Areas of interest
Production
Production creates all the station imaging and sponsorship & promotions production. This includes sweepers, station IDs and jingles for each of the shows on the station as well as promo trails for the various shows, the contests and any promo trails that involve sponsors. Production involves script writing, organisation of the voices and putting the audio together.
Broadcast Technology
The Broadcast Technology team install and maintain the studios and systems that allow our radio stations to function (e.g. playout, newsroom and audio routing systems). We also setup and operate outside broadcasts as required and work on projects to improve and expand our broadcast facilities. Please note the Broadcast Technology team are not studio operators or “sound engineers” – this is covered by our colleagues in production.
Broadcast Journalism
The Global Radio newsroom based in Leicester Square London, produces bulletins for all brands - Classic FM, Capital, Heart, LBC, XFM, Choice, Gold, Galaxy and the Hit Music Network. Placements will gain an insight into all our brands and will have the opportunity to carry out reporting work. Placements in Global Radio regional newsrooms can also be arranged, please state your preferred location.
Programming
Programming structure what is on the station, when it’s played and how it sounds. It encompasses everything from the music that makes up the playlist to the promotion and content presented on air. We work closely with the on air presenters and news team, ensuring that the station is constantly focussed on its target market. The station devises the right things to talk about with the best promotions and giveaways to maximise the listening figures.
Commercial Programming
Commercial Programming forms the link between our advertising sales teams and the radio station programming teams. The primary job is to interpret client briefs and create client-led promotions, sponsorship, competitions & events - basically everything beyond spot advertising.
The varied & fast-moving nature of the role could see you dreaming up competition ideas, working on client-led events, writing presenter scripts and sponsor credits, briefing programming teams, and lots more...if you're good at juggling, you'll fit right in!
Radio Sales
The Commercial team is responsible for generating revenue through media agencies and clients via both spot airtime and beyond the spot opportunities. The primary job is to sell radio against other media, pitch creative ideas and up-sell our stations to maximise revenue.
If you fancy working in a fun, lively environment and are effective at relationship building and customer service then Commercial could be for you. We look for people with a range of skills including creativity, self-motivation, negotiation and a natural flair for sales!
Interactive / Online
Our online team design, build and support over 60 websites across the group that are visited over 3 million people a month. Our aim is to increase the number of listeners who interact with us online, and also to introduce new listeners to Global Radio brands when they are searching for music or news on Google. There are opportunities for interns in the following areas; Product Management, Editorial, Online Design, Technical Development, and Online Marketing.
Creative
Canvas Media is the creative team working within Global Radio. We work with commercial clients to produce highly effective radio advertising across all radio brands. This includes client briefings, script writing, commercial producing and voice and music casting. Our insight into listeners’ lives and our knowledge of radio brands allows us to exploit the medium’s strengths to maximum advertiser advantage.
Marketing
In marketing, we are responsible for building and managing the brands amongst our market place. We compose and deliver the right product messages, building brand equity through constant and consistent communication in all marketing output. Successful marketing allows us to transcend above our competition, winning on RAJAR by raising reach and share in the commercial radio industry.
Charities
Global is passionate about supporting the causes our listeners care about most. The charities team aims to bring our listeners closer to their communities in fun and rewarding ways, whilst bringing them ever closer to their favourite stations. Charities give grants to fund a wide range of charities working in causes such as poverty, child abuse and neglect, crime reduction, exclusion, homelessness, domestic violence, illness, welfare, education, therapy and care
We operate charities across 5 of our radio brands including:
- Capital Radio’s Help a London Child
- Heart’s Have a Heart (in 33 locations across the country)
- Classic FM’s Music Makers
- Red Dragon’s Help a South Wales Child
- Mercury FM’s Charity Appeal
A placement in the charities team would find you helping with the production of audio packages for the projects we fund, assisting with major fundraising events or working with our major corporate partners.