Ashley Blaha hugs a fellow graduate before Wednesday’s commencement ceremony for the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Blaha earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and business administration.
What can you do with a marketing degree?
A marketing degree opens up an extensive world of career possibilities in business. Professionals in marketing work to sell goods or services through developing effective strategies to increase brand awareness and customer loyalty.
Our BS in Marketing graduates go on to take positions in sales development, brand management, digital marketing, social media, public relations, research, analytics and even more essential business roles.
What companies are hiring JSOM marketing students?
Graduates from our program have accepted positions at these prominent companies:
Adobe
Assure Business Solutions
AT&T
Bearfoot LLC
Boeing
Charles Schwab
Copart
Essilor
Fujitsu Network Communications
Hill and Wilkinson General Contractors
IBM
International Risk Management Institute
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
RKD Group
RUI Revolution
T-Mobile
What types of jobs in marketing can I get with my Bachelor’s?
Students who earn their BS in Marketing at JSOM can begin their careers with some of these marketing positions:
Marketing Coordinator
Communications Specialist
Media Assistant
Social Media Specialist
Sales Associate
Marketing Analyst
Public Relations Coordinator
SEO Specialist
What can I earn by pursuing a career in marketing?
According to our 2021-2022 Senior Exit Surveys, our marketing undergraduates earned an average of $56,200 in their first year and 66% were employed within three months of graduation.
Earning your BS in Marketing can yield significant returns. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs for Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers earn a median pay of $133,380 and are projected to grow by 10% between 2021-2031.
The MS in Marketing program in the JSOM has offered so many fantastic opportunities where I could learn more about the industry and meet professionals.
Capstone Senior Projects give students a taste of real-world situations. Students gain experience working with corporations in the community, showcasing their expertise and professionalism.
The BS in Marketing program’s required internship is important for acquiring needed experience to land that first job. It’s also a crucial part of our trilogy experience, which includes completion of an internship, 100 hours of community engagement experience and a capstone senior project course.
While a BS in Marketing program student, Claudia Kwee had a chance to conduct a research project and present it at an educators’ conference in Houston.
In May 2019, Shannon Cotts won the DFW AMA Collegiate Marketer of the Year award for her outstanding data analysis provided to startup business Fixd, a Dallas-based home warranty and service repair business.
The Professional Program in Marketing (PPM) is a program that provides supplemental workshops and professional opportunities while also encouraging participation in rigorous courses. This elite program was the brainchild of a past Capstone Senior Project Marketing (MKT 4395) course.
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Welcome to fall semester, Jindal School students. You have many options to learn and many opportunities to shine. Whether in class in person or attending online, Senior Associate Dean Monica Powell encourages your participation.
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Jindal School sales students made a notable first foray into competing abroad this spring, placing first and third in the speed-sell contest and second in role-play at the 2019 UK University Sales Competition in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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A study of Twitter data had marketing students and their professional mentors analyzing “accelerants of relevance,” all the traits that might cause a piece of news to go viral on social media.
Fragrant strawberries mean the sweet smell of success for a JSOM marketing student who developed a sellout skin-care serum using the aromatic fruit. Using marketing and innovation skills learned at UT Dallas, she already is working on new ideas.
Students in Jindal School of Management sales courses are reaping rewards from artificial intelligence technology that can analyze their sales calls and role-plays.Their efforts are to be featured in a video by the company that makes the technology.
Former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings tied education to economic viability in a keynote conversation at the Jindal School’s major annual fundraiser, the Scholarship Breakfast. The event raised enough to provide scholarships for more than 40 students.
This academic year, donor scholarships have provided Jindal School students nearly a half-million dollars in assistance. The scholarships bridge a money gap or provide a springboard to achievement, and they help students reach educational goals.
Marketing, product and technology experts discussed retail innovation in Dallas-Fort Worth at an event presented by the Naveen Jindal School of Management in partnership with the DFW chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Jindal School’s Marketing Legends Award honoree David Meerman Scott, an early advocate of social media and the strategist who coined the term “newsjacking,” advised his audience on the right ways to stand out and be fearless as a marketer.
For student and faculty work assisting nonprofits, the Jindal School’s undergraduate program in marketing won the 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Marketing Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Dr. Julie Haworth, director of the BS in Marketing program, discusses her own interest in marketing and how she is “head cheerleader” for marketing students.
A Jindal School marketing student won the DFW American Marketing Association’s 2019 Collegiate Marketer of the Year Award. Shannon Cotts’ success marks the sixth time since 2012 that a JSOM student has won.
