Career Opportunities

Due to the central importance of their communication and reasoning skills, Communication professionals perform an incredible variety of jobs, and their communication and reasoning skills also give them an advantage if they decide to continue on to law or graduate school. Not only can they have successful careers in professions like public relations, journalism, radio, technical communication, writing, and electronic communication, but they can perform diverse jobs in a variety of professional, business, and organizational contexts in which their communication and reasoning skills enable professional advancement.

The diverse career possibilities for Communication majors include such positions as:

• Public relations officer
• Sports announcer
• Technical writer
• Reporter
• Lawyer
• Radio station account executive
• Electronic communications coordinator/webmaster
• Director of Corporate Communications
• Production coordinator
• Communication consultant
• Radio station manager
• Marketing communications
• Media buyer
• Editor
• Sales director

• Professional fundraiser
• Broadcast scriptwriter
• Human resources trainer
• News and Information Director
• College communication professor
• Community Affairs Liaison
• Survey research consultant
• University Alumni Relations Director
• Lobbyist
• Music Director and disc jockey for a radio station (see TSU's student-run radio station) - 88X
• Tourism Bureau Director
• Speech writer
• Public Information Director
• Industrial information specialist
• Campaign director