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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