In this episode of Exiting Academia, I sit down with someone who earned a PhD in English and went on to become a Senior Internal Communications Manager. We talk honestly about what it looks like to translate an academic identity—research, teaching, publishing, and constant high-stakes writing—into a role where your job is to shape how an organization communicates with its own people. If you’ve been wondering whether a humanities PhD can “count” outside the university, this conversation is a clear yes, and we break down exactly why. A big takeaway is that internal comms is not “just writing.” It’s stakeholder management, strategy, audience analysis, change communications, and learning how to measure whether your message actually landed. I also highlight how to reframe English PhD strengths (argumentation, narrative, clarity, editing, synthesis, and persuasion) into industry language that hiring managers understand. If you’re considering leaving academia, this episode gives you a concrete example of a path forward—and the mindset shift required to stop pitching your dissertation and start pitching outcomes, impact, and value.