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Creative Career Conundrums is a weekly advice column from If You Could Jobs. Each week their selected panel of professionals from the creative industry answers your burning career questions to help you navigate the creative journey. This week’s question: “Is a degree in the field I’m working in necessary to build a creative career? I currently hold a great creative leadership role at a company where I’ve been building my career for a few years. However, I don’t have a degree or diploma in design; my professional growth so far has been based on experience, skills and self-study. To what extent is a degree in the field necessary to build a creative career? Sometimes I feel like my future and my next career steps depend on it. Yet, at other times, I feel that my self-study is more effective for the work I do on a daily basis.”Kat Wong, founder of career change platform Oh Yeah:First, let’s dig into what’s behind this thought and why you feel your career future hinges on a particular certificate. Especially if you’re already in a leadership position, I’d say your response to being in a ‘great’ role suggests you are somewhat fulfilled – and grateful to be in it.