Media Jobs and MBA Programs in Minnesota

There are plenty of job and employment prospects for advertising managers in Minnesota. In Minnesota, there are currently 340 jobs for advertising managers and this is projected to grow by four percent to 320 jobs by 2016. This goes against the national trend for advertising managers, which sees the job pool actually falling at one percent 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 Minnesota earn $53 per hour or $110,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $94,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the North Star State, Minnesota is home to 5,266,214 people. It's population has increased 7.0 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Saint Paul. There were 3,567,295 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Minnesota earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $42,953, up from $41,693. The unemployment rate in Minnesota was 8.0 percent in 2009. It went up by 2.6 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 27.4 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Minnesota include hospital equipment merchant wholesalers, general-line grocery merchant wholesalers, real estate credit and outpatient care centers.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country. One of the unique tidbits about Minnesota is the climate-controlled Metrodome is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.

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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.