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Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities for COJO Students

Proud alumni and friends of the School of Communication and Journalism continually send internships, full and part-time job announcements and summer job announcements for which our students can apply.

Find more opportunities with these campus resources.

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Potential Journalism Jobs:

  • Assignment editor
  • Audience engagement producer 
  • Branding communications manager
  • Business reporter 
  • Campaign director
  • Communities editor 
  • Consumer marketing
  • Copy editor 
  • Corporate communications manager
  • Creative projects manager
  • Deputy audience director 
  • Digital executive producer 
  • Digital media manager 
  • Director media entrepreneurship 
  • Director of communications
  • Director of digital news product 
  • Director of social content strategy 
  • Director social media 
  • Editor 
  • Features reporter 
  • Fundraising manager
  • Interactive/digital manager
  • Investigative reporter 
  • Investor relations
  • Lobbyist
  • Magazine editor 
  • Magazine writer 
  • Marketing director
  • Media innovation executive
  • Media outreach manager
  • Media relations director
  • Mobile editor
  • Multimedia reporter 
  • News reporter 
  • Online editor 
  • Opinion editor 
  • Page designer 
  • Photographer 
  • Political reporter
  • Producer 
  • Publication management
  • Radio reporter 
  • Researcher
  • Social media analyst 
  • Social media coordinator
  • Social strategy editor
  • Sports reporter 
  • Television anchor 
  • Television news photographer 
  • Television reporter 
  • Video coordinator

Potential Communication Jobs:

Our alumni are not only successful in the academic realm, but in the professional world as well. Graduates of our program have worked in some of the following positions:

  • Account coordinator for a strategic marketing company
  • Communication specialist
  • Corporate training specialist and systems interactive manager
  • Director of community relations and alumni
  • Director of business
  • Director of content acquisition
  • Executive director
  • Facilities coordinator, Office of Classroom Management 
  • Corporate training specialist and systems interactive manager
  • Facilities coordinator, Office of Classroom Management
  • Director of programs for children with special needs
  • Technical programs manager
  • Senior risk manager
  • Several self-employment business owners

A Communication Studies degree also provides a great foundation for career tracks in:

  • Banking
  • Human resources
  • Law school
  • Marketing
  • Medical school
  • Public relations
  • Sales (agriculture products and services; pharmaceuticals)
  • Seminary

Potential Jobs in Advertising or Public Relations:

  • Account director
  • Content designer
  • Copy writer
  • Development director
  • Event planner
  • Executive assistant
  • Marketing and communication specialist
  • Multimedia producer
  • Photographer
  • Policy adviser
  • Public information officer
  • Public relations manager
  • Sales account executive
  • Speechwriter
  • Video coordinator
  • Web designer
  • Web producer