English Careers

English graduates have often found careers in the following list. Some of these positions require education beyond a bachelor’s degree.

  • Attorney
  • Author: fiction/nonfiction
  • Biographer
  • Book critic
  • College professor
  • Columnist/commentator
  • Communications manager
  • Copywriter
  • Critic: art/book
  • Customer service representative
  • Desktop publisher
  • Editor
  • Editorial assistant
  • Freelance writer/consultant
  • Human resource specialist
  • Insurance agent
  • Interpreter and translator
  • Investment counselor/manager
  • Journalist
  • Lawyer
  • Librarian
  • Literary/entertainment agent
  • Magazine writer
  • Management trainee
  • Marketing writer
  • Playwright
  • Poet
  • Public relations specialist
  • Publisher
  • Radio and tv newscaster
  • Reading consultant
  • Script reader
  • Speech writer
  • Sports writer
  • Teacher/trainer
  • Technical writer
  • Video scriptwriter/producer
  • Writer