Careers and Opportunities for English Majors and Minors
The English major offers a wide range of career and post-graduate opportunities. Below is just a sampling of what our recent graduates are doing. (If you’re one of our B.A. graduates and your career is not listed below, please let us know at askenglish@niu.edu.)
Writing/Editing/Publishing
- Writer/Editor, Project READ
- Proofing Editor, Sunjoy Group
- Web Developer, Armor Technologies
- Marketing and Web Content Specialist, SASid Insurance Development
- Writer/Editor, NIU Outreach
- Marketing Copywriter, New Control
- Technical Writer, Woodward, Inc.
- Content Specialist, Answers
- Associate Designer of Learning Content, Echo Global Logistics
- Technical Writer, Enterprise Recovery Systems
- Director of Digital and Editorial Content, American Medical Association
- Grants and Awards Assistant, American College of Chest Physicians
- Proposal Editor, Kearney and Company
- Policy and Procedure Writer, Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc.
Teaching
- Aurora East High School
- York High School
- Dundee-Crown High School
- Harlem High School
- West Chicago High School
- DeKalb High School
- Belvidere High School
- Huntley High School
- Downers Grove South High School
- Freeport High School
- Geneseo High School
- Jacobs High School
- West Aurora High School
- Crystal Lake Central
- English Instructor, Rockford University
- Adjunct Instructor, Elgin Community College
- Adjunct Instructor, Waubansee Community College
- Reading Teacher, Institute of Reading Development
- Assistant Professor of Developmental Literacy, Central Oregon Community College
Graduate School
- NIU, English
- NIU, College of Law
- Trinity College, Theological Seminary
- Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
- University of Minnesota, Department of Writing Studies
- Kent State University, English
- Purdue University, English
- DePaul University, English
- University of Chicago, English
- University of Illinois, Library Science
Other
- Business Analyst, Chase Card Services
- Marketing Coordinator, Sodick, Inc.
- Social Marketing Strategist, Pampered Chef
- Morning Edition Producer, 89.5 WNIJ
