The Northwestern MS in Health Communication is a highly flexible and highly marketable credential. Students advance or transition their careers in a variety of roles across the healthcare industry.
Health Communication Careers at a Glance
From non-profit, advocacy, or government organizations to private sector healthcare organizations, student career pursuits span the healthcare industry. Here’s a small sample of the areas our students pursue and the organizations that hire them.
Private Sector
- Advertising and Marketing
- Biotech
- Health Insurance
- Health Systems
- Hospitals
- Pharmaceutical
- User Experience Design Firms
And others.
Public Sector
- Advocacy Organizations
- Charitable Foundations
- Educational Institutions
- Professional Associations
- Research Organizations
Government
- Federal, State, Local Public Health Offices
- CDC
- FDA
Companies where alumni have landed:
- AbbVie
- Aetna
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Medical Association
- Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
- Aon Allied Benefit
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- City of Chicago
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Evolent Health
- Genentech
- Go Health
- Grant Thornton
- Howard Brown Health
- IA Collaborative
- Jarrard Phillips Cate Hancock
- Livongo
- Microsoft
- Northwestern University
- Rush University Cancer Center
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Sinai Health System
- Systems
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- UC Davis Medical Center
- VigiLanz
- Wolters Kluwer
Sample Titles
Here are some sample titles graduates hold or have held. This list is not exhaustive. Opportunities abound in the industry.
- Clinical Solutions Specialist
- Communication Studies Instructor
- Communications and Outreach Coordinator
- Community Relations Manager
- Compliance Manager
- Digital Content Strategist
- Digital Designer
- Director Customer Success
- Director Health Communication
- Director Health Education
- Director of Marketing
- Director of Marketing and Communication
- Director of Clinical Research
- Health Communications Specialist
- Health Literacy/Plain Language Communication Specialist
- Health Insurance Specialist
- Healthcare Program Manager
- Interaction Designer
- International Health Communication Specialist
- Knowledge Center Manager
- Marketing Outreach Consultant
- Medical Editor
- Medical Writer
- Operations Program Manager
- Patient Engagement Specialist
- Patient Experience Coordinator
- Patient Safety Leader
- Practitioner: doctor, nurse, pharmacist, etc.
- Prevention Coordinator
- Product Manager
- Quality Manager
- Risk Manager
- Senior Communications Manager
- Senior Health Writer
- Senior Sales Specialist
- User Experience Designer