<p>Hi guys...
I am now a junior student in college. I am currently majoring in Economics and applying for the Journalism school for the degree of strategic communication(advertising/PR).
I am planning in going to grad school for MBA of Marketing after 3 years of work experience. However, I think with my degree, the best chance for me is going to a advertising agency or a PR firm. I wonder will this kind of job experience help me with the application for marketing? Do I have to work at a marketing position in order to lighten up my resume?
Also, since I want a job at an advertisement agency, do you guys think I should get interns for marketing or for advertisement? This really bothers me...
PS. I may try to apply for master of mess communication right after school..just in case I can't get a nice job. So I am really concerned about what kind of internship or activity experience I should get...Mess media or marketing????? Do you guys know any great grad school for advertising or mess media????
Thank you so much!! I am really appreciated!</p>
<p>You can also try market research. I’m interning at NPD right now and it’s a great experience. Other market research firms do internships (you can try to get an internship for summer 2012 next spring, and they often hire their interns directly after the internship is over).</p>
<p>You don’t necessarily have to do <em>research</em> though. A lot of market research is contacting clients (retailers and big businesses) and selling products to them - the product is just data, instead of clothes or shoes or whatever. But you learn the principles of marketing AND you learn about a particular industry.</p>