Marketing / Communications in the public sector
I am a marketing/communications professional with 15 years’ experience and I've been working for a municipality for 8 years now. And I'm literally stuck!
There is no higher communications role I could obtain (there is actually no communications department and I guess I just realized that’s the case in a lot of local government agencies). My supervisor is not a communications professional and even if I wanted her job, I would not get it until she retires (and she’s just 8 years older than me ahah). There is no potential lateral moves either as there’s only one other communications coordinator role in the city and she is a lifer like they say. In a nutshell, there is no room to grow here…
So I’m wondering if a meaningful career in marketing/communications can be achieved in the public sector… maybe at the provincial/federal level? Or is that something that can only be achieved in the private sector?
There is no higher communications role I could obtain (there is actually no communications department and I guess I just realized that’s the case in a lot of local government agencies). My supervisor is not a communications professional and even if I wanted her job, I would not get it until she retires (and she’s just 8 years older than me ahah). There is no potential lateral moves either as there’s only one other communications coordinator role in the city and she is a lifer like they say. In a nutshell, there is no room to grow here…
So I’m wondering if a meaningful career in marketing/communications can be achieved in the public sector… maybe at the provincial/federal level? Or is that something that can only be achieved in the private sector?