Advertising, marketing and public relations professionals
- Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations
develop and implement public relations, advertising and marketing strategies and programs. They publicize events and maintain media relations for organizations and individuals.
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Full NOC Description
Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations analyse, develop and implement communication and promotion strategies and information programs; analyse advertising needs and develop appropriate advertising and marketing plans; publicize activities and events, and maintain media relations on behalf of businesses, governments and other organizations, and for performers, athletes, writers and other talented individuals.
Main Duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Assess characteristics of products or services to be promoted to determine marketing and advertising needs of an establishment
- Advise clients on marketing, advertising or sales promotion opportunities and strategies
- Develop strategies and related content for direct and digital marketing and advertising campaigns and implement them
- Manage post campaign analysis to measure and report on marketing and advertising metrics
- Develop and maintain social media accounts, including managing customer reviews and testimonials
- Develop, implement and evaluate public relations strategies and programs designed to inform clients, employees and the general public of initiatives and policies of businesses, governments and other organizations
- Conduct public opinion and attitude surveys to identify the interests and concerns of key groups served by their organization
- Prepare or oversee preparation of reports, briefs, bibliographies, speeches, presentations, Web sites and press releases
- Develop and organize workshops, meetings, ceremonies and other events and programs for publicity, fundraising and information purposes
- Arrange interviews, news conferences and other media events
- Act as spokesperson for an organization and answer written and oral inquiries
- Coordinate special publicity events and promotions for internal and external audiences
- Assist in the preparation of brochures, reports, newsletters and other material
- Represent and act as an agent for talented individuals or individuals with specific occupational expertise
- Prepare or oversee preparation of sports, literary, performance or other contracts.
- Literary agents specialize in representing specific types of authors and writers. Performance agents specialize in representing singers, musicians, actors or other performers. Sports agents specialize in representing specific athletes or sports teams.
Also Known As
- advertising consultant
- communications officer (except emergency services)
- communications specialist
- digital marketing consultant
- event marketing specialist
Employment Requirements
- A university degree or college diploma in business marketing, public relations, communications, journalism, museology or a discipline related to a particular subject matter is usually required.
- Practitioners in public relations may require an APR (Accredited in Public Relations) designation.
Provincial Regulation
Not Provincially Regulated
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The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons employed in this occupation in New Brunswick by which economic region they reside in.
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Economic Regions
The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.
The following graph shows the average salary of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.
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Economic Regions
The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.
The following represents the median hourly wage of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.
The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.
The following represents the number of job openings that are expected to occur in this occupation over the next three and ten years respectively, broken down by openings expected to result from growth (“new jobs”) and openings expected to result from attrition (death and retirements).
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