Many if not most PR and media planning companies advise corporates on digital marketing without actually doing design and build in-house, and it's not too difficult to sell design and build as part of your services whilst passing the implementation of the project on to a partner company or contractor. Digital agencies that specialise in more technical projects tend to liaise with corporates through largely "non-technical" account directors rather than developers or analysts anyway. Ability to sell your services is far more important than technical skill for most consulting roles.
Yup, sales ability is crucial. You also have to consider whether you are operating as a pure consultant or being the principal contractor. In the later case, you would have greater control, but also responsible for SNAFUs.
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Many if not most PR and media planning companies advise corporates on digital marketing without actually doing design and build in-house, and it's not too difficult to sell design and build as part of your services whilst passing the implementation of the project on to a partner company or contractor. Digital agencies that specialise in more technical projects tend to liaise with corporates through largely "non-technical" account directors rather than developers or analysts anyway. Ability to sell your services is far more important than technical skill for most consulting roles.
Yup, sales ability is crucial. You also have to consider whether you are operating as a pure consultant or being the principal contractor. In the later case, you would have greater control, but also responsible for SNAFUs.