What certificates do you need to take to become a literary magazine editor?

Okay. . . I have a better say on this issue. I have been working as a magazine editor for 8 years. Although I am not an experienced editor, I still have some foundation.

All magazines have basically the same requirements for editors, just like the guy above said: Bachelor's degree or above in language, literature, journalism, media, printing and publishing. Educational qualifications, preferably a degree certificate, CET-4 or above in English. Generally, people will ask you to bring your works or published articles when you are interviewing.

When I came to the interview, I brought a lot of magazines that I had worked on. Then the people in the editorial department thought that you had good qualifications, so they would give you a written test and let you try to write some simple manuscripts. See It depends on your writing skills and ideas.

Of course it is also necessary to talk to you about your understanding of media, printing, design and other knowledge. Generally, those who have done this two or three years ago will know this common sense, but those who have just graduated from university will definitely not Familiarity requires work and accumulation. Therefore, magazines generally do not recruit freshly graduated college students. Unless you have connections in your family, then you will find an editor in the magazine to be your mentor.

When you have a firm foothold in the magazine, you can apply to the editorial department for training. As long as the editorial department or company leaders think they can train you, you can get an editor's online certificate. But it doesn’t matter whether you take the exam or not. Anyway, you are already in the magazine. This certificate will only help you find a job in the future, and nothing else is of great use.

In addition, it is generally difficult for people who are not liberal arts majors to get into magazines. If your family has no connections and you are not a liberal arts major, then I advise you to consider writing as a hobby. As a hobby, maybe it can be "unintentionally inserting willows into the shade".