EmploymentOpportunitiesinthemediasector

Inthemediasectorthereisawiderangeofjobsavailable,inawiderangeofareas.
Thisincludesemploymentopportunitiesinthevideogameindustry,themusicindustry,
marketing,filmandsocialmedia.

DigitalMarketingManager
Inthemodernage,DigitalMarketinghasbecomeabigpartofthemediasector,withbusiness
alwayslookingtohavealargeonlinepresenceiftheywanttostaycompetitive.
ThishasopenedupemploymentopportunitiesfortheroleofDigitalMarketingManager.
TheroleincludestakingchargeofPRforthecompany,suchassettingupblogposts,arranging
interviewswithwebsiteownersandmaintainingacompanywebsiteandemailbox.
Proffessionalismandtimekeepingishugelyimportantinthisrole,asitiskeytostayaheadof
thecompetitionandnotlooklikeacopycatinsuchacompetitivemarket.
Itisalsoimperitivetoremainprofessionalwithspelling,communicationandanymessagesthat
areputoutforpublicviewing,inordertomaintaintheintegrityofthecompany/businessthatyou
arerepresenting.

SocialMediaManager
DigitalMarketinghasalsoopenedupemploymentopportunitiesfortheroleofSocialMedia
Manager,AsimilarroletoDigitalMarketingAssistant,butwiththeemphasisonSocialMedia.
Theroleisbasedaroundrunningacombinationofpopularsocialmediaaccountssuchas
Facebook,Twitter,Pinterest,Youtube,Google+,Tumblr,InstagramandSnapchatthat
representsthebusiness.
Dailytaskscouldincludeactivitiessuchaspromotingaspecialoffer,runningacompetitionor
simplyengagingwithfansand/orcustomers.
YoutubeaccountsareabitdifferenttotheotherssinceitisVideobased,butitcanbeagreat
waytogatherafollowingortopromoteabrand.

Itisimportanttomaintainprofessionalismineveryaspectforthisrolesinceyouare
representinganentirecompany,thisreferstospellingandmakingsurethatthecompany's
viewsarereflectedinanypublicposts/videosetc.

Runner
Arunnerisoftenagateway/openingjobinthemediasector,seenasasteppingstone.
Thejobofarunneristobasicallybeanassistanttothefilmcrew/directorandliterallyrunand
getobjectssuchaspropsortoadjustanactor'scostume/thesetdesign.
Italsoincludesgeneraladminwork,makingcoffeeforthefilmcrew,cleaningsetsandgreen
roomsandmeetingandgreetingimportantguests.
Althoughitisntthemostexcitingjobinthemediasectoritisalmostalwaysagatewayjobthat
gathersconnectionswithinthesectorandexperiencethatallowsanindividualtomoveupthe
ranksintoamoreprestigiousposition.
Professionalismiskey,especiallywhenmeetingandgreetingspecialguests,astherunneris
theguestsfirstcontactandthereforefirstimpressionoftheentirecrewandbusiness.

VideoGamesProducer
TheVideoGamesectorisoftenforgottenaboutwhenthinkingaboutMediaandMediarelated
jobs.
Theproducerisinchargeofoverseeingandofteninchargeofgatheringfundingfortheentire
project,actingasaCEOofsorts,andofteneachsteprequirestheproducersfinalapproval
beforebeingaddedtothegame.
Somerolesandtasksthatwouldbeapartofthisjobtitlewouldbemanagingcontracts,
scoutingtalent/workersandoverseeinganentireproject.Howevertheyarealmostnever
involvedinthemarketingaspectorinthebranding/packaging.
Itisalsothejoboftheproducertopitchtheprojecttoinvestorsanddistributorswhenitis
complete.
Astheheadofaprojectessentiallyitbecomesextremelyimportanttomaintainperfect
professionalism,becauseyouarethefaceoftheentireprojectandeverylittledetailessentially
comesdowntoyourdecision,soyoucanbejudgedforanyquestionabledecisions.

