A really big list of places to look for creative industry jobs
- Creative Careers Club
- Mar 10
- 4 min read
Updated: Oct 3
Whether you're casually browsing for jobs or are dedicating hours a day to your job search, you'll want to know you're looking for jobs in all the right places. Here's our guide to where to look for creative industry jobs – from entry-level and junior roles, right through to mid-career and senior jobs.
Tip: if you're actively looking for jobs we recommend signing up for our Job Search Sprint to boost your search skills and transform your CV and cover letters.
CREATIVE INDUSTRY JOBS BOARDS
Creative Careers Club Discord server: yes our very own jobs board – you'll find entry-level and junior jobs across publishing, PR, advertising, events, the arts and loads more specialisms – and you can also sign up to get notifications about new postings.
Creative Access: this is a great place to look for jobs if you're from a group that's under-represented in the creative industries. Lots of entry-level and junior opportunities, and some more senior ones too. Every job shows the salary.
The Guardian: a good place to look for creative industry jobs at all levels, including PR, marketing, comms and media roles. Most jobs include salary info.
And there's also... Creative Lives in Progress, CreativePool, The Dots, If You Could Jobs (not all jobs on these sites include salary info).
SPECIALIST JOBS BOARDS
All of these jobs boards are great places to look for jobs in particular parts of the creative sector, from entry-level through to mid-level and right up to senior levels.
Advertising jobs
Junior Job Board on Discord: a great place for entry-level and junior opportunities in advertising, including freelance opps.
Arts, museums, culture and heritage jobs
ArtsJobs: A great site for finding jobs at all levels of seniority in the arts sector across the UK. It has lots of roles outside of London, and plenty of part-time opportunities. Every job shows a salary or a salary band.
MuseumJobs: Jobs in museums across the UK, at all levels – and all include salary info.
Workculture: Jobs from across the museums, culture and heritage sector.
Arts Professional: UK-wide jobs in the arts sector.
Charity jobs
CharityJob: The go-to site for all kinds of charity jobs, including lots of creative roles across comms, marketing, PR, design, copywriting, social media, events, fundraising and more. Every job shows the salary.
CharityComms jobs board: Another great charity sector jobs board – this one specialises in communications roles, covering areas including PR, marketing, events, design, social media, policy, public affairs and stakeholder engagement. Every job shows the salary.
Third Sector jobs: Jobs at all levels across the charity sector, and all show the salary.
Goodmoves: for charity sector jobs in Scotland.
Design and architecture jobs
Dezeen jobs board: A great place to find design and architecture roles – but not every ad includes salary info.
Design Jobs Board: Lots of design roles, but not every job shows the salary.
Education sector jobs
Jobs.ac.uk: The place to look for jobs in universities – where there are tonnes of comms, marketing and events-related roles.
Fashion Jobs
FashionWorkie: All kinds of fashion-related jobs, from design to marketing and ecommerce. Not every job shows the salary.
Journalism jobs
JournoResources jobs board: Journalism jobs from internships and entry-level up to senior roles. Every job includes salary info.
NCTJ jobs board and Journalism.co.uk – 2 more places for journalism jobs, but most of the ads don't include salary info.
Marketing jobs
Marketing Meetup jobs board: Jobs at all career levels, with the salary shown for every role.
Music jobs
Music Careers: A global jobs board for roles relating to music – but this link will take you straight to opps in the UK. You can filter roles by career level, including internships and junior jobs. NEW ADDITION
PR jobs
PR Week jobs board: PR and comms jobs at all levels, but not every job shows the salary.
Public sector jobs
There are creative jobs in all kinds of public sector organisations, including PR, comms and marketing roles, in-house creative and design jobs,
Check Civil Service Jobs and NHS Jobs – and you'll find salary info on most of these roles.
Publishing jobs
The Bookseller jobs board: Loads of publishing jobs, including ones posted by the main publishing recruitment agencies. Not every job shows salary info though.
Publishing Scotland: For roles in Scotland. NEW ADDITION
For more jobs boards see: Bookbrunch, BookMachine, The Publishers' Association, Independent Publisher's Guild, and the Society of Young Publishers (that last one is a members-only jobs board).
Read our quick guide to getting a graduate / entry-level job in books and publishing here - or go for a deep dive with our Getting Started in Publishing course.
Social media jobs
Sam's Social Media Club: loads of roles that focus entirely or largely on social media, with all career levels covered and international opportunities as well as UK-based roles. Every job shows the salary.
TV and film jobs
This Careers Resource Directory from the Film & TV Educators' Network has a good list of links to websites to look at for jobs. As a starting point, here are some of the most popular Facebook and LinkedIn groups for sharing jobs in the industry:
People in TV: Runners (Facebook)
Loving Your Work (LinkedIn)
TV & Film Jobs (LinkedIn)
Look Beyond the List (LinkedIn)
CITY AND REGIONAL JOBS BOARDS
Create Jobs London: jobs for young people across the culture, creative and digital industries in London.
Creative Scotland: opportunities in the creative sector across Scotland
Bristol Creative Industries: opportunities across the south west of England
North East Jobs: public sector opportunities across North East England, which includes an Arts / Tourism/ Culture category. NEW ADDITION
Visual Arts South West: opportunities in the visual arts in the south west of England