What Can I Do With an English Major?

Below is a list of job titles and brief job descriptions for which a major or minor in English would provide excellent training. For more information, please see McKendree University’s Career Services.

 

• Curator: Shapes exhibits, researches collections, and tells the stories behind art, history, and culture.
• Museum Educator: Creates tours and programs that make museums feel engaging, relevant, and alive.

• Copywriter: Writes bold, persuasive copy for ads, websites, social media, packaging, and campaigns.
• Corporate Communications Specialist: Crafts the voice of a company through press releases, speeches, reports, and internal messaging.
• Public Relations Specialist: Builds public trust through storytelling, media outreach, events, and strategic communication.

• Editor: Sharpens writing for clarity, style, accuracy, and flow.
• Freelance Writer: Writes articles, essays, reviews, profiles, and web content for clients and publications.
• Reporter / Staff Writer: Researches, interviews, and writes stories for print, digital, business, or nonprofit media.
• Technical Writer: Turns complex ideas into clear guides, manuals, and documentation.
• Content Strategist: Plans smart, audience-centered content for websites, apps, blogs, email, and social media.

• High School Teacher: Helps students build reading, writing, communication, and critical thinking skills.
• Curriculum Writer: Creates lessons, textbooks, assessments, and digital learning materials.
• Professor: Teaches college courses, mentors students, researchers, writes, and serves the campus community.

• Lawyer: Builds arguments, interprets laws, advises clients, and represents people or organizations.
• Paralegal: Supports legal work through research, drafting, case prep, and document review.
• Policy Analyst: Studies public issues and writes reports that help shape decisions.
• Grant Writer: Writes persuasive proposals that help organizations win funding.
• Archivist / Librarian: Preserves knowledge, supports research, organizes information, and connects people with resources.
• UX Writer: Writes the words in apps, websites, forms, and digital tools so technology feels clear and human.

 

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