JOB TITLES

Writing Focused

  • Magazine 
  • Content Creation 
  • Public Relations 
  • Communications 
  • Grant Writing 
  • Research Writing 

Publishing Focused

  • Editorial 
  • Marketing 
  • Layout and Design

Other Options

  • Professorship, Secondary School Teacher  (additional school may be required),  
  • Non-Profits that Support Writing/Literary  Endeavors 
  • Social Media Manager 
  • Event Coordinator 
  • Multimedia Assistant 
  • Communications Assistant

INDUSTRY INFO WEBSITES

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook – Media and Communications 
  • The Write Life (great for freelance writing advice) 
  • Writers & Editors (collection of writing and editorial-oriented resources)
  • Freelance Writing Guide

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Bookbuilders of Boston 
  • Grub Street, Inc. 
  • American Booksellers Association 
  • American Copy Editors Society 
  • American Institute of Graphic Arts 
  • American Library Association 
  • Association of American Publishers 
  • Association of American University Presses 
  • Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc. 
  • Author’s Guild 
  • International Digital Publishing Forum 
  • International Publishers Association 
  • The Association of Magazine Media 
  • National Association of Science Writers  
  • National Book Foundation 
  • National Writers Union 
  • Printing Industries of America 
  • American Society of Magazine Editors 
  • United States Copyright Office through the Library of Congress 
  • Writers Guild of America – www.wga.org (West) & www.wgaeast.com (East)