Jobs in the media industry

Jobs in the media industry by Michael Cheary Were you made to work in media?Are you most comfortable when you’re writing? Are you looking for a way to turn your passion for photography into a career? Or perhaps you just want  to put your graphic design skills to good use? Whatever the reason, if you’re considering a career in the media industry but have no idea where to start, we’re here to help.Here are some roles you could consider, and some of our top tips to help you get to there:EditorWhat they do:  Select, polish and refine what’s included in a particular publication, television series, film or website. Although their role will vary greatly between industries, it’s their job to commission and manage all aspects of content, and take responsibility for the end product.What you need:  Excellent attention to detail, strong writing skills and an objective eye. You will also need to be deadline focused, and able to see the ‘big picture’. A degree and/or previous experience (e.g. as an Edi torial Assistant or Sub Editor) is similarly essential.What you can earn:  Somewhere around £18,000 for a first position, with an average of around £35,000 once proven. However, this can be a lucrative industry, and top magazines and newspaper publications will often pay in excess of £100,000 for a good Editor.Perfect for:  People who really like correcting people’s misstakes…Our advice:  Many Editors start out in non-paid positions to learn their craft. Look for opportunities with smaller publications, websites, fanzines or website which may help you gain vital experience, and help you put your editing skills to the (quantifiable) test.How to become an Editor  View all Editing jobsGraphic DesignerWhat they do:  Design and develop visual presentations. This could be for advertising purposes, such as brochures and packaging design, company signs and logos, website design, posters and a whole host of other mediums.What you need:  Creative flair and a passion for design. The abi lity to meet briefs and deadlines is also a must. A degree is not always necessary, but a good portfolio of work or design concepts will be essential for progressing in this industry.What you can earn:  Anywhere up to £30,000 per year, although this will be heavily dependent on experience.Perfect for:  People who like to sketch, illustrate, doodle and draw.Our advice:  The ability to use certain programs, including Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver, will be essential for those looking to become a Graphic Designer. If you’re not confident using them,  there are plenty of courses to help you brush up your skills. Not only will you be more confident in your abilities, you will also have an industry-recognised qualification to add to your CV.View all Graphic Design jobsJournalistWhat they do:  Research and write articles for a wide range of publications and websites. You could choose to specialise in a certain area and write solely for one publication (e.g. Sports Journalist), or writ e for several different sources simultaneously, across a range of different spectrums.What you need:  Outstanding copywriting skills, an excellent grasp of grammar, creativity and the ability to meet deadlines. A journalism or creative writing degree would be advantageous, but in this industry, experience and an impressive portfolio of work are just as important as qualifications.What you can earn:  Around £24,000 on average, although this can rise relatively quickly for those willing to put the hours in.Perfect for:  People who like to write.Our advice:  If you don’t have a blog, set one up. Not only will this allow you to perfect your style of writing, it’s also the perfect way to maintain an online presence and demonstrate your ability, especially if you feel passionate about a particular subject.How to become a JournalistView all Journalism jobsMedia ResearcherWhat they do:  Carry out a variety of research for different media outlets, for example radio, television, film and online. Typical tasks could range from conducting interviews and writing questionnaires  through to overseeing focus groups and finding guests for radio and TV segments.What you need:  An analytical mind and methodical approach to your work, not to mention excellent communication skills. Multi-tasking and project management skills would also be beneficial. A degree is generally expected, but is not necessarily a pre-requisite to become a Researcher.What you can earn:  Work in this industry is generally contract-based. Rates start from around £300 per week for a Junior Researcher, but could reach double that once you have a proven track-record of success.Perfect for:  People who spend way too much time on Wikipedia.Our advice:  It sounds obvious, but demonstrating your research skills effectively is absolutely vital for getting started in this industry. That means majoring on previous research tasks throughout your CV (your dissertation for example), or even bringing examples of wo rk with you to your interview.View all Researcher jobsPhotographerWhat they do:  Take a variety of different images, either for aesthetic or commercial purposes. Photography is essential for many different companies ranging from print publications such as magazines and editorials, to online resources for use on various websites. Many photographers work on a freelance basis and syndicate  their pictures to online stores or sell  them to a variety of sources.What you need:  A passion for photography and a creative flair are essential to make it in this industry. You’ll also need to be efficient and work well under pressure when it comes to hitting deadlines. Generally, you’ll also need you  own equipment.    What you can earn:  Salaries  start at around £18,000 for the year, rising to around £28,000 when you’ve built up a good reputation and portfolio of work. On a freelance basis it can vary depending on subject, experience level, and overall quality.Perfect for:  People who are overly attached to their cameras.Our advice:  For this industry more than any other, it’s vital to demonstrate exactly what you can do. Build an online portfolio of your work, and attach a link to every application you send out. That way an employer sees your ability, and even more of your personality.How to become a PhotographerView all Photography jobsSocial Media ExecutiveWhat they do:  Help manage and write content for a company’s social media channels, including outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. This could include running promotions, setting up  incentives, managing budgets and responding to customer service enquiries.What you need:  Adaptability and quick thinking, ensuring the most relevant and engaging content is provided through each individual channel. Creativity, copywriting skills and the ability to hit deadlines are also helpful in this position.What you can earn:  Between £18,000 and £25,000 per year as a basic salary. There may also be bo nuses involved for hitting specific targets.Perfect for:  People who talk in hashtags.Our advice:  Research as much as possible. Keep an eye  on brands that use social media channels effectively, and note down the things to avoid. And when you are invited to the interview stage, be sure to check out what the company currently do on social media, their competitors, and note how they can improve.View all Social Media jobsOther media roles to consider:  Runner, Copywriter, Media Buyer, Artworker.Top tipsHere are some of our top tips for finding a job in the media  industry:Be practical â€" Previous experience can be the key to finding the right role in the media. If you’re just starting out, internships or work placements are a great way to start showcasing your talent.Perfect your portfolio â€" Whatever your medium, make sure to catalogue your body of work accordingly, and take it with you to any interviews. Remember: the best way to show what you can do, is to  show  what you can d o.Keep up-to-date â€" Media is a fast paced industry, so it’s important to make sure you’re always on-the-ball when it comes to the latest developments. Subscribing to marketing magazines and signing-up to online marketing publications or some of the better digital news sites are all good starts.Get social â€" Whatever media position you go for, never underestimate the importance of the social space. Note which brands use it effectively, and which ones don’t. Make sure your own profiles are clean and fairly professional (or, if all else fails, set to private).Build contacts â€" In this industry, often knowing the right people can help you to secure work in the future. Attend media events, network, and build a solid list of contacts. It could be just the thing your career needs.Sell yourself â€" Finally, never underestimate the importance of your ‘personal brand’. Creating a strong online presence could be the difference between you and another candidate, so start blogging and tweeting right away.Ready to find your ideal position in the media industry?  View all media jobs now.Find a job What Where Search JobsSign up for more Career AdviceSign up for moreCareer Advice Please enter a valid email addressmessage hereBy clicking Submit you agree to the terms and conditions applicable to our service and acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with our privacy policy and you will receive emails and communications about jobs and career related topics. Getting Started What job suits me?

