Route is a Community Interest Company supporting young people from marginalised backgrounds to pursue a career in the music industry by sharing stories, experiences and practical advice from within its numerous fields. Our mission is to demystify the industry for those who have been traditionally excluded by the barriers of class, race and gender and to facilitate the change needed amongst employers to look outside of their usual frames of reference when it comes to finding and nurturing a more diverse pool of talented young people.

Driving online growth. Establishing appropriate tone of voice. Creating interesting, engaging content. Analysing insights. Running online competitions. Handling enquiries, complaints.

Launching the online presence of a new London festival. Encouraging online growth, establishing tone. Composing and designing press releases. Liaising with bands and agents for wide coverage. Website building.

Uploading music/video/ content. Responding to press releases. Responding to band submissions. Monitoring and analysing readership trends. Writing news stories. Promoting label content and events via social media. Responsible for twitter feed. Compiling press mail-outs and campaigns. Overseeing a growing number of contributors.

Actively seeking out new promoters and special events including record launches, secret shows, residencies, label showcases. Establishing relationships with key agents. Keeping abreast of music press. Admin, budgeting.

Reviewing and researching new releases for the new music section.

Writing news stories across a number of in-house publications. Creating photo features. Monitoring and analysing online trends. Interviewing artists. Running online competitions. Reviewing singles/video.

Sourcing and conducting interviews, liaising with PRs and agents. Writing events listings, previews, gig reviews and features. Contributing editorial ideas to the music homepage. Creating a social media presence for the site.

Writing, research, stat collecting.