Career Possibilities as a Professional Writer
Students with a degree in Professional Writing might take on some of the following tasks (excerpted from recent Monster.com job posts):
Technical Writer: create and modify technical documentation for a variety of product support related to description, operation, maintenance, and testing
Communications Manager: ensure consistent, relevant, and timely content for company web site, newsletter, informational material; create, manage, and update content
Writer/Analyst: prepare analyses; prepare document development and delivery work; develop presentations, briefings, activity reports, fact sheets, and education and outreach material
Automotive Technical Writer: work with a large team to produce print, video, CD and web deliverables
Translation Coordinator: prepare documentation for integration as online help files; write documentation for software packages; organize, manage, and implement translation and localization projects for software
Medical Writer: prepare technical documents; incorporate test, graphs, charts, tables and statistical analyses; proofread, circulate, edit, assemble, and inspect documents
As you can see, there are a plethora of opportunites in the workplace for professional writers. Here are some links where you can see more information.
http://www.writingcrossing.com/lcabout.php
http://www.ehow.com/video_4403444_the-dos-donts-professional-writing.html
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