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Industry Areas
Here are examples of industry areas students enter with this major, jobs/internships, typical employers that hire students, skills employers look for, and examples of where alumni work. To find more information make an appointment with your career counselor/advisor.
Industry|Employers |
Job|Roles |
Skills |
Alumni |
Writing/Editing • Newspapers
• National Archives and Records Administration |
Creative Writing • Novels: Fiction and Nonfiction |
• advanced verbal and written communication |
• McKinsey & Company, Managing Editor • Google, Inc., Editor • City Arts Magazine, Editor in Chief • Playwright/ Writer • Popular Mechanics Magazine |
Technical Communication • Management, scientific, and technical consulting companies |
• Technical Writing and Editing |
• advanced verbal and written communication |
• DataStax, Senior Technical Writer • Total Technical Solutions, Contract Technical Writer |
Publishing • Trade publishing |
• Editing |
• advanced verbal and written communication |
• Entangled Publishing, Editorial Director • McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Publisher's Representative |
Education • Public and private K-12 schools |
• Teaching |
K-12: • Coordination Higher Ed: • Research |
• Hockaday School, High School English Teacher • Evanston Public Library, Children's Librarian • North Park University, Librarian • Teach for America, Director - Selection Research • Mounds Park Academy, English Teacher • The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Assistant • Professor of English & African American Studies • Lake Forest High School, Dean of Students • UMass Dartmouth, Associate Librarian for Nursing & Health • Northwestern University - School of Communication, Publications Writer • Columbia College of Chicago, Vice President of Academic Affairs |
Advertising • Advertising agencies |
• Creative Services |
• Problem-solving |
• McClain Finlon Advertising, Creative Director • Navy Recruiting Command, Dir-Advertising Ops • Weber Shandwick, Senior Copywriter • Sports Illustrated for Kids, Midwest Advertising Manager • M B M Company, Inc., Vice President, Internet & Advertising • The Artvoice Newspaper, Advertising Coordinator • Starcom Advertising Agency, Planner |
Public Relations • Public relations firms |
• Account Coordination |
• strong interpersonal skills |
• Square Enix, Director of Public Relations • Sway Communications, LLC, Owner/Principal • Kaiser Permanente, Vice President, PR, Communications and Brand Management • Figel PR, Account Executive • AT&T, Public Relations Mgr |
Business • Business organizations including banks, real estate agencies, insurance fi rms, and large and small corporations |
• Management |
• Problem-Solving Skills |
• Creative Citizen, LLC, Chief Executive Officer • Olympic Ventures, Inc., President • The Northern Trust Company, SVP,Managing Director • Continental Extrusion Corp, VP Mktg & Sales • Independent Publishers Group, Marketing Manager |
Law • Law firms |
• Law Assistance |
• Administrative |
• Abbott Laboratories, Counsel • Federal District Court, Law Clerk • BMO Harris Bank, Senior Counsel & Vice President • State of Illinois, Judge • Department of Justice, Attorney • Blair Bennett Attorney at Law, Judge/Lawyer • Securities & Exchange Comm, Lawyer • JPMorgan Chase, Lawyer |
Market Research & Marketing • Large corporations |
• Data Collection:
• Field Service |
• Problem-solving |
• Allstate Insurance Company, Marketing Consultant • Partners Capital, Inc., Vice President of Marketing & Talent Acquisition • Discovery Land, Marketing Consultant • Independent Publishers Group, Marketing Manager • Wells Fargo & Company, SVP, Market Intelligence • OPOC.us, Marketing Analyst |
Production (TV, Film, and Theater) • Film and video production companies |
• Video and Film Recording |
• advanced verbal and written communication |
• Catamunt Records, Public Radio Announcer • Apple Inc, Video Producer • Vitameatavegamin Productions, President • John Crawford Creative, Radio/Film Producer • Jacob Burns Film Center, Special Guests Programmer • Reel To Real, Film & BK Group Leader,Lecturer • Charles Theatre, Film Programmer |
Popular Industries (According to LinkedIn)
- Media and Communication (29%)
- Education (18%)
- Marketing (9%)
- Entrepreneurship (8%)
Professional Associations
- Magazine Publishers of America
- Association of American Publishers
- Society for Technical Communication
- National Council of Teachers of English
- American Copy Editors Society
- National Newspaper Publishers Association
- Writers Guild of America
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- American Medical Writers Association