Are You from Another Planet - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Are You from Another Planet - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Before you talk to a recruiter or hiring manager, ask yourself: “Am I from another planet?” Because you might be, when it comes to expectations, environment, hierarchy, and all sorts of corporate culture. The number one reason why most people lose out on bigger salaries, plus a moving allowance, expense account and even a down payment on a house is? You don’t know to ask for it. If the “planet” you’re from has a culture that includes “don’t ask for more than we think you deserve,” you are leaving money, benefits, and perquisites on the table. Your current planet might be a business where you are working, or it might be your family culture, where you never understood how much money came in and where it all went. If you are a second child, your “family planet” has really compromised your asking ability. After all, your eldest sibling had the “first mover advantage.” A second child’s life is lived like you’re behind Microsoft, Apple, Oakley, Iron Man and Henry Ford’s Model T. The eldest child naturally has a winner take all mentality. If you fall anywhere behind the eldest, you got trickle down everything. Clothes, bedroom furniture, books, music, computer, video game console and pie (or whatever dessert was left over after numero uno was full). Stuff just trickled down on little lucky you. Of course, your life might not have been that harsh. And, you might be the eldest or only child (like the great majority of US astronauts and presidents). If you are the eldest, you got treated either too well or too harshly. The parental units either doted on you or cut their teeth on you. If you’re an only child, you have been on your own planet for too long. You might lack empathy, patience and agreeableness. That makes you a great mergers and acquisitions executive, but a difficult employee all the way up the ladder to that post. The truth is: no one has it easy interviewing at a new company. It’s a new planet. You don’t know what to expect. It’s hard to get ready for the unknown. I worked at seven major media companies and Global 2000 corporations. Each one was a planet onto itself. Some had less gravity, thinner air, and way better perqs. Some had more gravity, thicker air and way less of everything else. When I became a consultant, I realized that I was on a different planet with every phone call, meeting and strategy session. The ability to recognize that old rules do not apply, is imperative to your success. The ability to read the landscape and the people on it is mission critical. My advice to you is “stay in the moment,” when you are in conversations with people you do not yet know. Do not go forward with your old mindset. You cannot imagine what is so much better and how to get it â€" if you persist in believing that you know how it is everywhere. And, you won’t know what to avoid, if you’re coming from a happy place and into a darker one. A basic rule: ask for more than you think you deserve. Ask for a moving allowance. Ask for car service. Ask for a down payment on a house. And, if you think the company’s going to go places, get stock. What is your biggest salary negotiation question? Ask me and I will answer. Email: Nance@NanceRosen.com Subject line: Salary

