Best Advertising Jobs Sites

Advertising jobs in marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales management are highly prized and will be very competitive. However, employment in these fields is expected to grow 18 to 26 percent through the year 2014, so the job outlook is good.

College graduates with related experience, a high level of creativity, and strong communication skills should have the best advertising jobs opportunities. In particular, employers will seek those who have the computer skills to conduct advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales activities on the Internet.

Projected advertising jobs growth varies by industry. For example, employment is projected to grow much faster than average in scientific, professional, and related services, such as computer systems design. By contrast, a decline in employment is expected in many manufacturing industries. No surprises here!

Employment of advertising sales agents is expected to grow between 9 and 15 percent. Some of this demand will come from fast growth in cable systems and from the expansion of firms into the growing Hispanic market.

The industries employing advertising sales agents experienced considerable consolidation in recent years, and that trend is expected to continue over the next decade, although at a slower pace. This consolidation is not expected to affect employment of advertising sales agents significantly because prospective clients still will require sales agents to create and demonstrate advertising proposals.

Advertising revenues are sensitive to economic downturns, which cause peaks and valleys in the frequency of campaigns and the overall level of spending on advertising. Advertising sales agents must work hard to get the most out of every dollar spent on advertising under these conditions. Therefore, the number of advertising jobs for sales agents fluctuates with the business cycle.

Overall, job opportunities should be good, especially for those with a college degree or a proven sales record.

Here are the top five online job sites for advertising jobs, as measured by the Alexa rating (the lower the rating, the more popular the site. See our Online Job Search page for a detailed explanation of Alexa ratings.

• Ad Week Classifieds (Alexa rating 15,200)
• Media Life Magazine (Alexa rating 39,000)
• PR Week Jobs (Alexa rating 57,100)
• Ad Age Job Bank (Alexa rating 113,000)
• American Advertising Federation (Alexa rating 185,600)