Episode 27: From Musician to Advertising Strategist

This month, we hear from career changer Joe Mercy-Marshall. Joe was an aspiring professional musician, who worked all manner of jobs, including hospitality, banking, care work, clinical research, and university lecturing, before finally finding his vocation as an Advertising Strategist.Joe discusses how hard it can be to let go of a career you’ve spent many years working towards. He tried several jobs before figuring out what he wanted to do. Even then, it took an Advertising insider (now his wife!) to inform him that the skillset he loved so much was known as 'strategy’ within the industry. Joe highlights how beneficial making connections and applying to companies speculatively can be in getting that first role in a new field. Joe also shares his passion for the creative advertising process, and where he sees his career going next