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 editing the words on a page.
Or you may worry 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.
