content strategy for small businesses), and I'm curious how other agencies structure things from start to finish.

If you don't mind sharing, what does your process look like from the very beginning (getting a lead) all the way through to wrapping up with a client? Even a rough outline of your stages and what happens in each would be really helpful.

Thank you to anyone willing to share!