Find out how you can start a career in music, music production or music technology. Here we list potential job roles and some of the leading companies in that sector.
Job roles
Musician
- Job profile of a Musician on the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Musician on the All About Careers website
- Job profile for a Classical Musician from the National Careers Service website
- Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) Careers
- Joining the Corps of Army Music
- Job profile for a Pop Musician from My World of Work
- Job Profile for a DJ/mixer from the National Careers Service website
Music Promotion/Management
Sound Technician
- Job profile of a Sound Technician on the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Live Sound Engineer from the National Careers Service website
- Job profile of a Sound Technician from the all About Careers website
TV/Film Sound Technician
Studio Sound Engineer
- Job profile of a Studio Sound Engineer from the National Careers Service website
- Job profile of a Studio Sound Engineer on the My World of Work website
Broadcast Engineer
Broadcast Engineers focus on ensuring that programmes are made with a high quality of sound and image and that broadcasting equipment runs smoothly; repairing faults and limiting malfunctions
- Job profile of a Broadcast Engineer on the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Broadcast Engineer on the All About Careers website
- Job profile of a Broadcaster Engineer from the National Careers Service website
Radio Producer
- Job profile of a Radio Producer from the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Radio Producer from the All About Careers website
Radio Broadcast Assistant
- Job profile of a Radio Broadcast Assistant from the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Radio Broadcast Assistant from the All About Careers website
Music Therapist
- Job profile of a Music Therapist from the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Music Therapist from the National Careers Service website
- Job profile of a Music Therapist from the TARGETjobs website
- Job profile of a Music Therapist on the Health Careers website
Private Music Teacher
- Job profile of a Private Music Teacher on the Prospects website
- Job profile of a Private Music Teacher of the TARGETjobs website
Teacher
- Job profile of a Music Teacher on the National Careers Service website
- Graduate jobs in teaching and education from the Prospects website
- Get Into Teaching website from the Department for Education - explains the various routes into teaching
Specialist Librarian (Music Librarian)
- Job profile of a Specialist Librarian from Prospects website
- Job profile of a Specialist Librarian from TARGETjobs website
Arts Administrator
- Job profile of an Arts Administrator from the Prospects website
- Job profile of an Arts Administrator from the TARGETjobs website
- Job profile of an Arts Administrator from the National Careers Service website
Community Arts Worker
- Job profile of a community arts worker from Prospects
- Job profile of a community arts worker from the TARGETjobs website
- Job profile of a community arts worker from the National Careers Service website
- Icould
Theatre Stage Manager
Event Manager
Companies
- Warner Music Group
- Warner Bros UK
- Sony Music UK
- Universal Music UK
- Universal Music Group
- BBC
- Classic FM
- Heart FM
- Global
- Channel 4
- Viacom
- ITV Studio Production
- ITV Creative Experiences
- Sky
- Disney
- Pinewood Group
- Maidstone Studios
- Live Nation Entertainment
- Pixar Studios
- The Sound Company Sound Studios
- UK Sound Studios
- Miloco UK Recording Studios
Find out more
- Entertainers World Wide Jobs
- Careers in Music though an American-based site, this site gives some good ideas about potential areas of work
- Creative and Cultural Skills includes information on the music sector and music careers.
- Arts Hub
- Arts Council England
- The Knowledge Large online directory
- The Unsigned Guide a Music contacts listing
- Music Think Tankwhere the music industry thinks outloud
- Pro-Music a resource to explain getting your music on the internet
- Wired4Music
- Music Publishers Association
- Arts Marketing Association (AMA)
- British Arts Festivals Association
- International Artist Managers' Association (IAMA)
- Association of British Orchestras
- Amateur Orchestras in London
- Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme
- London Philharmonic Foyle’s Future Firsts Development programme bridging the gap between college and the professional platform
- Bandname a worldwide band name registry
- Kent Musicand sound hub have merged
- Sound and Music a national charity for new music
- Making Music
- Live Music Now
- Music for Little People
- 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)
- PLASA
- The Association of Motion Picture Sound
- UK Screen Alliance
Job Boards
- Music Business Worldwide
- Musical Chairs classical music vacancies all over the world
- Music-Jobs
- Music Mark music teaching jobs
- Music Week
- Rhinegold recruitment site for music and performing arts
- StarNow industry vacancies internationally
- Vocalist links through to various others advertising vacancies across the music industry
- Youth Music
- Last Minute Musicians
- Arts Jobs Online
- Arts Jobs Finder
- Arts Culture Media Jobs
- Mandy Film & TV
- The Journal of Music