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Fast Paced World of Advertising

Getdegrees.com features the nations top campus and distance learning schools accredited by local and national agencies. Find college degrees online or at a campus nearby. Currently featuring 7 advertising schools offering over 8 advertising related degrees, certificates and diplomas.

Want to make it in the fast-paced world of advertising? With a quick eye, sharp wit, people skills, and of course, a degree from an advertising school, you'll be ready for the big leagues. When a big-name client strolls through the door, employees of an advertising agency must be prepared to fire off exciting ideas and convey an ability to get the job done. Degrees from advertising schools teach job candidates to think in terms of selling ideas, products, and services to target audiences, and how to impress each and every client.

Although it is possible for people to enter the advertising field without degrees, these are usually low-level sales positions that might take years to progress. With degrees from advertising schools, students are armed and ready with the latest trends in marketing philosophy, as well as software, and can land a coveted position in the creative side of advertising.

Employers tend to seek graduates of advertising schools with bachelor or master degrees in either advertising or journalism. Earning these degrees requires coursework on topics that are crucial to the advertising industry, such as market research, sales, marketing, consumer behavior, communication, technology, and art. On top of your regular advertising course load, it is beneficial to enroll in management classes and complete an internship as well, if you wish to be a top candidate for competitive advertising jobs.

In addition to holding degrees from advertising schools, and ideally completing an internship, advertising candidates should possess certain attributes that lend to success in this high-pressure industry, such as creativity, communication skills, flexibility, commitment, and stress resistance.

The last trait in that list is especially crucial, as most advertising professionals work in a deadline-driven environment, where it is essential to meet the client’s expectations. If that means turning around an advertising campaign or publishing a promotional magazine in a matter of weeks, the successful advertising executive will work weekends and nights to make it happen.

Of course, there is a payoff to all this hard work. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary within the advertising industry as of 2004 was $63,610.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics