How to advertise a job on Journalism.co.uk

Step 1 - register with the site

First-time advertisers need to register before they can post job adverts, view online applications and CV matches. Already registered? Login here.

Alternatively, you can simply email the copy to Stefanie Bull or James Hollobone (tel: +44 (0)1273 384291) and he or she will set up your account and post your advert for you.

Step 2 - add your advert(s)

Once registered/logged in you will be taken to the jobseeker's control panel.

On the control panel, you will find links to:

• add/edit your advert(s)
• add additional logins (for other members of your team)
• purchase job bundles (job advert credits at discounted rates)
• view online applications
• view registered jobseekers who match your vacancy requirements (CV matches)
• re-submit old job adverts.

IMPORTANT!! After posting jobs, you will then need to submit them. On the control panel, the jobs you have just posted appear in a list headed "Not Yet Submitted". Tick the boxed against the jobs you want to submit, and click the "Submit selected vacancies" button.

Step 3 - paying for your advert

If you are planning to advertise several positions at once, post them first before submitting them.

The submission process adds up the total cost, allows you to create additional billing details, and gives you the option of being invoiced later or paying online immediately using WorldPay, a secure web payment site.

Adverts are £130 +VAT per vacancy for up to four weeks' listing, including a free logo.

Job bundles

If you plan to advertise several vacancies, either immediately or over the coming weeks/month, you should buy a job bundle.

A job bundle is a number of credits and will save you money. For example, five vacancies can be purchased at a 10% discounted rate (normal cost £650 +VAT, after discount £585 +VAT).

You can buy job bundles by credit/debit card when you submit your adverts. If you wish to discuss job bundles first or negotiate a large bundle deal, please contact Stefanie Bull or James Hollobone on 01273 384291 or email: james at journalism.co.uk or stefanie at journalism.co.uk.

Job of the Week

When you post your job advert, you can indicate your interest in gaining premium exposure for your vacancy with our Job of the Week option. For an additional £175 +VAT, your job will appear at the top of the left-hand column, site-wide on Journalism.co.uk and at the top of our daily email newsletter, maximising your advert's exposure to passive and active job seekers for a full working week (Mon-Fri).

Premium job listing

For an additional £100 + VAT per week, we also offer a premium job listing slot which keeps your vacancy highlighted in a grey panel at the top of our jobs board main splash page. This page is the most visited on our site and is a great way to ensure your advert catches the eye of the 40,000 unique visitors to this page on average every month, every one a jobseeker.

Premium job listing plus Twitter-enhanced listing (TEL)

For an additional 150 +VAT, you can combine your premium job listing with a Tweet of your job details on our main news channel @journalismnews, which has 36,800 followers and is ranked #5 in WeFollow's list of the most influential journalism Twitter accounts worldwide. This is the ideal way to target passive jobseekers and will give you a combined social media audience on Twitter of approximately 55,000 followers, including @journalism_jobs and @journalismjobs which carry links to all our advertised positions.

To discuss Job of the week, Premium job listings or Premium job listing plus TEL, please contact Jonny Lyons on 01273 384293 or email stefanie at journalism.co.uk or james at journalism.co.uk.

Step 4 - publishing the advert

The first time you post an advert there will be a short delay while we approve your details. You will be sent a confirmation email once the advert goes live.

All your future adverts will normally be published immediately, but we reserve the right to require payment in advance first in some circumstances.

If you have advertised before, simply login here using the email address and password you used when you first advertised. There is a password-retrieval link if you have forgotten it.

That's it - very simple. If you have any questions please email Stefanie Bull or James Hollobone or telephone +44 (0)1273 384291.

How to get the best response to your advert

• Read recruitment expert Daniell Morrisey's excellent article How to attract and recruit top talent.
• Be concise. Include as much pertinent information as possible, but avoid long descriptions. Use short, single sentence paragraphs or bullet points. Important key skills and requirements should be outlined at the beginning of the description.
• Outline the key benefits. If you are offering a good salary and/or additional perks, for example, say so.
• Put your job in only the appropriate categor(ies) and sector(s). Subscribers to our email newsletter are able to choose which categories of jobs they wish to be included and accurate categorisation is also key to getting the right results from our CV Match service.
• Submit different job vacancies separately. If you don't, we won't be able to filter the right jobs to the right people.
• Write a good summary. The short job summary will appear on our jobs summary page and in our daily email newsletter with the job title as the heading, so try to include all the key details in as few words as possible.
• Be easy to contact. Full contact details are not essential, but the more information you give, the better response you will get. At the very least, you should provide a contact name and an email address (your email will be CAPTCHA protected to prevent scraping by spambots).