Media Graduate Executive

Tussell Limited; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for graduates to join a dynamic publishing and events group in London. This one-year media graduate scheme offers hands-on experience in editorial, marketing, or events, allowing you to develop essential skills while working with a talented team. You will gain insights into various sectors including healthcare and education, and have the chance to join a high-level training course in magazine journalism. This role promises a rewarding career path with the potential for permanent employment upon successful completion. If you are ambitious and creative, this is the perfect launchpad for your career in media.

Qualifications

• Graduate level with excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Drive and ambition with a creative flair and can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Gain experience in editorial, marketing, or events within the media sector.
• Develop skills in sub-editing, writing content, and organizing events.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal English skills

Drive and ambition

Creative flair

Confidence and self-motivation

Ability to build client relationships

Education

Graduate level in media studies

Relevant background in teacher training

Background in marketing or advertising studies

Job description

Would you like a career in media? An amazing opportunity exists to join a dynamic publishing and events group offering a media graduate scheme in London from September 2025.

Mark Allen, one of the UK’s leading independent media companies, is seeking to appoint graduates for its annual media graduate scheme from September 2025.

This presents an exciting and unique opportunity to be at the heart of a dynamic, very fast-growing and developing publishing and events business, joining a team of highly motivated and talented people, based at our London offices. The group offers challenging and rewarding careers for young and enthusiastic people:

The placement will offer you experience in either editorial, marketing or events.

Working within our business areas in healthcare, education, music, business to business, agriculture and engineering, you will be presented with an excellent insight into media publishing. A placement with the editorial, marketing or event teams will allow you to develop your skills in either sub-editing or writing content for the journals and magazines, both in print and online. An experience in the marketing or events divisions will offer you the opportunity to research and implement marketing campaigns and experience the broad range of event organisation.

Most importantly, we will work together with you in your learning and development programme, during which you will gain relevant knowledge, editorial, marketing and events skills, which you will be able to put to use in your forthcoming career. You will have the opportunity to join the magazine journalism high Level 4 training course organised by the National Council for the Training of Journalists during your first year.

The graduate scheme is for one year and is paid. Upon successful completion of your placement, this will lead to a potential full-time and permanent employment position within the group.

What we are looking for

We would welcome applications from candidates who are able to meet the following key criteria:

• Graduate level with excellent written and verbal English skills
• Drive and ambition, with a can-do attitude and creative flair
• Confidence and self-motivation with an assertive approach
• The ability to build and develop client and reader relationships
• An ambitious and creative approach with a desire to succeed
• Relevant educational background in teacher training, media studies, history, biology, classics, marketing, or advertising studies

Additional job details

Location: London

Contract: Fixed term

Working times: Full-time

How to apply

Applications should be in the form of a covering letter with CV, quoting Graduate Scheme 2025.

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 8 May 2025.

Founded in 1985, the Mark Allen Group has grown to be a global business with a team of over 550 talented people and a diverse portfolio of market-leading brands, digital products and events providing quality content and information services to specialist business and consumer communities. Our success is fuelled by our entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and in-depth market expertise, conducting business with honesty, fairness and integrity.