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Job role:
Session musician:
Education: Music qualification either degree or A-levels
Training: play in different bands and do multiple gigs
Experience: be able to play music to a very good level on at least one instrument and known music theory
Career Progression: could become an artist if you are talented enough and scouted
Skills: Music theory knowledge, be able to play an instrument to a high level
Opportunities: to play alongside famous artists or musicians, gig in big venues and potentially become a recording artist
Sacrifices:intense demands as required to perform a variety of music ithout fail and must follow strict instrcutions
Work Load: Performing gigs and recording with artists
Making A Living: 42,000 a year plus
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Job role:
music Producer
Education: All though it is possible to become a music producer without qualifications it is much easier and beneficial to study music in college then obtain a degree in music production or through an apprenticeship
Training: training will consist of being shown how to use software such as Logic, Garageband or other production software so that you know how to use it comfortably
Experience: Experience for music production can be obtained in many ways such as teaching yourself to use music production softward then producing some music.
Career Progression: As in the case of most jobs you will not start at the peak/ high end of the job you will start small by producing either single songs or working with a master of production alongside some small bands but as your skills grow you could end up producing music for big bands and producing their whole albums
Skills: Use of music software, an understanding of music theory and how music works
Opportunities: opportunities include things like producing albums that end up in the charts or working alongside famous musicans
Sacrifices: Stress can be high due to not fulfilling what you are required to do, aswell as this the work hours can be inconvenient as they can be over night or very long hours needed to meet the deadline
Work Load: mixing songs, piecing albums together
Making A Living: starting wage of 38,000 a year however can progress to up to 90,000 but this is very rare
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Job role:
Marketing Manager
Education: college A levels in either business or media followed by a degree in either advertisement or marketing
Bachelor degree in marketing
Training:
Work experience in a marketing company doing small tasks of either marketing a brand or product
Experience:
Career Progression: start as marketing projects and managing finance of campaigns, however can progress to manager of marketing which earns a bigger income but comes with more stress and work load as need to attend and host meetings and manage employees
Skills: Online and Print
Opportunities:
Sacrifices: can be stressful due to having to meet deadlines and clients can change things whilst your working such as ideas, designs or what they actually want you to market
Work Load: co-ordinating marketing campaigns, finance management
Making A Living: starting wage of 36,000 a year can earn up to 60,000 a year
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My Career Plans
Personally I am looking to go into a career of marketing management. The reason I want to do this is because it combines my studying of both media and music. In order to achieve this I studied Media at GCSE level and started learning guitar and bass. At college I am now studying Music and Media Btec level 3 subsidiary diploma in order to extend my knowledge in this field of work. I have also applied to study Marketing management at University which also includes a year of work experience doing marketing management for a company. Once I have obtained my degree I aim to do the marketing for a record company or for a band. This will consist of making the designs for their albums and gig posters as well as merchandise, Venue marketing, Finance management. I feel this would be a good career to pursue as the work load consists of tasks I find fun and would be willing to work and fulfil. To gain experience for this I have played in a band to understand how the performance side of music works. Alongside this I am recording a single soon and will design the artwork for it then find ways to market my own single.
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How I Would Market Myself
In order to get a job as a Marketing Manager I would market myself as a hard working creative individual who strives for success. I would show off my talent so that people have a direct understanding of what I am capable of. I would appear as Firm but Fair in the sense that I would work hard and push clients to their full potential but in return be fun and calm with them. In order for the employer to see examples of work I had done to go alongside my CV I would create an online portfolio displaying a range of projects I had worked on so that they had an idea of my skills and talents. As well as this I would create a business based Instagram account to show off more of my work and make it appeal to the public eye.
Salaries
Based on my research I fell overall it would be better to be employed by a big marketing firm as you will be on a fixed wage which allows you to have a steady income and not have to worry about earning less due to working less or failing to meet clients needs. Whilst being employed there is still a progression ladder that allows room for promotions and therefore a high paid salary. Alongside this working for a firm allows connections with bigger companies that have a bigger net worth, where as being self employed you would not have these connections and it could therefore being more of a struggle to find well paying clients.
My Portfolio
Personal
statement draft
Every day my eyes are drawn to a
good advert whilst going through my day: on the bus on my way to work, when
walking home from college in a window; When I am doing my research or homework
on the internet. This combing with my interest in media studies helped me work
out that developing a career in the advertising and marketing field of work
would be ideal job and a great opportunity for me. The idea of a single poster
or television advert influencing thousands to millions of people to buy a
product astounds me.
After spending a large amount of
time researching different university courses and career paths that allow me to
gain access to working in the advertising and marketing I found that studying
Marketing Management would be a fantastic opportunity as well as gateway into a
career in my ideal type of job. Doing a Course that specialises in marketing
management would benefit me a lot as I also take great interest in the idea of
managing a team or managing an assignment. Due to working in retail I already
have experience in this as there have been numerous times I have had to take
control of a department or task such as making sure an isle in the store gets
remodelled or training a new member of staff. To be able to combine this trait
with studying Marketing and advertising would be a very good way for me to then
progress.
Currently I am studying at Worthing
college participating in a wide range of subjects. These include: Creative
media, Applied science and Music. As well as this I also have completed A-
level Media Studies. I feel that each of
these subjects benefit me when studying the Marketing course each for different
reasons. I feel the music will benefit me as it is a very creative subject
meaning that innovative ideas and creating new ways of thinking are essential
similar to the marketing course where I will be required to be original and
good at coming up with new ideas. On the other hand, studying science has given
me the ability to successfully understand and analyse data and research which
will also be used in marketing when it comes to field research and client data.
Finally, Media will benefit me in not just studying a marketing course but in
day to day life as it gives a new way of looking at everything in life and I
have now found myself to be a lot more analytical just when looking at adverts
in the street or when watching films with my family.
As well as college benefiting me
with new skills both my jobs have given me access to new opportunities and life
skills. For example, working as a barman in a local pub has allowed me to gain
better people skills and communication skills. As well as this it has also
helped me improve with working as part of a team. As well as this working at
ASDA has allowed me to work part of a bigger team as well as take leadership
and train new members of staff. ASDA have an aim of make a pound. The objective
of this aim is whenever you get the chance to try and use the moment to make a
pound if you can whether it is running to the warehouse to get a requested
product or reducing the price of an item as opposed to throwing it away. When
the opportunity rises I put 100% effort into trying to help complete this
objective. Overall I am a confident person who works well both in a team and
individually, I am very analytical and organised with a good open mind and
passion for media and marketing.
My Univeristy Options
A Snippet of My CV
A Snippet of My CV
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