Marketing Jobs and MBA Programs in Wisconsin

Many educational and employment opportunities are available for marketing managers in Wisconsin. For marketing managers, there are 2,360 jobs in Wisconsin and this is projected to grow by 11 percent to 1,900 jobs by 2016. However, this is not quite as good as the national trend for marketing managers, which sees the job pool growing at about 12 percent over the next 10 years. In general, marketing managers determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers and develop strategies for maximizing profits while ensuring customer satisfaction.

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State figures show that marketing managers in Wisconsin earn $50 per hour or $104,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $57 hourly or $118,000 per year on average.

Wisconsin, also known as the Badger State, is home to 5,654,774 people. It's population has increased 5.4 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Madison. There were 3,619,782 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Wisconsin earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $37,770, up from $36,990. The unemployment rate in Wisconsin was 8.5 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.7 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 22.4 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Wisconsin include dairy product manufacturing, dairy product manufacturing, cheese manufacturing and converted paper product manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The American Birkebeiner, a 52K cross-country ski race between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American continent. An example of a noteworthy person to be born in Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright, who was born in Richland Center on June 8, 1867.

Marketing

Marketing managers determine the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors and identify potential customers and develop strategies for maximizing profits while ensuring customer satisfaction.

While working, they conduct economic and commercial surveys to pinpoint potential markets for products and services. Also, they work with developers and production managers to direct promotional efforts and trade shows aimed at marketing products and services.

They are required to talk through and persuade others when needed and speak clearly and communicate with others.

Marketing managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and articulate ideas and problems.

In order to be successful in the workplace, marketing managers must be reliable and be thorough and dependable.