Jobs and Opps at the BBC, Decanter, Channel 4, Juniper Media, Film Hub Scotland, and Many, Many More 💥
Everything you should apply for this week.
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Hello, it’s Hannah here this evening, back in (kind of) sunny England after my Parisian getaway last week. If you’re getting déjà vu, that’s because our deputy editor Kayleigh also just went to Paris. I had a lovely four days away, but while I'd prepared an extensive list of places I thought my partner and I should visit, it fell by the wayside a little, thanks to the gorgeous weather. We ended up seeing most of Paris on foot, spending the days meandering between the arrondissements, clocking up 30,000 steps on one of the days. Walking everywhere we stumbled upon things you might not have if you had, for example, taken the metro to a planned destination. Beautiful architecture (which Paris has an abundance of), fun vintage shops, gorgeous parks and gardens — Jardin des Tuileries was an absolute highlight.
A lot of our time was spent simply soaking up the sun and our surroundings — and the general brouhaha (my favourite French word I learnt at school) of Paris. City breaks can be stressful, and in the past, I think a scarcity mindset has pushed me to try and cram in as much as possible. I must visit all the museums, even if I’m not particularly interested in them, in case I never return to Paris ever again. The same scarcity mindset applies to work and social events, too. I’ve definitely said yes to things that weren’t necessarily right for me, that I didn’t have the capacity for, or simply didn’t want to do in the moment.
In the end, we just went to two museums: Musee de l'Orangerie — home to Monet’s Waterlilies, and Palais Galliera for an exhibition about the history of sport and fashion, which I highly recommend. Ultimately, I think I saw more of Paris by planning less. A sprinkling of museums was enough. Hopefully, I will return for all the other things on my list. Often, thinking about what you want to do rather than what you think you should do means you will have a much better time.
[EVENT] How To Find Story Inspiration In Everyday Life
There are just a few days left to grab tickets for the next event in our ideas series. Melita Cameron-Wood will run you through a range of practical exercises to get your creative juices flowing and come up with ideas your editors will love. We'll cover key questions to ask yourself when generating ideas, how to turn mundane experiences into inspiration, and concrete steps you can take when you're facing an ideas drought. Just bring a pen and paper!
Juniper TV is looking for a researcher to join the team putting together BBC Politics South East. It's a five-week contract, with a view to extend, paying £500-550pw. You don't need to have any TV experience but it is a great chance to get stuck in.
🕐 This looks like a super fun gig with BEAM, a newly re-opened cinema and theatre. You'll be paid £25,808–27,562pa to work across their social media, creating website content, and creating videos and photographs. There's just over a week to apply.
BBC Radio Sheffield has an advert up for a journalism coordinator who'll work alongside producers and presenters to support live broadcasts and social media outputs. It pays £22,500–28,000pa and is a great entry-level role.
Film Hub Scotland is running a new producers programme for people who have a passion for the cinema industry. You'll be offered a four-month placement, paid at the real living wage of £12ph, for three days a week.
Wellington News Weekly is hiring a multimedia reporter to cover their patch of countryside and coastline. It pays £21,029pa, with a focus on engaging, hyperlocal content.
Fenice Media is looking for a journalist/editor to work across some of their publications including the Luxury Travel Guide. You'll work on awards profiles, editorial features, and advertorials and it pays up to £24,000pa.
This is the first of two drink-related jobs this week. Drinks Retailing is advertising a reporter role at the publication to find stories and work on socials. It pays £25,000pa.
Norfolk Director, Suffolk Director, and Essex Director are a group of magazines that focus on helping local business people do their jobs better. The group is hiring for a marketing assistant who will update the web content and will be paid £23–25,000pa.
Mark Allen Group is hiring an editorial assistant to work across its dentistry portfolio. And, yes, portfolio means there's more than one dentistry title; they publish both The Dentist and Dental Nursing. It pays £23,000pa and you'll focus on news writing and socials.
And four quick-fire assistant gigs to round things off here. This is a social media internship with Balfour Recruitment Group (£23,795pa), a marketing assistant with Brook Street (£25,500–27,000pa), an editorial assistant for a mystery client (£22–26,000pa), and a final one with a company in non-fiction arts and crafts publishing (£25,000pa).
Billion Media is hiring a journalist to join their team. You'll conduct in-depth research using FOI requests, interviews, and surveys, and then package up the results into SEO-friendly stories that various publications might want to cover. It pays £25,000pm.
Marketcolour has an advert up for an investment writer. You'll be paid £35–45,000pa and the role focuses on podcasts, video, and social media production. There may also be the chance to broadcast yourself as well.
Decanter, a magazine all about wine, is recruiting a social media manager to create impactful content across their social media channels. It pays £26–38,000pa.
A super interesting one at the BBC here; they're looking for a producer to focus on audio stories about religion and ethics in Northern England. It pays £39,390–52,250pa.
Channel 4 is hiring a digital video producer to focus on their social media channels, including everything from TikTok to YouTube Shorts. It pays from £42,875pa.
The Northern Powerhouse Media team are looking for a media creator to work across both video and photography to work on a range of digital projects and client briefs. You'll be paid £25–32,000pa, although the holiday allowance is a bit tight.
This is a senior reporter role focused on energy and sustainability which is a mixture of news pieces and deeper magazine features. It pays £35–45,000pa.
The Case Centre needs a content writer and editor to research and write in-depth articles about business education. The role pays £32–35,000pa.
And, finally, here's a copywriting gig for good measure. TMW is hiring a conceptual copywriter to work across a variety of different formats. It pays £35–40,000pa and you'll be expected to be in the office twice a week.
SAGA is hiring a senior content editor who will edit their website content. You'll be the person updating the home page, creating new articles, and auditing old pieces to see if they need a refresh. It pays £45-55,000pa and you don't need to visit the office much.
