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[quote=Anonymous]I hire in this field and agree with the above poster. If the interest is the marketing side (rather than the art side) of advertising, I'd recommend a liberal arts major too, like English, political science or psychology, from a reputable school. You need to be able to do research and write clearly and persuasively. Journalism and marketing majors from larger schools work too. "Commercials" are going the way of dinosaurs so it helps to take a few media courses to understand the business models and outlooks for ad-based social media platforms. But that stuff in in constant flux so focus on the basics at school and make the media education a focus of continuous adult education.

Big ad industry cities like NYC and Chicago offer great internship opportunities, but there are great agencies in a few mid-sized markets. If you're in VA and looking to focus more directly on advertising, look at VCU/Martin Agency in Richmond. In addition to Northwestern, NYU and Syracuse, BYU is a surprisingly good school for advertising.[/quote]

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