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Creative and media
Newspaper and magazine editors manage the style and content of printed publications.
You'll usually start by doing a degree in English, journalism or media studies. You can do a postgraduate qualification in publishing or journalism if your first degree is not related to the industry. You're likely to need a degree or postgraduate qualification and a high level of specialist subject knowledge if you want to work for a specialist publication like a medical or scientific journal.
You'll usually need 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English and 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree. You'll need a degree in any subject for a postgraduate course.
Volunteering
You'll need to get some experience before applying for your first job in publishing. To build up your experience you can:
You'll need:
Depending on the publication you work for as an editor, you could:
With experience as a local newspaper editor you could move on to regional and then national publications. You could become editor-in-chief of a group of newspapers, or magazine publishers.
Market research executives help clients find out about people's views on consumer products or political and social issues.
Make-up artists apply make-up and style hair for people appearing on camera or in front of a live audience.
Cinema projectionists operate the equipment that shows films in cinemas.
TV and film runners work behind the scenes, doing small jobs and basic tasks to help productions run smoothly.
Production managers take care of the business, financial and recruitment side of film and television productions.
Advertising account executives provide the link between an advertising agency and its clients.
Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
There are over 625 different apprenticeships to choose from, in a range of industries. Whether you’re interested in law, marketing, construction, or engineering, you’ll find something up your street!
As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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