Media Jobs and MBA Programs in Illinois

For a advertising manager, Illinois is a land of educational and employment opportunities. The job pool for advertising managers in Illinois is growing and currently sits at 2,730. A projected rise of five percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 2,760 jobs by 2016. Prospects are significantly better for advertising managers in the state when compared to the national trend. National projections show a decline of one percent over the next 10 years. Advertising managers plan and direct advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, or give-aways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.

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Advertising managers earn $41 per hour or $85,000 per year on average in Illinois. Nationally, their income is $46 hourly or $94,000 per year on average.

With a population of 12,910,409, Illinois, also called Land of Lincoln, has grown by 4.0 percent in the last 10 years. The state capital is Springfield. There were a total of 7,657,328 jobs in 2008 and people in Illinois earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $42,540, up from $41,720. Unemployment in Illinois jumped by 3.7 percentage points to 10.1 percent in 2009. Roughly 26.1 percent of Illinois residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

The top employing fields in Illinois include construction machinery merchant wholesalers, distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers, nonchocolate confectionery manufacturing and other prepared sauce manufacturing.

Having known landmarks is a staple for Illinois. The Sears Tower, Chicago is the tallest building on the North American continent. While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Carlyle is the home of the largest man-made lake in Illinois.

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Advertising managers plan and direct advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, or give-aways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.

While working, they often gather and organize data to develop advertising campaigns and talk with department heads and staff to consider contracts, selection of advertising media, or product to be advertised.

They are required to respond to the actions of other and coordinate activities with them and look for ways to help others.

Advertising managers should be able to listen to and understand others in meetings and think creatively about the ideas of others.

In order to be successful in the workplace, advertising managers must be thorough and dependable and believe in innovation and creative thought.