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What high paying jobs could I get with a communications and media specialist degree?

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John’s Answer

Layna,


Excellent question, but if you're a student, the answer is that you would likely start at a modest salary. In fact, this is not a field to enter if your goal is a high-paying job. You can certainly make a decent living if you're talented and work hard.


The highest-paying jobs in this field are either on-camera TV talent, or the execs running a media company. But in both of those cases, you'd be working at a "starter" salary for at least five, if not ten years or more.


This is something you do because it's "in your blood". For example, the reason I'm answering your question is because I enjoy communicating! Best of luck to you: the best piece of advice I can give is to set a goal for yourself and go for it. If you really want it, you'll get there!

John recommends the following next steps:

Keep creating content: writing, photography, video - whatever you like to do.
Keep getting advice from people like me in the field. Email is one way, phone calls are good if if it's OK with the person you are contacting, and in-person is best.
Internships are great. Paid is of course the best option, but there aren't many of those.
Once you are "in the door", volunteer to do anything and everything within reason. You can't really volunteer to do what your internship supervisor gets paid to do, but you can volunteer to help them with some of their work they may often postpone, like organizing files and such.
Go back to the beginning of the list, and whichever item you pick, just do it!
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Margaret’s Answer

Hi Layna,

You might also consider marketing or PR jobs! This would significantly open up your options - any company you can think of will have marketing / PR departments. Your degree will not only be a good base of information & experience for jobs in this department, but you could also layer your personal interests to find a job you truly love. For example, you could work for a food & beverage company in their marketing department. You could consider doing a media measurement job or a PR for a creative agency. Hope this is helpful!

Margaret recommends the following next steps:

Look for internships that match your interests and goals
Make connections with people you admire on linkedin or IRL
Build up your resume with relevant experience
Create an online portfolio website where you can share information about yourself and the work you've done
Practice interviewing
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Chiara’s Answer

Communications degrees can give you a wide variety of options, but the business side of the industry does tend to pay better at the lower levels and be less competitive than the "creative side". In general, "new media" (such as tech companies) have more options for higher-paying careers and faster career growth than traditional media (i.e. broadcast television).

Some career options to look into that are on the higher-paying end are:

Project Management
Product Management
Business Operations

If you enjoy communicating with people on a daily basis, you might also want to look into Recruiting, especially within the Tech field.





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