What can I do with my degree in Music/Music Technology?

Find a job

The Careers and Employability Service provides information and advice on job searching to University of Kent students and recent graduates. This includes a vacancy database advertising a range of graduate jobs, sandwich placements and vacation work/internships and online resources. The websites listed below may also be useful when searching for a job and when looking for further information on this sector. 

Useful websites

• Bandname a worldwide band name registry
• BBC Introducing have a facility to upload your music
• Careers in Music though an American-based site, this site gives some good ideas about potential areas of work
• Creative Skillset the industry skills body for the Creative Industries
• Creative and Cultural Skills includes information on the music sector and music careers.
• Entertainers Worldwide Jobs dedicated website for musicians, singers and other performers to find auditions, jobs and other opportunities to find work
• Kent Music a music education charity
• Music Tank business development network for the UK music industry
• Pro-Music a resource to explain getting your music on the internet
• PRS for Music organisation for distributing royalties to its members
• Screened Music Network for professional film and television composers in the UK
• Sound and Music a national charity for new music
• Sound Hub Kent an organisation created to co-ordinate and commission music education programmes in Kent
• The Knowledge Large online directory
• The Unsigned Guide a Music contacts listing
• UK Music
• British Academy of Song Writers, Composers & Authors
• The Music Producers Guild
• Musicians’ Union
• Featured Artists Coalition
• MMF (Music Managers Forum)
• BPI (British Phonographic Industry)
• PRS for Music
• Music Match
• BAMT (British Association of Music Therapists)
• AIM (Association of Independent Music)
• APRS (The Association of Professional Recording Studios)
• PLASA
• The Association of Motion Picture Sound
• UK Screen Alliance

Job Boards/Listing Sites

• Arts Hub  large listing of arts and creative jobs including internships and work experience. Jobs bulletin with 100 new listings each week is emailed free to members weekly. Free to join. Covers theatre, performance, visual arts, film, TV and radio, writing and publishing, design, music, fashion and the creative industries. Sister websites in the US and Australia
• Arts Jobs Part of Arts Council England – List of paid opportunities in the Arts
• Association of British Orchestras for orchestral vacancies
• Corp of Army Music for roles in military music for the British Army
• Media Volt Media community site offering Auditions & Jobs for Models, Writers, Actors, Musicians and TV/Film production crew
• Music Business Worldwide
• Musical Chairs for classical music vacancies all over the world
• Music-Jobs this site features a variety of different roles across the UK
• Music Mark a subject association for music education
• Music Week advertises job opportunities as well as providing further resources across the site
• Rhinegold a recruitment site for music and performing arts
• StarNow advertises industry vacancies internationally
• Vocalist this site links through to various others advertising vacancies across the music industry
• Violet Jobs for UK vacancies
• Youth Music
• Mandy Film & TV
• The Journal of Music

More websites offering graduate jobs, internships and placement years

You may also find useful reviews and application/interview tips for specific organisations on the following websites:
Glassdoor
The Job Crowd