Editor
-Median Pay:
$53,880/yr ($25.90/hr)
-Entry-Level
Education: Bachelor’s degree.
-Experience: Less
than 5 years
-Potential Growth: -2%
An editor’s job is to plan, review, and revise content for
publication. This job is primarily
worked in an office environment although a growing number work remotely from
home. You must be proficient with computers and have a keen eye for formatting
and spotting errors. Tight deadlines can
make this job particularly stressful. It
seems to me that online content is far less quality-checked than their print
counterparts. I think that the speed in
which news travels online has made the online editor’s job more difficult.
Advertising,
Promotions, and Marketing Managers
-Median Pay:
$115,750/yr ($55.65/hr)
-Entry-Level
Education: Bachelor’s degree
-Experience:
Previous experience in advertising, marketing, promotions, or sales is
preferred. Internship while in school is
highly recommended.
-Potential Growth: 12%
Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan
programs to generate interest in a product or service. They work with art
directors, sales agents, and financial staff members. Simply put, their job is to get their client
or company’s name out there and generate revenue. An Ad Manager’s success can be quantified by
the amount of revenue boost seen by their particular campaigns.
Public Relations
-Median Pay:
$54,170/yr ($26.04/hr)
-Entry-Level
Education: Bachelor’s degree
-Experience: None
(Internships very helpful)
-Potential Growth: 12%
A public relations specialist has a responsibility to create
and maintain a favorable public image for the organization which they
represent. You know those guys on TV
during disasters like the BP oil spill?
Their apology and future plans are designed by a PR team. You must be very politically astute to
maintain a large corporation’s image.
Technical Writers
-Median Pay:
$65,500/yr ($31.49/hr)
-Entry-Level
Education: Bachelor’s degree
-Experience: Less
than 5 years (not necessarily as a technical writer)
-Potential Growth: 15%
Technical writers prepare instruction manuals, journal
articles, and other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical
information more easily. That
instruction booklet on how to get your computer router working? Designed by a technical writer. Reading a cookbook? That is technical writing. Just because it says “technical” in the name
doesn’t particularly mean they only deal with technology.
Announcer
-Median Pay:
$27,750/yr ($13.34/hr)
-Entry-Level
Education: No formal for some, but bachelors is typically needed for higher
paying positions
-Experience: None
(Internship helpful)
-Potential Growth: 2%
An announcer can be either on radio, television, or work
various entertainment events in person.
Their job is to present music, news, sports, or commentary. Typically announcers work full time but some
work part time such as a morning show or late-night programming. In general, announcers working in larger
markets earn more than those working in smaller markets. Getting syndicated is the key to the big
bucks in this area of expertise.
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The job that I have been looking at for a while now is one I
listed above: Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers. There are two specific reasons. One is obviously the pay. The potential for a $100k plus salary is very
attractive – which also makes this job incredibly competitive. The other reason is that I think I would be
very good at it. I have experience
managing teams and I obviously am about to have the education requirement. I feel I have a keen eye for this type of
work and it is definitely a field I am looking at if I am able to get out of
the Air Force this fall.
References
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014). US Department of Labor.
Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/
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