Possible Questions for Art Departments

I've been reading about different positions within the art department, and found that the job positions of: assistant art directors, bullpen artists,  and junior art director are more of the hands-on positions, this is where the artists learn their crafts and master their skills. But then as you move up the ladder in the art department with positions like: art director, senior art director, and executive art director is more conceptually and work more closely with clients and do more supervisory rather than the hands-on work. 

So having said this, my question would be, does anybody ever refuse to be promoted or move up in position/authority because they prefer to work with the more hands-on jobs? Cause not all people enjoy working directly with clients.