Media Jobs and MBA Programs in Indiana

Advertising managers can find many career and educational opportunities in Indiana. For advertising managers in Indiana, the job pool currently sits at 570 and is expected to grow by four percent to 600 jobs by 2016. Prospects are significantly better for advertising managers in the state when compared to the national trend, which projects a one percent drop in the number of jobs over the next 10 years. In general, 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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State figures show that advertising managers in Indiana earn $40 per hour or $82,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $94,000 per year on average.

Indiana, also known as the Hoosier State, has a population of 6,423,113. It has seen its population grow by 5.6 percent over the last 10 years. The capital is Indianapolis. There were 3,718,148 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Indiana earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $34,543, up from $33,702. The unemployment rate in Indiana was 10.1 percent in 2009. It went up by 4.3 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 19.4 percent. This falls short of the national average.

In Indiana, the top employers are in manufacturing, primary metal manufacturing, iron mills manufacturing and motor vehicle transmission train parts manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Most of the state's rivers flow south and west, eventually emptying into the Mississippi. However, the Maumee flows north and east into Lake Erie. Lake Wawasee is the states largest natural lake. One of the unique tidbits about Indiana is Crawfordsville is the home of the only known working rotary jail in the United States. The jail with its rotating cellblock was built in 1882 and served as the Montgomery County jail until 1972. It is now a museum.

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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.