{"id":2815,"date":"2018-04-12T20:54:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T00:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/?page_id=2815"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:29:07","slug":"communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-117784070-2\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\r\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\r\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\r\n  gtag('js', new Date());\r\n\r\n  gtag('config', 'UA-117784070-2');\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">BASELINE SKILLS<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Communications, Collaboration, Writing, Organizational Skills, Planning, Project Management, Problem Solving, Presentation Skills, Detail-Oriented, Budgeting, Supervisory Skills, English, Building Effective Relationships, Leadership, Multi-Tasking, Creativity<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">ADVANCED SKILLS<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Technical &amp; non-technical writing, Public Relations,\u00a0Blog Writing, Flyers\/Marketing Materials design, Social Media, Computer Programming i.e. Illustrator &amp; Photoshop, Grant Writing, Technical Skills (i.e. biochemistry, molecular biology, or other field of study), Report Writing, Data Analysis, Data Management, Editing, Troubleshooting<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">JOB TITLES<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Medical Writer, Clinical Manager, Medical Director (including Associate MD), Clinical Writer, Technical Writer,Communications Manager, Science Writer, Science Journalist, Science Editor, Science Publisher, Director of Operational Strategy &amp; Planning, Director of Communications, Product Development Manager, Communications Associate, Managing Editor<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amwa.org\/\">American Medical Writers Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/casw.org\/casw\/science-writing-organizations\">Council for the Advancement of Science Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/internationalsciencewriters.org\/\">International Science Writers Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasw.org\/\">National Association of Science Writers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stc.org\/\">Society for Technical Communication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>CAREER PROGRESSION<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span>This career progression is just one of many potential routes. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4568\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide1-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4569\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide2-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4570\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide3.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide3-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2020\/04\/Slide3-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"223\" height=\"504\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2741\" alt=\"Communications\" src=\"\/best\/files\/2018\/03\/Communications.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Certificate Programs in Science Writing, Communication and Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mastersincommunications.com\/faqs\/graduate-certificate-programs-in-science-writing-communication\">https:\/\/www.mastersincommunications.com\/faqs\/graduate-certificate-programs-in-science-writing-communication<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BASELINE SKILLS Communications, Collaboration, Writing, Organizational Skills, Planning, Project Management, Problem Solving, Presentation Skills, Detail-Oriented, Budgeting, Supervisory Skills, English, Building Effective Relationships, Leadership, Multi-Tasking, Creativity ADVANCED SKILLS Technical &amp; 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