What Can I do With a Degree in Marketing?
Career Center Library Resources
The Career Center Library has a variety of resources to help students explore potential career fields. These resources include information about typical responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, job outlook, salary, and related careers.
Books Specifically Related to Marketing Majors
- Careers in Business
- Careers in Marketing
- Careers for Number Crunchers and Other Quantitative Types — (Marketing)
- College Majors and Careers
- Real People Working in Sales and Marketing
Vocational Biographies
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- Market Research Interviewer
- Hotel Sales Manager
- Franchise Sales Director
- Telemarketing Sales Director
- Marketing Communications Consultant
Internet Sites with Career-Related Information for Marketing Majors
- College Majors and Career Opportunities - Marketing — Lists occupations and types of employers. From Career Services, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- What Can I do with a Major in....Marketing — Produced by the Career Services Center at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina.
- Major: Marketing — From the Academic Advising and Career Development Center at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Includes a list of marketing-related job titles.
- Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations and Sales Managers — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Economists and Marketing Research Analysts — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Marketing: What Can I Do With This Major? — Outlines common career areas, identifies typical employers, and suggests general strategies to enhance employability. From Career Services at the University of Tennessee.
- Retail: What Can I Do With This Major? — Outlines common career areas, identifies typical employers, and suggests general strategies to enhance employability. From Career Services at the University of Tennessee.
Internet Sites with Job Search Information for Marketing Majors
- Job Search - American Marketing Association — Search jobs database by date, state, and job category.
- The Direct Marketing Association Direct Careers Job Bank — Search database by job category, position level, salary, location, etc.
- Job Bank — From the Bank Marketing Association.
Places of Employment
Marketing majors may find employment in a variety of areas depending on their skills and experience. Career-related internships or career-related part-time jobs may be a prerequisite to finding professional-level employment after graduation.
The following list of employers and job titles was derived from the Career Center's jobs database where the employer specifically requested marketing majors. This list does not reflect all potential places of employment or kinds of jobs for marketing majors. This list does not reflect current openings.
- American Family Insurance — Agent in Training
- American Heart Association — Coordinator
- American Red Cross — Sales and Marketing Specialist
- APCON, Inc. — Marketing Manager
- Basic Rights Oregon — Communications Coordinator
- Beneficial Financial Group — Financial Services Sales Professional
- Better Business Bureau (BBB) — Marketing Assistant
- Buckle, The — Management Development Program
- C-Tech Industries — Marketing Communications Manager
- Cardservice Nationwide — Sales Representative
- Cascade Policy Institute — Director of Sponsor Relations
- CBS Radio — Account Executive, Radio Promotions Director
- Children's Relief Nursery — Development Manager
- City of Hillsboro — Development Project Coordinator
- City of Salem — Redevelopment Administrator, Assistant Director of Urban Development
- City of Vancouver — Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Marketing Specialist, Public Information Officer
- Clark College — Director of Marketing, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of Marketing
- Clear Channel Communications — Promotions Director, Director of Sales
- Cmedia-Respond2 Communications — Media Account Coordinator
- Coldwell Banker — Marketing Coordinator
- Columbia Sportwear Company — Field Merchandising Program Manager, Promotions Coordinator, Sorel Brand Marketing Manager
- Con-way Enterprise Services — Project Coordinator
- Corillian Corporation — Financial Analyst
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP — Marketing Assistant/Community Involvement/Practice Group Support
- Digimarc — Product Marketing Manager
- Dow Columbia, Inc. — Marketing Representative
