Media Jobs and MBA Programs in Washington

Many educational and employment opportunities are available for advertising managers in Washington. For advertising managers, there are 540 jobs in Washington and this is projected to grow by 26 percent to 500 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 Washington earn $46 per hour or $94,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $46 hourly or $94,000 per year on average.

Washington, also known as the Evergreen State, is home to 6,664,195 people. It's population has increased 13.1 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Olympia. There were 4,012,270 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Washington earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $42,747, up from $41,919. The unemployment rate in Washington was 8.9 percent in 2009. It went up by 3.5 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 27.7 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Washington include software publishers, offices of dentists, monorail system manufacturing and refrigerated warehousing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Everett is the site of the world's largest building, Boeing's final assembly plant. One of the unique tidbits about Washington is the state of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.

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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.