What would you do as a Communications professional?
Communications professionals
- usually work regular business hours but may work extra hours
- usually work in offices
- need to be creative, communicate well, and work well under pressure
Tasks
- provide educational information to the public
- respond to enquiries from media, community or public interest groups
- develop promotional strategies or plans
- coach others
- write advertising or promotional material
- collaborate with others in marketing activities
- edit written materials
- write informational material
- coordinate logistics for productions or events
- conduct market research
How can you become a Communications professional?
You usually need experience to become a communications professional and a qualification may be useful.
You may need
- experience in similar work
- a relevant tertiary qualification in communication and media, sales and marketing or similar area
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
