Recruitment

Trying to get a job in media is extremely competetive and being a candidate running for a job is extremely hard. While recruiting for a job for big companies or even a small one, they expect for candidates to have either an online or paper portfolio. This gives the employee an opportunity to see what standard your work is and how good you are in certain areas of creative media. They will also expect to see a CV which will be built around the job you are applying for, for example if you are applying for a radio presenting job then design your CV around radio and how you've done experience in creating your own radio shows and why your interested in radio. Then a covering letter which will explain to the employee in detail why you are interested in the job vacancy, how you've found out about it and what you've previously done in detail to why you should be chosen over other people applying for the job. To apply for a job you can go onto mediaweekjobs.com or you can also go on http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs/media/, this is the typical standard way to apply for a job. You can also use networking from your work experience and volunteering to be able to start on small jobs like being a runner on a film production and then work your way up.

Progression

There are many different types of routes you can take in life to finally get a job, In this post I am going to talk about them.
First of all you spend 11-12 years of your life in school working towards the end to get at least 5 GCSE qualifications. This has to include Maths, English and Science, and then the rest of the choices you decide to take, to get into most colleges you have to have your maths GCSE and to get 5 GCSE's at D or above.
Then you go to college to either do a BTEC or A- Levels in Creative Media or Media Studies as an AS level or then go further to do the A Level. If you don't get enough GCSE's to start at level 3 BTEC or to do A levels then you can either start at level 1 or 2 depending on how many you get, which you then have the opportunity to work your way up to level 3 which gives you the opportunity of finishing college and going to university or going straight into work experience or an internship depending on your preferences.
However, you don't always have to go to college, you can get an apprenticeship  in Digital Graphics any many other things which can also lead on to university or even a job.
Next you can go to University and get a degree in anything from Media and Marketing to TV to Film Production which you will do for 3-4 years depending on how long your at university for. While in university you will do many different placements in different companies to build up your contacts and to also get some work experience into working in the media industry depending on which degree you decide to do.
After university people trying to get a job in the media can take years, to build up your own contact list in the media and to build up your CV you need to take volunteering jobs and as many internships as possible to create as much work experience as possible that may put you ahead of other interviewees when applying for a job.
Then after building up your CV as much as you can doing many different small jobs such as being a runner in a film production or being an assistant which will help you gain your knowledge into the media industry then it is time to start applying for jobs, which after doing all work experience hopefully you will be a higher candidate than others in the running for one.
Once getting your job you are still always learning and making progress, the media industry is constantly changing so your portfolio will grow and get bigger as years go on.
You can also work your way up your job, if you start off from work experience or an intern then you may also recieve a job at the end which will help you along the way.

Professional Behavior

In any sort of job you need to have very good, professional behviour; these are the most important key things you need when getting a job:
- Reliability
- Attendance & Punctuality
- Commitment
- Efficiency
- Self Presentation
- Communication Skills
- Contribution to Team Projects
- Time Management
- Personal Responsibility

Reliability is needed because if you are reliable for one job you will be picked for the next, which will help in free lancing jobs and also being a film maker to then get asked to do more jobs.
Attendance & punctuality is very important when getting a job, showing up on time every day shows that you are wanting to do the job and are very keen.
Commitment in the job place is also extremely important because it shows off your strengths in your certain job area which may make you look better compared to other employees.
Efficiency is important as when given a time limit to complete a job such as a film maker has a certain amount of time to complete a video for a company, the company expect the work to be completed at a high standard, this shows that the worker is very efficient and likes to have work completed at a good standard. This helps because then through word of mouth the worker gets more and more jobs.
Self presentation is an extremely valuable point when in a job, if you look good for the job then you are prepared for whats next.
Communication skills are important as if you can communicate well with your group, it also helps when contributing to team projects as you will be able to work better in a team if you can all communicate easy and learn to work in a team well.
Time management is a massive thing when having a job, and with everything else in that matter. When having a job timing is everything and sticking to deadlines is the most important thing.
Personal responsibility is also important, if something goes wrong or needs changing, taking responsibility for your own actions is the best thing to do.

Job Roles

In the media there are many different jobs available from being creative and productive to the more technical side. These are the types of jobs I am going to talk about in this post:
-Creative
-Editorial
-Technical
-Managerial
-Marketing
-Administrative
-Legal
-Financial

Creative jobs tend to be more on the development and the production of the product than in the background. This is mostly the designer of a product or a producer/director of a film who are actually creating the 'product'. Another example of a creative job role is a photographer, they actually take the pictures which is creating the product and having to think of all the designs and making all the decisions.


Editorial job roles in the media industry are more to do with magazines and newspapers. They tend to be the editors and the writers behind the scenes of a printed newspaper and magazine. They have to make sure that the piece they are sending out to the public is completely ethical and also legal, they also have to check out spelling mistakes and making sure that everything is correct. However it isn't just in the newspaper sector of the media. These are a few more editorial job roles within the media:
- Digital Project Manager
- Production Coordinator
- Graphic Designer
- Online Copywriter








Technical job roles in the media industry are more of the handling the technology than the editing side of the production team, even in sound, filming and many other sides. All of the job roles need to ensure that all things are filmed and created to the highest standard. Technical jobs include all camera operators, lighting technicians sound operators.

Managerial job roles in the media industry are the people who are in charge of all the employees and the people who make all the decisions. They have the power to have the final say in what happens and what the employees have to do next. An example of a managerial job is a Marketing manager, they have to make sure their company is the top in the competition with others and make sure their sale strategies are the best in the area or even the country, they have to manage the marketing budget for the company also. They have to make sure everyone is working to their best potential and that everything within the company is running smoothly.



Administrative job roles are one of the most important roles in the process of creating a production. There is lots of paper work to do before any sort of production starts on any type of shoot from photography to film and TV production. These workers complete all the pre-production work and make sure everything is organised, booked and in check for everything to start. For a film/TV production there are many things such as risk assessments, recce's, contact sheets and many others to fill out. They have to make sure everything happens on time and if it doesn't then figure out what happens next.


Legal job roles focus on all legal aspects of any type of production, this means that they have to deal with any legal issues or law suits which may come from a production. They also have to make sure that before things get filmed or printed they need to make sure that everything is okay for the general public to view.

Financial jobs in the media look after all the expenses during a production, shoot, printing and more. They have to  make sure that the company sticks to the budget and doesn't go over, this is so they can create profit from the product. They have to make sure the company don't spend money unnecessary which benefits the company in the long run as the company ends up spending less money.