Book Giveaway Dealing with Emotional Vampires at Work

Book Giveaway Dealing with Emotional Vampires at Work When you get into the professional world, you will most likely have to face head some difficult bosses and co-workers.  So today I am giving away 5 copies of Albert Bernsteins book, Emotional Vampires at Work: How to Deal with Bosses and Co-workers That Drain You Dry. DO YOU WORK WITH VAMPIRES? LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF! ANTISOCIALS, who crave excitement in all its forms, including aggression If your boss or a coworker is trying to push you around . . . Learn that the most important battle to fight with a bully is in your own mind. NARCISSISTS, who believe that the universe revolves around them If your CEO makes Louis XVI look like Gandhi . . . Learn techniques that diplomats have used throughout history to teach infantile monarchs to act like grown-ups. VAMPIRE CULTURES: when vampires get promoted to positions of power, they remake organizations in their own image . . . Learn the 15 warning signs that tell you to get out before sunset. Here are the ways you can enter using Rafflecopter below: Like  Classy Career Girl on Facebook Follow me on Twitter  @classycareer Tweet about this giveaway (make sure you mention @classycareer) Sign up for Classy Career Girls newsletter and get her free resources at freecareertoolkit.com a Rafflecopter giveaway This giveaway is open US residence only. It begins NOW and ends on May 29, 2013. We will be giving away 5 copies. The winner will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.  You have 24 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected. Good luck! Note: I was provided a copy of the book to review but it did not change what I wrote about it.

