Modeled career paths · Public relations

Where does a Director of Communications go next?

What employers are asking a Director of Communications for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement

VP Communications+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

84% of modeled moves out of Director of Communications go here

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Higher-growth opportunity

Studio Head+66% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Game Director. 4% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

VP Marketing+43% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Marketing. 3% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Chief Marketing Officer+119% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Marketing. 1% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Adjacent career

Game Director+16% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Director of Communications go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Industrial Design+0% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Director of Communications go here

lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Marketing+0% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Director of Communications go here

lateral93% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.