Graduate Media & Creative Industries Jobs
Media and Creative
Start salary: as little as £12,000, but expect to start on an internship
Professional salary: £23,000-35,000+
Required qualifications: A degree is useful, but more important is experience in the role you wish to enter - often through internships
Jobs available: There are over 868,000 jobs in this industry, an increase of 2.2%.
Few careers are more sought after by graduates than those in the media, so graduate jobs in this sector are notoriously difficult to get. Even starting salaries of £14,000 are not enough to deter graduates from the profession and even internships can be hotly contested.
The best advice for graduates considering a media career is to get involved at university; the student paper, radio and TV stations are there for you to learn from and will help you learn which aspect of the media best suits your skills. Apply for as much work experience as possible and make sure that you have portfolios of your work online.Graduate journalism and media careers are out there, it just requires a lot of work to find them.
Graduate Media & Creative Industries Case Studies
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NAFISA SHAFIQ - PR INTERNNafisa Shafiq studied for a BSc in marketing at Bradford University school of management. She’s now an intern with PR firm Northern Lights. ... more |
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Donna-Louise Bishop - Junior ReporterI knew I enjoyed writing from a very early age and decided that a job as a reporter was the best thing to do until I could do creative writing full time ... more |
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Funmei Samuel - Product Management InternI saw the Pearson Diversity Summer Internship on the careers website in my final year and I decided to apply. The most interesting part of this internship is the opportunity given to be responsible for your own work ... more |
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Katie Matthews - Senior Account Executive - PHA MediaIn this job you need to know as much as possible about how newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and online media outlets work, and the sort of stories/angles/features they cover. ... more |
Graduate Media & Creative Industries Advice
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.....Using social media to find your job... more |
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The gender bias in our media and what it could mean for you........ more |
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Your guide to who has jobs, who wants interns and who needs trainees.... more |
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Think You Could be a Guardian Winner? Entry is now open for the Guardian Student Media Awards 2010.... more |
