Pros
I feel like being the general of a great army with elite warriors and state-of-the-art weapons. As a project manager I’m juggling between creative pitching, project rollout and post campaign evaluation with support from sales team in the front line opening doors, content team in the back supplying fresh ideas and a full-suite of media and tech assets, I truly enjoy the satisfaction of putting every thoughts into reality and more satisfying, the joy of winning campaigns from 1st tier advertisers. The financial reward in sharing profits from every winning campaigns also changed my perceptions in project managers ‘ role from merely executers to project owners.
Cons
If I use battleground as an analogy, fighting a war means tears and blood are the by-default byproducts. The workload and stress come along with ownership are completely another level than my old days in other agencies. This is nothing like a job where I just come work and go and then another day.