How to Follow Companies on LinkedIn for Constant Updates

How to Follow Companies on LinkedIn for Constant Updates Another week, another update to LinkedIn. For most of us,  Google Alerts have been very useful for tracking the movements of companies. LinkedIn with its 400 million professional users had to strike back with a follow feature for their most important target group which is job seekers. Why follow companies on LinkedIn? As with all social media, it brings you closer to the action. Whereas before you had to do your own sleuthing, the new Follow feature allows you to effortlessly stay on top of new developments in your target companies. Is there new hiring, have they recently promoted internally or have they laid off people? These snippets of information will help you measure up the health of a business and you will have a better picture of what is going on inside. What companies to follow? As there are nearly one million companies listed on LinkedIn, you will be spoilt for choice. Start with a handful of your favorites (i.e. your hit list) and see how that goes. If you get too many notifications, edit your settings accordingly and filter out irrelevant noise. How to follow companies? Simply click on a company’s profile page and hit the “follow” button. When you click the settings option you can choose what updates to subscribe to, whether to receive emails or feed items and at what frequency they should be sent. Bear in mind the privacy Be aware that you are now more visible than ever on LinkedIn. If you look to the top left of a company profile, you will notice that everyone following is listed. This means you aren’t stalking in secret, anyone can see what you are up to. If you are a job seeker, that could be a good thing. If you are a competitor it could be a different story. Similarly, whenever you are hired, promoted or leave a business for whatever reason, the listed followers will get that update whether they are in your network or not. Final thoughts The follow function has the potential of being a massive benefit of LinkedIn. We can expect most companies to give their LinkedIn profiles makeovers in order to attract and retain talent. The Follow function is designed to regain the initiative from other social media, Monster and Google Alerts. LinkedIn’s goal is to bring together job seeker and employers without any intermediaries, this takes them one step closer to that goal. Related: Can Facebook and LinkedI Get You a New Job? (Infographic).

Address on Resume - Why Should You Put Address on Resume?

Address on Resume - Why Should You Put Address on Resume?Should you put address on resume? You might be asking this question because you have recently graduated and need to start a new career path. Well, this may be the case for many people who have recently left their previous employment and are looking for a new occupation.Address is important in resume. So, you should definitely put address on resume. It is necessary to put an address on resume because you can't rely on the employer's address. There are chances that the employer has transferred his job to some other place so you can't ask him where he has transferred his job to.Another reason why you should put address on resume is that you don't want your prospective employer to contact you with an offer of a new job. When the employer gives you an email address, he will try to contact you through that email address. In case he gets your email address, he will be able to find out that you have moved to some other location. He won 't be able to contact you so you will lose a lot of money from his business. So, you must make sure that you have some kind of a permanent address.Address on resume is important for some reasons. It will help you get your name in a search engine, which is really important especially if you have a new job. You will also get into a lot of contacts so you will be in a position to gain a lot of contacts.Address on resume will help you get your name into a resume. So, you need to put the address on resume because it will help you get your name in a resume. This is what you need.Address on resume is important for some reasons. You might have done some job offers that include moving, but you have to be certain that you should put address on resume. You need to ensure that your professional experiences that includes moving is well established.Address on resume is important for many reasons. There are chances that your prospective employer will contact you with an offer of a new job so you h ave to make sure that you have the address on resume.Address on resume is important for many reasons. You should not compromise when it comes to putting the address on resume. Always make sure that you have the address on resume so you don't have to worry about your name in search engines and at resumes.

