Work Experience

Spark offer work placement and taster sessions where possible

Spark offer a voluntary placement for people who are interested in the media industry. Offering experience in radio, TV, magazine writing and writing for a variety of online platforms.

While working with us at Spark you will gain skills in live radio and online content and get a chance to work with our music and news team.

Placements are usually one week long and involve working across all of the mediaHUB’s platforms, these are: Fashion North, Spark Sunderland’s three divisions (News, Entertainment and Sport) and SportsByte.

Work placement will take part in the mediaHUB which is situated on the fourth floor of the David Puttnam Media Centre on the St. Peter’s Campus at the University of Sunderland.

For more information please email: mediahub@sunderland.ac.uk.