Career Success by Design
Career Success by Design Expert career coaching for senior women in marketing, PR and digital
(who refuse to become invisible)
Exhausted, undervalued, overlooked, and questioning your worth?
You’ve earned your seat at the table, but the chairs are full of younger, cheaper, more “digital” faces. The roles don’t excite you. The silence after job applications is deafening.
This is not happening to you alone.
You’re not progressing despite your track record. Applications disappear into digital black holes. When you do get interviews, nerves take over.
The same industry you helped build now feels designed for someone half your age.
Your mind races.
Should you settle for less?
Pivot completely?
The options feel overwhelming when you’re already juggling everything else.
Here’s what I know after 20+ years as a recruiter and career coach:
Waiting it out or trying to figure this out alone costs more than you think. The right coaching doesn’t just help. It transforms your trajectory completely.
Here’s what clients say about working with me:
Why my background matters to your search
I’m Padma.
For over 20 years, I’ve worked as both a marketing and PR recruiter and a hiring manager. Now I coach senior women in this exact space to step into roles that reflect their actual value.
I know what you’re up against. Being passed over for jobs you could do brilliantly. Being labeled too “expensive” or “not tech-savvy enough.” Navigating systems that don’t value depth or experience.
The real cost of trying to navigate this alone:
- Income you’re not earning. Promotions that aren’t happening. No one gets promoted when they’re miserable.
- Confidence that erodes with each silent application.
- Momentum that stalls while the market moves ahead.
- Pressure that spills into your home life when uncertainty takes over.
You’ve spent your career delivering results
Isn’t it time to invest in yourself?
My background—being both a recruiter and a hiring manager —means I know what employers really want, how decisions are made, and how to shift the narrative in your favour.
Let me help you reposition all that experience—not as a hurdle—but as your biggest advantage.
Turn your experience into impact. Start here.
Why my experience matters to your search
You’re not getting generic career advice. You’re getting insider recruitment knowledge from someone who:
Specialises exclusively in senior-level marketing, PR, and digital careers.
Understands exactly how recruitment works at senior levels, from CV screening to executive hiring, because I’ve been both the recruiter and the talent leader making final decisions.
Knows how to reframe decades of experience into a strategic advantage in a market that’s moving faster than ever.
How we can work together
Career clarity session
Need focused support on one specific area? Choose what you need right now: LinkedIn profile overhaul, CV rewrite, or interview preparation. We’ll concentrate on what will move your search forward fastest.
Land THE Job® group coaching (12 weeks)
Step out of the shadows and into a career that fits who you are now. This group program uses my proven 3D Method (Dream it, Design it, Do it) to turn your experience into a competitive advantage, with support from women facing the same challenges.
Career crossroads clarified (1:1 coaching)
For personalised, strategic coaching that fits your life and ambitions. You set the agenda. Together we’ll build a concrete roadmap so you land the role you’ve earned.
Dream it. Design it. Do it.
Land THE Job : Group coaching
(and the 3D Method)
Feeling uninspired, bored and stuck?
Let me help you gain the confidence, clarity and job that you deserve.
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Ready to design your career success?
You're not looking for survival. You're ready to thrive. When you work with me, you get both strategic expertise and personal support. Let's move you from invisible to indispensable.
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