Pros: traveling, salary, field that was sensitive to my beliefs
Cons: no healthcare, job security
I was in charge of leading a marketing team of 8 on 4 different tours per summer. I co-directed the hiring, training, and performance evaluations of marketing and sales staff and oversee their daily activities. I prepared, monitored, and recorded budgets for program costs as part of campaign plan development. As well as managed business and financial
– more... affairs for clients, such as arranging travel and lodging, reporting and data recording and entry, inventory, and providing supplies necessary to complete tasks. The hardest part of this job was sometimes getting clearance to events or venues as a lot of this campaign was grass roots marketing. I really enjoyed watching the marketers engage with the demo and actually get their point across. – less