School of Social Sciences and Humanities

This page takes you to tailored information and resources to explore the career options available related to our undergraduate degree programmes. However, many of these resources will also be useful for Master's Students and Doctoral Researchers in these subject areas. For information on a wider range of job roles and professions, including careers for which your specific degree subject is not necessarily required, you can also look at the Prospects and TargetJobs websites. 

  • Analysing and interpreting data
  • Critical thinking and critical analysis
  • The ability to work to a brief and meet deadlines
  • Teamwork and working collaboratively
  • A broad commercial and cultural awareness of the media and creative industries;
  • A flexible, creative and independent approach to tasks
  • Initiation and development of creative work in writing, audio-visual or other electronic media
  • Research skills
  • Strong IT skills

Approximately 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines. The links below are specific to Communication and Media. 

Careers directly related to your degree:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in.

Further study at Loughborough University:

The Communication and Media department has the following Postgraduate Taught Master's programmes that you can apply to:

You can also study for a research degree including a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) or MPhil (Master of Philosophy). Further information can be found on the Department webpages.

Further study elsewhere:

Some areas of interest include:

To explore further master's courses, please go to Find a Masters.com or Postgraduate Search.

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Argos, Bamboo PR, Blue Eskimo, Cardiff City Football Club, Condé Nast,  Delloitte,  DFDS, Dyson, HSBC, Johnson and Johnson, LCFC, REED Recruitment, Sports Marketing Group, Starsight Communications, Swipe Right PR, The Financial Times, Tomorrow TTH, Top Banana, Warner Bros., WePlay

Roles included:

Account Manager, Analyst Relations Manager, Brand Campaign Manager, Communications Executive, Communications Graduate, Digital Marketing Executive, Fashion PR Assistant, International Publicity Assistant, Journalist, Marketing Officer, Media Buyer, Podcast Producer, PR Executive, Script Writer, Social Media Manager, UX Designer.

Further study included:

MA Creative Writing, MSc Information Management and Business Technology, MSc Marketing, MA Advertising and Marketing, MSc Child Development, MA Law, MA Media and Public Relations, PGCE Secondary Education.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Websites:

Organisations with graduate schemes directly related to Communication and Media:

Many large organisations have a communications, PR and/or marketing related graduate schemes that you can apply for.

If you are looking for a career in communication and media, it’s important to remember there are many small and medium sized companies within this sector who will employ graduates, so it’s important to do your research and you could apply to them directly. Ask us for advice on how to do this if you are not sure.

Communication and Media specific websites:

 Publishing / The book trade