Advertising/Marketing/PR

Great company, great management team, great product. This position is relationship building and management. It is a great way to refine your people skills, developing business relationships, providing education and solutions and also give top notch customer service. This is a fluid position with constant growth. I have a lot of autonomy to run my territory as I would like, of course along with my team members. I rarely work overtime. I travel enough but not too much.

Tons of perks! lunches, dinners, you name it. And during Christmas time...wow. But, on a more serious note, the job is very fulfilling. You communicate with a lot of interesting people on a daily basis and it rarely gets boring!

It is not extremely difficult and all you need is elementary math skills and some connections.

- No overtime or weekends - my hours are predictable and I never take my work home with me.

- Some travel involved for meetings and conferences - Good opportunity to get out of the office, but not constantly on the road

- Autonomy to run direct your territory like you own your own business - We divide the country by territories and within each territory, the teams are afforded the opportunity to structure their sales and marketing as they wish. All of the decisions are made by the team with little input from national managers.

- Lots of interaction with people/relationship building - there are lots of opportunity to build your professional network. This is a great position for anyone who enjoys helping people and building relationships.

1) Creativity - One of best things about working in Marketing/Advertising is being able to express yourself creatively. Most corporate and even independent jobs stifle you. While some may say you are still limited by the client or creative director\'s perspective, there is definitely room for expression.

2) Fun Factor - the people are usually hipper, trendier, and more amicable than other industries or sectors. By the very nature of the position, people are forced to work together despite their differences. This team environment rewards collaborative effort and having a positive attitude.

3) Breadth of Experience - When you become a marketer, you can work in almost any industry. Marketing principles generally apply to all mediums, services, and products. While a person may specialize in retail, their experience can apply to technology, service, and consumer product goods.

4) Perks - In many companies, marketers receive perks from sales representatives, agencies, and other partners. For example, our ad agency treated our marketing team to an expensive entertainment show. Other examples include movie screenings, concert passes, and discount offers.

5) Networking - The marketing world is small and past colleagues with cross paths with you multiple times. If you remain on good terms with former coworkers and supervisors, the network that is established is one of the best resources for information. Most marketers are in the business to communicate their ideas, so they are quick to offer advice if someone is willing to listen.

6) Balance - Marketing is a balance of both creative and analytical thought. Someone who can balance the two and can provide both quantative and qualitative support will excel in this job. Marketing/advertising is not just about making something attractive, catchy, or pretty, it is about branding/identity, promotion, and execution.

1) It's creative. I get to think and write and imagine and, when I'm lucky, actually make the things I am thinking, writing and imagining about. I get to create real things that the outside world will see, and, hopefully, enjoy. There's a pleasure in spending all your work hours making something tangible.

2) It's flexible. It isn't a typical 9 - 5. I can come in a bit later (which is great cause I AM NOT a morning person) and leave during the day if i have to. There's nobody checking up on me, which provides the independance I need in a job.

3) It's rewarding. When you spend months of your time making a tv commercial, it is great to be able to watch tv with your friends, point your commercial and say "i did that".

4) It's the anti-corporate. I spent five years in the corporate world and hated its rules, fakeness, language, ethics ... In advertising, some of this exists, but by and large people are natural. They don't use too much corporate-lingo, they appreciate when you send funny staff emails, they dress casually, they play music, put art on their walls, tell jokes .. They are the kind of people you like to hang out with. In essence, they are themselves, not the corporate robots you usually see. It's apple vs. microsoft.

5) It's always-changing. The nature of advertising means you get to work on multiple assignments for multiple clients. I might work on Mercedes-Benz on Monday, Arby's on Tuesday, New York Post on Wednesday .. etc. Each client has different challenges you can work with. You never get bored of the same product or people. You can dive into something passionately for four months, then, when bored, dive into something else. It is almost like having lots of different jobs during a year.