Media Jobs and MBA Programs in Nebraska

The education and job opportunities are plentiful for advertising managers in Nebraska. At 200, the number of jobs in Nebraska for advertising managers is projected to rise 13 percent to 200 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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In Nebraska, the income for advertising managers is $34 per hour or $70,000 per year. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $94,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Cornhusker State, Nebraska has a population of 1,796,619. It's population has increased 5.0 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Lincoln. In 2008, there were a total of 1,253,549 jobs and at $39,182, the average annual income in Nebraska was higher than the previous year's per capita figure of $37,899. The unemployment rate in Nebraska was 4.6 percent in 2009. It rose by 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. Roughly 23.7 percent of state residents have college degrees. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Nebraska include food manufacturing, animal slaughtering, animal slaughtering and animal slaughtering.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition. One of the unique tidbits about Nebraska is Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.

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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.