Cham128

tell me why in dubai a lot of companies don't know the difference between the two?

I see a lot of marketing jobs which look interesting... and reading through the description it actually is a sales manager position not a brand/marketing manager... am i searching under the wrong thing?

W10

Nope...same thing with PR

Autonomy

no one understands the difference between sales / marketing / PR and advertising.

it drives me nuts.

Cham128

it is so annoying having 250 results returned just to find out that they're all sales jobs... but agreed on the PR and advertising front as well... i just saw a job for a marketing, sales PR and advertising specialist... isn't that a contradiction?

Raaj

yeah please tell me wat exactly you are looking for as i m a marketing person.

Cham128

did you not come across the same problem when you were looking for work out there?

beebee

Didn't you say you were a sales and marketing manager on DHS 2,800?

Autonomy

are you looking for agency or client based roles? what products etc?

Autonomy

Cham128

preferrably client based. marketing in an agency over there seems to be mixed with KAM's for some reason... i'm just staggered by the level of confusion... but then I suppose when marketing became the thing that businesses had to have, a lot of businesses have no idea what we do... just know that they need it lol.

(lol about the pizza)

Raaj

yes i m, i didnt denied at all..

Autonomy

any preference on the industry?

Cham128

as long as its not automotive or a manufacturer i'm pretty easy

Confucius

We have guys whose titles say Business Development but,they're just glorified sales representatives...And when they head to their cars while sliding down the fire shaft,they tell you that they're going marketing...

Cham128

the "business development executive" is starting to be the fancy term used for sales/account executives in the uk now as well... maybe it's spreading