FilmDirector
Probablythemostobviousjobrolethatcomestomindwhenthinkingaboutthemediasector,
becomingadirectordoesntrequireanyexperience,butitisincrediblydifficulttogetyourselfa
goodenoughreputationandnotorietyinordertobechosenandscoutedforbigbudgetfilms
andblockbustertitles,whichisessentiallythemaingoalforthemajorityofdirectors.
Asadirector,itisyourjobtovisualiseandessentiallybringafilmscriptandpitchtolifeand
makeitareality.
Thisincludestaskssuchasselectingacast,scripteditingandshotcomposition.
ADirectoristhecoreofafilmcrew,andeverythinggoesthroughthatperson,essentially
renderingthedirectorastheplaymakerofthefilm.
Needlesstosayprofessionalbehaviourisamustforafilmdirector,thismeansmaintaining
strictlyprofessionalrelationshipsonlywithcastandcrewandbeingthemediatorforanyconflict.

Caleb Smith
CurriculumVitae

762HydeRoad
Gorton,Manchester
M187EF
(+44)07930923466
calebsmith2107@gmail.com

WORKEXPERIENCE/EMPLOYMENTHISTORY

Rocksalt, Manchester
Work Experience

AWARDS

July2012July2012

5 x Tameside Football

Whilst I was in my final year of highschool, I spent a week

League Champion

working at the IT consultancy company Rocksalt in

Amateur MMA

Manchester City Centre.

Welterweight and

During my short tenure at the company I learned how to

Middleweight Champion.

conduct proper market research and use the information

2 x Bupa Great North Run

that I had garnered in order to better sell products and

Participant

find proper target audiences.

I also worked on Laptop and hardware repairs, and

Year 11 Poetry Competition

Winner

telesupport troubleshooting for customers with problems

at home.
LANGUAGES

Subway, Manchester Sandwich Artist/Shift

Leader
June2014February2015

I started my employment with Subway as a sandwich artist

on a part time schedule, before moving to full time work a
month in.
I learned and progressed very quickly and was trusted to
handle the money management (Handling of the safe
combos, the till passwords and Store alarm codes/keys)
after just 2 months of working for the company.
I lead a night team on each night shift, 2-3 times a week
and did a good job of achieving excellent service,sales and
efficiency levels, earning the Employee of the Month
award four times in my 8/9 Months with the company.

English, Broken Portuguese

and Broken German

Decor Fusion, Salford

Digital Marketing
Assistant
April2015July2015

I started my apprenticeship employment with Decor

Fusion in April 2015 and worked on various marketing
projects, with new business owners.
My responsibilities included, market research, scheduling,
Social media management and promotional marketing.
I left in July 2015 because I did not feel that It was a good
fit for me and I wished to return to college with a view to a
University placement.

EDUCATION HISTORY

Manchester Academy, Manchester

Left
before exams
September2008February2011

Trinity CofE Highschool, Manchester

GCSEs
September2011June2013

I completed my GCSE examinations at Trinity CofE

Highschool in Hulme, I achieved 8 GCSE grades Including
1 A, 6 Cs and 1 D in the following subjects:
Religious Studies:A Fine Art:C English Language:C Math:C
Biology:C
Physics:C History:C Chemistry:D

Xaverian AC College, Manchester -

AS Levels
September2013June2014

I completed my first year of sixth form at Xaverian College

and completed an AS level in Film Studies and a Double
Award BTEC in Sport Studies.
I achieved the following grades:
AS Film Studies : C
Double BTEC Sport Studies : Merit

Clarendon College, Ashton-

Level 3 Creative
Media Production
September2015June2016

I am currently finishing a year of study at Clarendon

College completing the Creative Media Production BTEC
course.
I am on target for a Merit Grade.

University of Sunderland-
BA Hons
Film

Production
September2016

I have accepted an offer of study on the Media Extended

course at University of Sunderland which will lead to a BA
Hons Film Production degree at the end of the 4 year
course.

PROJECTS

BlankSpace
Music and Poetry
A Personal project that I have been embarking on has been
writing and performing spoken word, rap and poetry.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this project and aim to release a
full EP before the end of 2016.

The Enderva Chronicles -

Script Writing and
Novelisation.
I have been attempting to write a film script and novel
over the past 12 months, but it is definitely a work in
progress.
However I have many ideas to move it forward, I am just
intent on making it the best that It can be and I plan for it
to be a series rather than just a one off Script/Novel.