Marketing executive : Employers and vacancy sources

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As marketing is a core element of all organisations, marketing opportunities can be found across all industry sectors.  Marketing professionals can be found in large and small organisations; and in the private, public and voluntary sectors. They range from the financial, consumer and information technology industries to not-for-profit organisations, such as charities, local government and higher education institutions.

Opportunities also exist within full-service marketing agencies, which develop and implement marketing strategies and campaigns on behalf of their clients. Full-service agencies offer a multidisciplinary service to clients, such as marketing, as many clients look for a full 'communications' package. This is because they either fail to have their own marketing expertise or because they need to supplement their in-house marketing support.

Marketing is an increasingly competitive and specialised industry, with it amongst one of the most popular career choices for graduates.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Brand Republic Jobs    
• Campaign  
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)    
• Marketing  
• Marketing Direct    
• Marketing Week    
• Revolution Jobs  
• The Drum    
• Guardian Jobs  - Mondays and Saturdays.
• Local press.
• Careers service vacancy lists and websites.

The CIM's online marketing careers resource, getin2marketing , includes a database of marketing graduate schemes and placements.

Specialist recruitment agencies sometimes handle vacancies, but these are often for experienced marketers. Alternatively, you could make speculative applications to marketing consultancies and to the marketing departments of different organisations. Word of mouth and networking is another way of finding out about vacancies.

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