The elevation log
The log
Every entry published with written consent; salary deltas shown only where the client chose to share them. Outcomes are theirs — the campaign was the work, the route card was the map.
Marketing Manager → Head of Brand · The Ascent · 9 months
“Daniel told me in week one that my CV read like a list of campaigns, not a case for a department head. We rebuilt it around three decisions I’d made that moved revenue. Same career, completely different story — and the interviews changed tone immediately.”
Senior Engineer → Engineering Manager · The Ascent · 5 months
“The interview rehearsal was uncomfortably specific. He scored me with the sheet a real panel would use, played the sceptical CTO, and made me redo my ‘why management’ answer four times. The actual interviews were easier than the rehearsals.”
Agency Account Director → Client-side Product Lead · Summit Partnership · 7 months
“Agency-to-client-side is a route everyone says is easy and nobody maps. Daniel mapped it: which companies hire agency people into product, which interviewers rate the background, what salary band survives the move. Twelve applications, four interviews, two offers.”
WP 01 — Base
Ninety minutes on where you are, where the market is, and the two or three lines worth climbing. You leave with a written route card — whether or not we go further together.