Keeping It Real with Your Career - CareerAlley

Keeping It Real with Your Career - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. By Brent WebberFaculty member, School of Business at American Public University Careers are very similar to life and personal growth: things change all the time. Career changes can often cause psychological and physical turmoil. However, when it comes to your career, do not be afraid of change and make sure that you are true to yourself. When I was in college and early in my career, I was not planning on being an instructor or an academic researcher. My early career largely found me working in insurance and finance. As my career progressed, I changed my goals and ambitions. As I grew, my value to employers also changed based on my diversity of skills. One thing that all of my jobs taught me was the importance of being positive and happy! If you are not happy with a job, your entire professional and personal life can snowball out of control. It is important to find something that you love. Its sad when you hear colleagues with the personal outlook that they have few choices or very little power over their destiny. These types of workers often worship the weekends and watch the clock in their office. Many feel that they are surrounded with meaningless work that is often not personally fulfilling. The fear of change, and the process that goes along with it, leads many people to continue their daily misery. Do not ignore that you are unhappy and make a plan to find work that is fulfilling. Your goal should always be to find a job that expresses and uses your utter most inner talents. When faced with melancholic type work environments, negative thinking and personal disintegration can often lead to loss of self-respect and loss of confidence. When you need to make a career change it takes risk and courage, in the words of President John F. Kennedy: There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. Do not make the mistake of ignoring that you need to make a career change. Take action and chart a course for success as soon as you see the signs of unhappiness. When seeking new employment, remember that you are in control of your own destiny. Most job seekers often have the mindset that an employer chooses you. I have counseled students about the importance of understanding that they should choose the employer. When talking to human resources staff and hiring managers you should attempt to channel conversation in this direction. Tell the employer that the most important aspect of any job that you take will be that you will be happy. By doing this, employers might listen to you more carefully because they relate to your need for satisfaction. This approach also shows that you are looking for the right fit for both you and the employer. Keeping it real with your career means being authentic and not following the geopolitical or corporate economic norm while, at the same time, also staying true to yourself. Set yourself apart and dont make the mistake of not being true to yourself. About the Author: Professor Brent Webber worked as the Career Center Coordinator at St. Johns University (Formerly: The College of Insurance in NYC). He provided career direction, placement and advice to students that largely sought employment in the insurance industry. He has been published at NYU, received the Instructor of the Year award twice for the APUS School of Business, worked at Two World Trade Center, and holds a BA in Economics and an MBA with a concentration in Insurance and Risk Management. He enjoys sharing his experiences with urban culture to create teaching and learning opportunities for others. This article fromOnlinecareertips.comwas republished with permission. We are always eager to hear from our readers. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions regarding CareerAlley content. Good luck in your search,Joey Google+ Visit Joeys profile on Pinterest. Job Search job title, keywords, company, location jobs by What's next? Ready to take action? Choose the right tools to help you build your career. Looking for related topics? Find out how to find the opportunities that help you grow your best career. Subscribe and make meaningful progress on your career. It’s about time you focused on your career. Get Educated Contact Us Advertise Copyright 2020 CareerAlley. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy + Disclosure home popular resources subscribe search

How to Get A Job - A Brand New You - Jane Jackson Career

How to Get A Job - A Brand New You - Jane Jackson Career Lets take a look at how to get a job and create a brand new you!  It can get confusing when thinking about a career change, looking for a new job and making applications for roles that you believe will further your career.If you dont know what you really want and dont understand the best way to look for a job, you could waste a lot of time and effort and the entire process could end up deflating your confidence level and sapping your energy.So what can you do about it?   In order to make a successful career change and, if you do it right, secure your Dream Job, you must sharpen your axe and create a strategy for success.In this interview with Ryan Rhoten, podcast host of A Brand New You, I discuss every essential step you must take to ensure a smooth and pain-free career transition.Yes, you can make the job search process enjoyable and empowering.Find out how by clicking on this link to listen now A little bit about me and why I was interviewed on Ryans show:Im an author, podcaster a nd a career management coach who specializes in career transition coaching.With over 15 years of experience, Ive provided career transition coaching to over a 1,000 business professionals across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Europe.Im passionate about helping executives through the emotional roller coaster of a career change while at the same time working with them to create a roadmap to their dream career.I enjoy blogging regularly for the Huffington Post in Australia and have been featured in numerous high profile magazines and newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Womens Weekly and The Courier Mail.I host a career podcast called Jane Jackson Careers where I provide career advice and interview inspiring entrepreneurs.My book, Navigating Career Crossroads How to thrive when changing direction is an Amazon Australia #1 bestseller, and will help you confidently take control of your career and secure your dream role in 7 essential steps.JANE JACKSON CAREER COACHThe Best ways to get in touch with me:LinkedIn: Jane JacksonBook: Navigating your Career CrossroadseMail: Jane@Janejacksoncoach.comTwitter: @JaneCareerCoach