Job Listing sites

These sites all post job openings for other companies. Most are updated daily.

Guardian Jobs - Mecca for UK journalism jobs. Has hundreds of postings at any given time, and thankfully features a search function. Many of these jobs can be found in Monday's Media section, but jobs are listed online daily. You can also set up to have an email sent to you every day or week with new jobs. Worth a look but keep in mind that most job searches are looking here too, so competition can be fierce.

Journalism.co.uk - Usually has several dozen jobs, from entry level to features editor in Dubai. The website itself has some very good information for journalists, whether you're searching for jobs or not.

Gorkana - Amazing journalism site. And, you no longer need to register.

SourceThatJob - Like Gorkana, but not quite as good.

Press Gazette's Jobs4Journalists - The newspaper for journalists, Press Gazzette also has a job listings page, which has moved onto it's own address after they got bought out last year.

Hold the Front Page - At any given time, has dozens of excellent jobs at regional papers. London-based positions pop up now and then. They now have an RSS feed.

MediaUK - Tons of jobs in print, radio or tv. Postings go up constantly, but most are for regional jobs and sales. Worth a look if you're into broadcasting.

Journalismjobs.com - Mainly a site for US jobs, it sometimes has one or two for UK journalists. Good place to look for European positions. Also a decent place to look for freelance or telecommute jobs.

NCTJ - The National Council of Training Journalists... or something like that. Normally not more than a few jobs up here, and often not in London. But sometimes a few good entry-level/trainee ones.

New Media Age - Mostly copywriting and online type stuff, but could be worth a look if you're into the techy stuff and have some related skills.


Bulletin Boards

Gumtree - Usually has a new post in their media/advertising section every few days. Some are useful, some aren't. Great for silly freelance stuff. Craigslist - Most postings in the editorial/writing section are pretty odd sounding, but there're few really good ones from time to time... Some pay, some don't.

Facebook - Job search gets all networked up... good for part-time, freelance gigs. You'll need to sign up, but you probably have already.


General Job Search Sites Obviously, larger job search sites have media jobs. Here's a few to start with, but there are always new ones popping up...

JobSite - This site has a decent selection of media and media-related jobs, all on one page and very easy to read. Again, many unrelated postings -- unless you're also a qualified php developer -- but there's usually a few reporter or editor openings.

JobsIn - JobsIn... the Uk. Much of the jobs that come up under the Media/New Media tag are for developers, programmers and sales. Make use of the "Jobs Like This" tag if you find one you do like, however. It can be dead useful when trying to sort the thousands of jobs you could turn up here.

Total Jobs - This site has billions of journalism jobs, tho most seem to be pulled from other sources, so watch that you're not double-applying somewhere. Can set up an RSS feed from your search, but it seems to break after a bit. But that might just be me...

Go Yocal - Like Total above, most the jobs here seem to be from other sources, so some are a bit old or expired, but they note the source, so it's easier to keep track. There are a lot, so it's worth a look. Also has an RSS feed.

TNT mag - The expat magazine has its own job list with a wide variety of listings.

Jobs.ac.uk - This site focuses on academic and research jobs, but they do have the odd journalism position, too.

Monster - Has billions of jobs, and quite of few journalism ones in London. Good place to look for international jobs, too. Can set up email alerts.

LondonCareers.net - Has the odd journalism job, and you can sign up for email alerts. There's some silly personality tests and that sort of thing as well.


Am I missing any? Let me know... jjobslondon[at]hotmail[dot]com. Last updated June 18/07.