Most jobs in the advertising profession are found in the more than ten thousand advertising agencies that create and place advertising of every type in thousands of media sources. The remaining jobs are on the client side, either working with the agencies, or in an in-house advertising capacity.
Agencies handle the marketing process from even before the pitch until after the ad has been placed.
Everything from coming up with a product concept to negotiating valuable placement of ads. Because of the broad nature of the business, there is a great deal of variety as well as requirements. Art Director or Art Asst. The environment of a large advertising agency is extremely demanding, hectic, fast-paced, and competitive. Twelve-hour days are more the norm than the exception and weekend work is not uncommon.