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Advertising and Promotions Managers

$127.83K Median Salary 2.5K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 10.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Plan, direct, or coordinate advertising policies and programs or produce collateral materials, such as posters, contests, coupons, or giveaways, to create extra interest in the purchase of a product or service for a department, an entire organization, or on an account basis.

Reported Job Titles

Account Executive, Advertising Manager (Ad Manager), Advertising Sales Manager (Ad Sales Manager), Classified Advertising Manager (Classified Ad Manager), Communications Director, Communications Manager, Creative Services Director, Marketing and Promotions Manager, Promotions Director, Promotions Manager

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Expression
Oral Comprehension
Speech Clarity
Written Comprehension
Deductive Reasoning
Speech Recognition
Written Expression
Fluency of Ideas
Near Vision
Originality
Problem Sensitivity
Inductive Reasoning
Category Flexibility
Information Ordering
Visualization
Flexibility of Closure
Mathematical Reasoning

Knowledge

Sales and Marketing
English Language
Communications and Media
Customer and Personal Service
Administration and Management
Computers and Electronics
Administrative
Mathematics
Economics and Accounting

Skills

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Coordination
Time Management
Persuasion
Active Learning
Monitoring
Management of Personnel Resources
Negotiation
Service Orientation
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Learning Strategies
Mathematics

Technology Skills

Video creation and editing software
Web page creation and editing software
Analytical or scientific software
Data base user interface and query software
Electronic mail software
Desktop publishing software
Customer relationship management CRM software
Sales and marketing software
Document management software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Business intelligence and data analysis software
Web platform development software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Enterprise application integration software
Project management software
Spreadsheet software
Development environment software
Office suite software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Operating system software
Word processing software
Data base management system software
Instant messaging software
Data base reporting software
Internet browser software
Presentation software
Calendar and scheduling software
Inventory management software
Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Photocopiers
Scanners
Notebook computers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
Portable data input terminals
Special purpose telephones
Laser fax machine
Desktop computers
Personal computers
Tablet computers