AIt would be difficult to get a job as a sales manager without direct sales experience. A sales director is a leadership position and you have to be able to plan, organize, direct and control the activities of a sales staff. This requires knowledge of developing and qualifying leads and the ability and experience to close deals. I believe with your writing and media experience you are better suited to go into marketing first. You will probably have to apply for entry level positions first, before you move up to the directorship level.

Athere are 2 top companiessaatchi and saatchi - www.saatchi.comogilvy and mather - http://www.ogilvy.com/there is also--- rtcrm.comy&r- http://www.yrbrands.com/ which is a collaborative network of agencies.Also most good ad agencies are in new york, chicago, washington dc, Miami or LAadvertising sales director - its also called an account executive.you really don't want to do that tho- they cold call companies selling ad space for news papers or magazines and really you would be managing the people-

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ASales Directors are made from Sales People. You need to understand the process and principles of sales in order to teach others. The primary place and method of doing this is from learning the sales trade from the ground up. Your major should not hold you back, I don't have any college and yet have managed many large sales groups.

AHi raspberryph,I have worked as a sale director for a international real estate company, in fact I started at the ground floor so to speak and worked my way up.If you have experience at sales manager position not much is going to change, instead of looking after reps you will be looking after the sales managers and driving them to hit targets and implement sales strategy across several different areas, all of which may have differing markets and demographics. As for pay, it varies from industry to industry, personally I was on around 3 Million euros a year which was made up from basic salary and commission. You will find that the pay can vary greatly as can working conditions, the hours can be horrendous extremely long and very stressful. However it is worth remembering that you are being paid a lot of money for a reason and it requires lots of work. More than anything else though you will find that in a high profile job that you will make great connections with all sorts of organizations which will open up future avenues and opportunities for you. Also its a fairly short step from sale director if you are in a sales based organization to higher positions such as COO or CEO. The former being my current position.If you can handle the stress, the hours, the travel (not as glamorous as you may think) then go for it, however if you are happy in your current position and don't want to commit yourself to being married to your job stay where you are and enjoy your life. In many ways I wish had stayed in a lower position.

AIn the office furniture industry most of the directors make high 5 to low 6 figures. It's a lot of hours to put in and they generally seemed pretty stressed out.You may have more luck posting this question in the career section...

AI don't know anyone personally, but I did a little research for you and I found this job. It is with the City of Gainesville, but I don't know when the job was posted.Good luck!

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AUsually the General Manager is at the top, followed by any Assistant General Manager(s). Below them would be department heads, which could include Sales, Housekeeping, Maintenance and Food / Beverage service.Seeing as most Hilton Garden Inns (as are most hotels) are franchised, meaning that they are owned not by Hilton, but another company, and pay to use the Hilton name the company that owns the hotel will determine the chain of command.