[AD] BRAC has an advert up for a media engagement lead to raise awareness of its work amongst key stakeholders. You'll be paid £45-50,000pa to build relationships with the media, prepare spokespeople for media appearances, and more.
This looks like a fascinating role as a correspondent with BBC Verify, the team which focuses on fact-checking. They're looking for someone with experience in open-source intelligence and data journalism and it pays £69,443pa plus London weighting.
EMBL-EBI is looking for a communications officer to focus on internal comms. You'll plan, write, and edit content, as well as support senior leaders with messaging. It pays £43,613–85,360pa thanks to a comprehensive but baffling set of extra allowances.
Howdens Joinery needs a content manager to manage a small team and oversee the production of editorial content across various channels. It pays £40–45,000pa and the logo has quite a nice logo of a chicken, which is mainly why I included it.
The team from London Spy has been in touch to say they're looking for stories that tell stories about the capital. It pays 30ppw and stories are generally 1,000–2,000 words. You can read their full and updated pitch guide here.
🏡 Netmums need experienced digital journalists who can source, write, proof, and publish pieces on daily news shifts. You'll need to be SEO savvy and know your way around a CMS. Experience with push notifications and newsletters is an advantage. It's a day rate of £160 and you'll need to drop a message to joanna.lovell@netmums.com.
Putting this one under freelance as it's a very time-bound role, tied to the Farnborough Airshow. As a media accreditation assistant, you'll deal with media queries related to the show and the assigning of passes. It pays £12.50ph.
Global’s regional newsrooms across the UK are looking to expand their pool of freelance broadcast journalists.
Daniel Davies is features editor at Men’s Health UK and is open to pitches — features, profiles or first-person pieces that would be interesting to men aged between mid-30s to late 50s in the UK.
Seeing in Colour is a project promoting healthy sex and relationships information and is looking for a freelance design and editorial lead for a one-off project. There's a £5,000 fee for the project, which will include collating documents and copyediting.
Don’t be fooled by the sun, New Scientist is looking for Christmas pitches, and there’s a long thread on what and how to pitch. Rates vary but tend to start at £660 for 1,200 words.
A great one here for any writers starting out. Leicester’s Great Central Gazette is seeking pitches which fall under its summer theme of community cohesion. The deadline is of May 31 and the pay is £125 per story.
ISSOS International is looking for teachers for their summer school in Cambridge this summer. It's a three-week gig, where you'll be needed for three hours a day, paying a total of £2,000. Accommodation, meals, and travel are also added on top of the fee.
Sam Tornow is the new editor of Discogs and is open to freelance pitches about recent releases, physical music, interesting labels and scenes.
Stephanie Pitera Statile from Business Insider is still looking for a few travel experts to write some summer travel stories.
Bill Browning has moved to GayCities as editor and is looking for travel writers who are people of colour, trans, or women. Rates are usually between US$100–250.
Laura Scholes has joined OpenTable as the new blog editor and will be managing freelancers and writing/editing stories for the consumer blog and marketing channels.
Kelly-Anne at Radio Times commissions the View From My Sofa slot, and is always keen to hear from TV and entertainment writers.
Katie Krzaczek wants your pitches for Slate’s business section. Rates vary but can be up to US$750 for short, reported features.
Travel publication Afar Magazine is looking for pitches for the magazine and website. Its focus is on authentic storytelling of places and people, rather than aspirational lifestyle travel. Rates start at US$1/word for the print mag and US$0.50/word for digital.
And, finally, Decido is hiring a freelance news writer to work on weekends, where you'll be expected to publish at least two stories in the mornings. It pays £18–20ph.
The MCC Young Broadcaster of the Year Competition has opened, looking for women who want to break into cricket coverage. Winners will be invited to Lord's Cricket Ground, get training from Sky News, and have the chance to shadow the broadcasting team.
🚨 🎪 It's your last chance for two of our events this week — our ideas workshop on how to use audience trends and tools to find ideas is happening now (but you can grab the watchback here) and tomorrow we're talking about how to break out of an idea's drought and find inspiration in your everyday life.
🎪 We also have tonnes of new events lined up for the coming months. Join us to hear about how to investigate companies and their finances, discover how exactly you can make money from Substack, the art of writing reviews, and how to use both freedom of information requests and subject access requests.
Breathe out; entries to the 2024 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism have been extended to June 14. There are categories for freelancers, local reporters, and fixers, and all winners receive a US$5,000 cash prize.
🚨 There's just a week left to the PLURAL+ UN Video Competition, which is looking for short pieces on migration, diversity, and social inclusion from young people.
🚨 Applications to the Stationers Foundation Postgraduate Award close in the next few days, which offers 16 bursaries of £9,000 for specific journalism courses. There's a really good mix of courses on there, so it's worth digging into.
🚨 There's also just over a week left to apply for the BAFTA UK Scholarship, which offers up to £12,000 towards either an undergraduate or postgraduate course in film, games, or television — and there is a journalism course included.
The 2024 FAB Prize is now open for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour. Winners will each receive a cash prize of £1,500, a place on the Faber Academy writing course, and a shadowing opportunity with established writers.
Entries are now open for the Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize. You'll need to submit an unpublished review of a contemporary art exhibition. The prize is £1,000 and you'll also get your review published.
🎪 And, finally, just to round off with two amazing-looking events from our friends. Mixed Messages is running its first-ever live event, with discussions from a host of creatives and a free goodie bag for attendees. Pioneers Post is also running a session on how to tell good news stories and make an impact. The line-up looks ace.
Our latest 'Day in the Life' piece is live and we're taking a deep dive into the world of podcasts with Louisa Wells of The Telegraph. I love everything she says here, especially about not getting caught up in big-name brands and reporting for your community.