Is marketing considered a creative career?

Several questions about working in marketing and advertising?

• i want to get into marketing but i dont know that much about what really goes on at work, like filing reports and siting ideas. so i have some questions for those who work for companies as part of their marketing team. 1) what do market researchers do opposed to the different types of analysts and advertisers? 2) how competitive is it with coworkers and how do you get promotions? 3) any idea's that you propose will be technically your bosses, or you dont get credit for your work/proposal 4) do proposals or ideas really go though to the executives or whomever or do they just pile up for some suit type to read over in some file system? 5) is houston texas a good place to have a marketing career? 6) what is considered rare or extrordinary in typical marketing people? are people very good at what they do or come up with? how do you get recognised? 7) what is it like working in marketing in general? the downsides? perks?

• Answer:

  5) No b/c Houston sucks