CAREER IN RADIO PRODUCTION Jordan Austin Joe Evans

CAREER IN RADIO PRODUCTION Jordan Austin, Joe Evans & Mark Whitehouse

Throughout this presentation, we will showing that going into the radio career has many entries, starting by shadowing producers and then making the way up the radio ladder. The three main steps when starting a career in radio production are; Ø University Ø Apprenticeship Ø & Traineeship

TRAINEESHIPS M. W

The BBC’s Production Trainee Scheme (PTS) is the media industry’s gold-standard production traineeship. ■ You are bursting with programme ideas ■ You have opinions on how the BBC connects with its audiences ■ You have a voice that you feel isn’t currently being heard on the BBC ■ You have the drive and ambition to grasp the opportunities and experiences that will come your way over the 11 months We are looking for people from any and every walk of life who have the skills and potential to join our programme-making teams and help us create exciting, innovative and ground-breaking content. Through work placements in our production teams, and bespoke BBC Academy training, this scheme offers you the chance to develop a range of knowledge and experience that will prepare you for junior positions on a broad range of our TV, radio and online output. This is not a scheme where we recruit on academic qualifications and ability. What we are looking for are driven and dedicated people who want to learn how to turn their creative ideas into brilliant programmes.

Smitha Mundasad ■ Health Reporter ■ Trainee 2011 ■ Started career as a children's doctor ■ Quote “scary changing careers but loves what's she's doing now”” ■ “Journalism Trainee scheme was perfect” ■ The traineeship gave her a year to try everything ■ By wondering around the BBC she got incredible experience.

What’s on offer? ■ An 11 -month fixed term contract paying £ 20, 800 per annum plus a London allowance of £ 4, 560 for those based in the capital. ■ First-class training delivered by the BBC Academy from training specialists and senior BBC and freelance production staff. ■ The chance to work on a wide variety of programmes across TV, radio and online production. Past placements have included opportunities at BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Live Music Events and the Natural History Unit - to name but a few.

Overall summary An alternate route from a level 3 media qualification would be to start applying for traineeships in radio studios locally. Then from there start as a small job then work your way up the ladder. You would most likely start off as a job such as researcher. As you learn you could give ideas and take every opportunity the company offer to gradually climb the job roles ladder.

Bibliography ■ http: //www. bbc. co. uk/careers/trainee-schemes-andapprenticeships/production/pts ■ http: //www. bbc. co. uk/careers/trainee-schemes-andapprenticeships/journalism/jts