Some Common Career Titles for Technical Writers and Communicators

If you’re a junior technical writer just graduated from college and looking for a job in the market place, it’d help to be aware of all the titles that technical communicators carry today. That way you can expand your job search to include all these titles, and not only those of “technical writer” and “technical communicator.”
Here are some Common Career Titles for those majoring in Technical Writing or Technical Communication:

  • Communications Consultant
  • Communications Manager
  • Copywriter
  • Documentation Specialist
  • Editor
  • Freelance Writer
  • Information Architect
  • Instructional Designer
  • Manager
  • Marketing Writer
  • Publications Specialist
  • Professor
  • Researcher
  • Teacher
  • Technical Editor
  • Technical Writer
  • Usability Engineer
  • Video Scriptwriter
  • Webmaster
  • Writer

Source: University of Minnesota “B. S. in Scientific & Technical Communication” program
Also:

  • Web writer
  • Content Strategist