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=Description/Official Job Title/Roles=



According to the NetIndustries website the Advertising Copywriter writes the actual words for the ad, wether that be the text and captions for print, or the actor's scripts in a media production.

They can work for agencies that work to sell products, companies with their own advertising department, and on a freelance basis.

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=Salary=

The average starting pay, according to Payscale.com, for a copywriter is $31,000 a year, with more senior agents earning over $40,000 a year. If one moves up to senior copywriter rank, they could earn up to $80,000 a year.

=Schooling Required=

College is a must for a copywriter. However, most colleges don't offer an actual copywriting major, so you may need to build your own through a combination of business, communications, and creative writing. Most businesses also want to see real world experience in writing.

For a closer look at what you need go to []

=Location for Career=



Since copywriters often work in agencies and with large companies, they are most often found working in big cities like New York, Chicago, and Las Vegas. (Monster.com)

=Colleges=



The University of Central Florida, located in Orlando, Florida, offers an actual advertising degree. They have about 45,000 undergraduate students enrolled across majors. For in-state students a yea'rs tuition is about $18,000, and out-of-state students have tuition of about $33,000 a year. For More about UCF, visit: [] or []



Coe College, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, doesn't offer the degree by name, but it offers the variety of classes needed to be knowledgeable in the field, as well as giving the student a sound liberal arts education. It is a private school, and tuition runs about $44,000 a year. They are a smaller school with a little over 1,000 students. If you want to learn more about Coe College, you can visit []

=My Interest=

My interest in this career mainly stemmed from wanting to work in a career where I could write without being a "starving artist". However, I feel like this would not be for me because it deals more with nonfiction than fiction, which is what I am better at. I think I would rather pursue a career in editing instead.

=An Interview=

Name: James Angy Profession: Advertising Do you like your job? I love it! It’s really fun, and a great job. Positives: You get to work with a lot of different people, and be involved with the community, as well as you get to be creative. Negatives: Clients can sometimes be difficult, and are never happy, or sometimes they’ll call at the last minute and want something done. Job roles and title: Advertising Consultant. I do a lot of media buying – buying radio and TV  time, as well as work schedules. I also write and act in commercials. Out of the college/training you had to go through, what was the most useful and what was the least useful? Most – Integrated Marketing Class which really got us involved in what are job would be. There wasn’t a lot of teaching, it was more project based.  Least – My copywriting class. It’s mostly for print, which is really a dying art. How much do you make a week? A year?: week - $350, year - $16,800 (I work part time) Do you find it easy or hard to leave off your salary?: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"> I do fine. It’s not hard for me. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Are you required to continue training/progressing in your education to remain competitive and capable to do your job? If so, what sort of continual training is required? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in;">My job doesn’t specifically require it, but I attend a lot of seminars and webinars to stay ahead of the trends and stay on top of it all. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Do you find your field in high demand with not enough well qualified persons, or are their too many people within your field? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in;">I think there aren’t enough qualified people. Too many try to get into the industry without having the background for it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">If you could go back to college and re-do your career choice, would you? Why? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> I wouldn’t actually. I think this job is a really good fit and I really love it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">What would be one piece of advice for someone just starting out? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in;">Get as much training and education as you can in the internet and social media side of things. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Where would someone just starting out look for a job? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in;">It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to go big, find a job in the big city. If you don’t care so much about moving up, a small town is a great place to start. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">What is your favorite kind of work within your job? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> Writing and acting in commercials.