Every Q4 brings a lot of chaos for marketers.

Typically, we are focusing on driving growth, sales and profits.

Rarely, we focus on these 3 key Career areas that will let you finish strong and create opportunities for Q1 of next year.

What would you ask someone that has experience in every type of marketing channel, in every type of marketing job, at every level?

That someone is Gerry McGoldrick.

He joins The Marketing Careers Podcast to give tons of tips and insights on the marketing career moments that you've had, will have and want to have.

Gerry provides tips on managing agency clients, pitching new clients, managing marketing teams, dealing with bad marketing managers, and how to definitely shine in a marketing interview.

In the past three months, we've seen some very consistent trends within marketing careers.

These trends are based on 30-40 hours per week of conversations with marketers at every level.

This episode will cover each trend, distill what is happening, and what actions marketers can take now.

Presentations and slide decks can be considered one of the "necessary evils" for every marketer.

But they don't have to be.

If you follow the advice of our guest, then presentations will be seen as underutilized opportunities.

Every presentation is a story, and every slide is a scene.

Listen to the journey of Shufflrr CEO, James Ontra -- and how he successfully navigated his marketing career by staying focused on solving for a better way of managing presentations.

James shares how he was able to maximize career moments like starting his own company, servicing Fortune 500 clients and solving the core presentation problem for every company that has ever created a powerpoint deck.

Ever wonder what a Marketing Operations role includes, and which skills are critical to success?

Multi-tasking is a must, as well as another skill that our guest covers in this episode.

Listen to the journey of Marketing Operations executive, Denise McNichol -- Director of Marketing Ops @ Rite Aid -- and how she successfully navigated her marketing career by having several 5+ year stints at some large corporations.

Denise shares how she was able to maximize career moments like optimizing her first 90-days, getting an internal promotion and leading a team of marketers.

In an agency account marketing career role, what does it take to develop strong client relationships?

By 'strong', we mean future-proof so that the clients become dependent on your knowledge, experience and advice.

Listen to the journey of agency client partner pro Ian Rohin -- SVP, Client Business Partner @ UM Worldwide -- and how he found marketing career advancement by staying with the same agency for over 20 years, learned battle-tested tips on how to develop future-proof client relationships.

We're answering common marketing career questions from marketers we've heard from in various communities, groups and via email.

Your response, outreach and submissions has been great to see!

We want to share your questions - and our answers - with our entire audience.

Listen for guidance and answers on how to include marketing certifications on your resume, how to deal with ambiguous marketing roles, how to manage up when your manager seems to have lost interest in your development...and much more!

Keep sending your marketing questions to [email protected] - and they may be included in a future FAQ episode.

What does an independent contributor role look like in a Marketing Career Path?

If you have not experienced an independent contributor role yet, you will most likely have the opportunity during your marketing career.

Listen to the journey Jack Jokinen -- Senior Customer Success Manager @ Okta -- and how he leveraged his experiences at both startups and large organizations to master the independent contributor role.

What does a Marketing Career Path to being your own boss require?

You don't need to be a 15-year marketing executive.

Listen to the journey of Liz Willits -- Founder of LizWillits.com -- and how she transitioned her experience in technology and SaaS to be one of the premier content, email and copywriting consultants for businesses in this space.

How can your personality influence your marketing career success?

By identifying your Marketype.

Marketypes are a set of six fundamental working styles of marketing professionals.

Marketypes are used as a personal assessment tool by marketers all over the world to help understand strengths, highlight blindspots, improve teamwork & communication, and construct high-performing low-churn marketing teams.