Film/video editor.

A film/video editors job is just that, to edit untouched footage to a professional standard. They will edit things such as television programmes, commercials and music videos. This job is always in high demand but actually rarely advertised. They have to have a firm understanding of the tasks and what needs to be included, for example dialogue, special effects and sound effects, these are a regular feature in film and video edits.  Film editors are usually employed on a freelance basis as the work isn't a fixed period of time so that works well for freelance workers. To be a film/video editor you don't necessarily have to have a degree behind you however if you don't have a degree, to even be considered for a job like this you will have to of had a massive amount of experience in this before and it would of had to been successful. Useful experience would be things like: studying media, photograhy, film and televison and graphic design. The salary in this job sector starts from £18,000-£25,000 for those employed by a studio however entry students will be on a lower wage which will be around the national wage mark. The salary then goes up to £20,000-£35,000 for those with experience behind them and then the more advanced and more experienced staff will be on £37,000-£70,000.

Magazine Journalist.

Being a magazine journalist is in ways more laid back than say working for a newspaper as depending on the type of magazine you work at, in most cases you'll be writing about fashion and low key stories. To succeed in this kind of job you need a variety of skills, the main being: creativity, persistence, confidence, attention to detail, decisiveness, organisation skills and of course outstanding writing skills. Magazine journalists are everywhere and there's a lot of competition as there as tons of magazines in the same category that compete with each other. Most journalists that go on to work at magazines have usually worked at a student newspaper/magazine before hand. Salaries in this proffesion vary, smaller magazine pay around £15,000 where as the bigger magazine pay usually around £25,000 - £40,000. Obviously the bigger the magazine, the higher the pay.

Managerial Jobs

Managerial jobs are a lot more demanding than normal jobs as usually being a manager means over looking everything else going on around you and you're the person everybody goes to when they need to know what to do and when there's a problem. To do this you usually have to have more experience than the other workers so you have more of a thorough understanding in the work place. However in the media industry often you'll find it's more about your work ethic and how you get things done. Managers have a lot more tasks to do and work more hours than everybody else. A managers daily tasks will be things like:

• Briefing a team
• Interviewing
• Making sure tasks are done and done to a good standard
• Know the deadlines and keep to them.

Managers due to their senior level and authority will be on a considerable higher amount then the rest of the workers. They will be on £24,181 - £51,190.

Newspaper Journalist.

Newspaper journalists research and write stories for national, regional and local newspapers. There are many subjects and industries they can report on. From art, culture, small events and human interests to politics and business. There will be journalists that write about a specific regular thing in the newspaper, for example a column and then some trainee journalists that are allocated a story by the news desk. It all depends on your reputation as a journalist and the quality of your work, and of course experience. Smaller scale newspapers have their journalists multi-task, for example they'll be writing while working on the layout.

A newspaper journalists every day tasks are things such as:

• Interviewing, which if you're a newspaper journalist you'll have to be good at to get the scoop. Situations for this may vary and usually you have to be quite open minded and when interviewing have to be non judgemental and not let your feelings get in the way.
• Attending a variety of events
• Creating and uploading content for the newspaper website
• Answering phones and reacting to breaking news stories

Newspaper journalists office hour aren't the norm. They very from extremely early in the morning to quite late at night, depending on the type of story you have and what type of newspaper you work at. For example if you work at a national newspaper, this scenario is likely to happen on a regular basis as the national newspapers are where the biggest stories feature and has the biggest audience.

Marketing Jobs.

In any industry, marketing means selling things. In media, marketing jobs are more commonly known as sales executives. Everybody assumes marketing is all about sales but actually that's only a small fraction of marketing, advertising is actually the main part of marketing. You have to be enthusiastic about what you're trying to get across. It's all about how you make the product look and sound. To do this job you have to think on your feet as people will be asking you all different kinds of questions about the product in question. Being in the marketing industry, it's more than likely you'll work the normal office hours(part time or full) or more flexible hours if you worked in a call center.

Legal Jobs.

In media, a lawyer is somebody who covers all aspects of media, for example, television and radio, what's said on there could in some cases be wrong and then the lawyer would then go about that to take legal action. There are three main areas in media law the first advertising, magazines and newspapers, the second television and radio and the third, digital communications.You hear often of something wrong being said in a magazine about a star and then the week after there being an apology in the magazine saying that they had got it wrong. This is because the star involved would have threatened the magazine with a law suit. This is what happens in the media. People have to make sure they have actual sources and there facts are right. Media lawyers handle things such as slander and make sure peoples information is protected. Without media lawyers, anything could be said about anybody and nobody would really know what to believe.

Technical.

Technical jobs in media are things like making sure all the equipment on set is set up and running smoothly. Technical jobs such as a camera operator, they have to have the camera on the right setting and make sure they're filming everything at the right time and use there instincts for what will look best as the final outcome will be represented through the camera: For example if something did go wrong on set with the technical equipment, they would be the ones everybody relied on to fix the problem and make it work to a quality standard again. I think this job is more in demand than others as if something goes wrong with the technical side of things, not many others will be trained to fix the problem and if that happens on a set of some sort while something live is going on it'll need to be sorted in a short amount of time otherwise the entire production would fall apart. A big part of technical things in media going successfully is about timing. The timing has to be near enough perfect, if not perfect, every single time. Otherwise nothing will work. Working in this type of job field means you could either be working freelance or be with a company that has a regular role for you. Usually it's freelance.

Editorial Jobs.

Editorial Jobs means jobs such as script editor, the person who advises the script writer. In a sense they move the idea along and if needs be, update and improve it. They basically double check over written things for example if a journalist was to submit a piece of writing, the editor would check over it to make sure it flows right and makes sense. To be an editor you have to have a strong understanding of what is needed for a good script, genre and how to use dramatic tools to drag the audience in. You have to be quite talented in all types of editing, from writing stories to screen plays.

Creative Jobs.

Creative jobs are often in the media industry. To have a creative job you have to be quite imaginative and able to show your ideas in a comfortable manner. Being creative in the media industry is extremely important as with media things can happen very last minute and you need to be open to quick thinking when needed. Jobs that require this are things such as script writing, as you have to come up with the storyline that's intriguing and will keep people entertained for the entirety of it, set designers as it needs to look up to the right standards and be kind to the eye to look at, if it's not creative enough and boring, nobody will give it any attention and will soon lose interest. In this type of job sector, the hours vary from freelance, office hours and piece work.

Administrative Jobs.

Administrative jobs is a broad job category that means an individual doing numerous tasks to support people in business. People with am administrative job title usually provide help for human resources, development, accounting and sales and marketing. In smaller companies, usually just one administrative can assist a whole office or business but in bigger there a numerous different admin assistants. Admin assistants are quite important as they're supposed to keep things running smoothly. For example in media, if a little problem was to go wrong while filming, it would more than likely lead to a bigger problem in the long run so the admin assistant would fix it. Also things like booking equipment and location if needed. Basically they fix sometimes very small things that the big things wouldn't function without.

Admin duties are usually along the lines of:

• Managing assets and supplies
• Keeping note of stock
• Managing files
• Sending faxes
• Ordering and receiving food deliveries
• Preparing meetings.