What Kind of Work Can Editors Do?
If you’re interested in becoming an editor, you may wonder what kind of work editors can do other than merely editing the words on a page.
Or you may feel that being an editor would constrain you to only a certain kind of work: developing book manuscripts or copyediting journal articles.
But once you have grown your editorial skills, you can pursue an enormous number of opportunities. Here are just a few:
- Beta reader (paid)
- Content editor (for websites, blogs, newsletters, etc.)
- Literary agent
- Sensitivity reader
- Content strategist or content consultant (for businesses)
- Literary event planner
- Brand storyteller
- Communications specialist
- Curriculum designer
- Social media manager
- Community manager
- Researcher
And that’s literally just off the top of my head. Editing skills are transferrable to many related fields.