- Dr. Martens AirWair USA —US Product Marketing Manager, Website Marketing Specialist, Women's US Footwear Merchandiser
- Entercom Radio Portland — Marketing Manager
- Enterprise Rent-a-Car — Sales/Management Trainee
- EPIC Aviation — Marketing Business Analyst
- Fastenal Company — Assistant General Sales Manager
- Girl Scouts - Columbia River Council, Inc. — Membership Manager
- GlaxoSmithKline — Marketing Consultant
- Grande Ronde Hospital — Community Relations Manager
- Graduate Marketing, Inc. — Advertising Coordinator
- Health Source NW — Sales Manager
- i-OP Inc. — Project Manager
- Intel Corporation — Marketer, IT Engagement Coordinator
- International Sports Management, Inc. — Account Executive
- Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) — Donor Relations Associate, Events Planner, Workforce Development Specialist
- KATU Channerl 2 Portland — Research Coordinator
- Knowledge Learning Corporation — Marketer
- Kramer Gehlen & Associates, Inc. — Marketing Production Assistant
- LaCie Limited — PR Specialist
- LightSPEED Aviation — New Market Development Sales Executive
- Loaves & Fishes Centers, Inc. — Director of Marketing & Communications
- LRS Architects, Inc. — Marketing Coordinator
- Marquis Companies — Director of Marketing
- Micron Laser Technology — Marketing Specialist
- NeuroCom International, Inc. — Marketing Assistant
- Nike, Inc. — Sales Compensation Report Lead
- Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) — Director of Marketing
- Northwest Wealth Advisors, Inc. — Marketing/Research Support
- Olsen Group, The — eOriginator Sales and Marketing Associate
- Oregon Catholic Press — Assistant Marketing Manager
- Oregon Food Bank — Food Resources Developer
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) — Recruiter
- Oregon State Bar — Marketing Specialist
- Oregonian, The — Advertorial Assistant
- Outside In — Virginia Woof Dog Daycare Center Manager
- Owen Media, Inc. — Regional Committee & Agency Manager
- PACCESS — Marketing and Communications Coordinator
- Pacific NW Federal Credit Union — Marketing Specialist
- Pacific Power Products — Entry Level Salesperson
- Philadelphia Insurance Companies — Marketing Trainee
- Port of Portland — Marketing Web Developer I
- Portland Art Museum — Public Relations and Marketing Assistant
- Portland Business Alliance — Membership Coordinator
- Portland Development Commission (PDC) — Communications Project Manager
- Portland State University Bookstore — PowerSource Buyer
- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated — Sales Academy Trainee
- SAIF Corporation — Senior Account Representative
- Salem Area Mass Transit District (Cherriots) — Planning and Marketing
- Siemens Building Technologies — Sales Engineer Service
- Siltronic Corporation — Business Analyst
- Smith & Nephew — Associate Account Manager
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Portland Council — Development Coordinator
- SOLV — Program Coordinator, Marketing Manager, Director of Outreach and Member Services
- Statesman Journal — Advertising Department Account Executive I, Real Estate Account Executive
- St. Mary's Academy — Special Events & Development Associate
- Thomas Kemper Soda Co. — Event Marketing Coordinator
- Times-News, The — Marketing Director
- Travelers — Underwriter Insurance Associate
- TriMet — Community Relations Specialist, Senior Promotions Representative, Marketing Representative
- United Parcel Service (UPS) — Sales Representatives
- University of Oregon (UO) — Director of Development -Major Gifts, Assistant Director of Student Membership
- USAgencies Credit Union (USACU) — Business Development/Marketing Coordinator
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) — Contract Specialist
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — Agricultural Marketing Specialist
- U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) — Communications & Marketing Assistant
- Vernier Software & Technology — Marketing Manager
- Vital Technical Marketing, Inc. — Public Relations Account Manager
- Wah Chang — Marketing Specialist
- Walker Macy — Marketer
- Wells Fargo Financial, Inc. — Marketing Analyst I
- WebMD Health Services — Marketing Communications Specialist
- Welch Allyn/Protocol — Vice President of Marketing, Senior Product Manager
- West Coast Bank — Creative Services Officer
- World Cancer Research Fund International — International Management Trainee
- Xerox Corporation — Materials Analysis
School of Business Administration; Marketing - Portland State University
