How One Employee Got Promoted by Building a Career Playbook

The Promotion Memo with Fexingo: Getting Visibility, Sponsors, and Executive Presence · Jul 15, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In this episode of The Promotion Memo with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of Maria Chen, a marketing manager at a mid-sized fintech firm who created a career playbook to land a promotion to senior director. Maria faced a common problem: she had great results but was invisible to executives. Her playbook was a living document that mapped her career vision, sponsorship strategy, and roadmap for building executive presence over 18 months. We break down the five sections she included—from her leadership philosophy to her stakeholder engagement plan—and explain why the act of writing…