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The
major fields of Advertising and Marketing are Promotion Managers,
Marketing Managers, Public Relations Managers and Sales Managers.
Promotion
Managers - Promotion managers
supervise staffs of promotion specialists. They direct promotion
programs combining advertising with purchase incentives to increase
sales. In an effort to establish closer contact with purchasersdealers,
distributors, or consumerspromotion programs may involve direct
mail, telemarketing, television or radio advertising, catalogs,
exhibits, inserts in newspapers, Internet advertisements or Web
sites, instore displays or product endorsements, and special events.
Purchase incentives may include discounts, samples, gifts, rebates,
coupons, sweepstakes, and contests.
Marketing
managers
- develop the firm's detailed marketing strategy. With the help
of subordinates, including product development managers and market
research managers, they determine the demand for products and services
offered by the firm and its competitors. In addition, they identify
potential marketsfor example, business firms, wholesalers,
retailers, government, or the general public. Marketing managers
develop pricing strategy with an eye towards maximizing the firm's
share of the market and its profits while ensuring that the firm's
customers are satisfied. In collaboration with sales, product development,
and other managers, they monitor trends that indicate the need for
new products and services and oversee product development. Marketing
managers work with advertising and promotion managers to promote
the firm's products and services and to attract potential users.
Public
relations managers - supervise public relations specialists.
These managers direct publicity programs to a targeted public. They
often specialize in a specific area, such as crisis managementor
in a specific industry, such as healthcare. They use every available
communication medium in their effort to maintain the support of
the specific group upon whom their organization's success depends,
such as consumers, stockholders, or the general public. For example,
public relations managers may clarify or justify the firm's point
of view on health or environmental issues to community or special
interest groups.
Public relations
managers also evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility
with public relations efforts and serve as the eyes and ears of
top management. They observe social, economic, and political trends
that might ultimately affect the firm and make recommendations to
enhance the firm's image based on those trends.
Public relations
managers may confer with labor relations managers to produce internal
company communicationssuch as newsletters about employee-management
relationsand with financial managers to produce company reports.
They assist company executives in drafting speeches, arranging interviews,
and maintaining other forms of public contact; oversee company archives;
and respond to information requests. In addition, some handle special
events such as sponsorship of races, parties introducing new products,
or other activities the firm supports in order to gain public attention
through the press without advertising directly.
Sales
managers - direct the firm's sales program. They assign
sales territories, set goals, and establish training programs for
the sales representatives. Managers advise the sales representatives
on ways to improve their sales performance. In large, multiproduct
firms, they oversee regional and local sales managers and their
staffs. Sales managers maintain contact with dealers and distributors.
They analyze sales statistics gathered by their staffs to determine
sales potential and inventory requirements and monitor the preferences
of customers. Such information is vital to develop products and
maximize profits.
Advertising Design
Commercials
Communication
Communication Arts and Sciences
Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations Manager
Mass Communication and Journalism
Multimedia
Show Production and Touring
T.V. Production
Theater
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