u/EmailJack8

Last month, I started working as an Email Marketing Coordinator for a Students' Union at a top University.

The work? I quite like it. I'm learning a lot, enjoying the work, always busy.

The culture is more the problem. Everyone's very chatty, opinionated, outgoing. I'm not like that. I'm introverted, quite nerdy and very involved in my work. I'm not a hermet, but not very outgoing.

Anyway, I'm wondering if I made a poor decision joining. On one hand no - the work is good and I'm learning HTML/CSS, analytics, testing, segmentation etc. On the other, the vibe is...not me.

I previosly worked in Communications for 2 years before this (although I was at that company for almost 5 years in total).

What do you think? What would you do?

I’m 23 and currently working in email marketing/CRM. I’ve realised I’m much more interested in the analytics, automation, retention and behavioural side than just building campaigns.

For those of you in CRM/lifecycle/growth roles that have "made it" (big titles, high salaries and/or equity):

- what hard skills/tools actually got you there?

- what would you prioritise learning if you were starting again today?

Currently focusing on GA4, SQL, experimentation/CRO and automation.