Media Jobs and MBA Programs in Tennessee

Those thinking about careers as advertising managers can find educational and employment prospects in Tennessee. For advertising managers in Tennessee, the job pool is currently 890 and climbing. A projected rise of seven percent in employment opportunities will make the figure 1,480 jobs by 2016. This increase is opposite the national trend for advertising managers. 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 $32 per hour or $67,000 per year on average in Tennessee. Nationally, their income is $46 hourly or $94,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Volunteer State, Tennessee has a population of 6,296,254, which has grown by 10.7 percent in the last 10 years. The capital is Nashville. There were a total of 3,759,569 jobs in 2008 and people in Tennessee earned more than the previous year as the average annual income was $34,833, up from $34,156. The unemployment rate in Tennessee was 10.5 percent in 2009, which has grown by 3.8 percentage points since the previous year. Roughly 19.6 percent of Tennessee residents have college degrees, which is lower than the national average.

In Tennessee, the top employers are in bakeries manufacturing, bread product manufacturing, commercial bakeries and household cooking appliance manufacturing.

One of the many things Tennessee is known for, The Tennessee Aquarium is the largest facility of its kind to focus on fresh water habitat. It features 7,000 animals and 300 species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. Tennessee has many unique characteristics, but one fun fact in particular is the only person in American history to be both an Admiral in the Navy and a General in the Army was Samuel Powhatan Carter who was born in Elizabethton.

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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.