Screen Skills have provided us with a list of links to useful organisations, crew databases, Facebook groups and other sites which may be of interest to those who are interested in working in the screen industries.  

 

Job sites and Facebook groups  

 

• UK Screen Alliance jobs board for jobs in animation, VFX, film and TV studios, post 

• thecallsheet – a jobs site that connects companies with talent and crew for film and premium TV drama 

• The Unit List – jobs in broadcast TV 

• The Talent Manager – a jobs site that connects production freelancers with jobs in unscripted TV 

• Games Jobs Direct - for games jobs  

• Art Station – for games and animation arts jobs 

• People in TV: Facebook   

• TV Talent North: Facebook 

• Film and TV Production Crew Facebook 

 

Regional film offices and crew databases:  

 

ENGLAND 

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Creative England:  https://www.creativeengland.co.uk/  (crew database for England excluding London)  

Bath Film Office:  https://www.bathfilmoffice.co.uk/  

Birmingham  

Film Birmingham:  https://filmbirmingham.co.uk/  

Crew Birmingham: https://www.crewbirmingham.co.uk/  

Bristol  

Bristol Film Office:  http://filmbristol.co.uk/  

Cornwall 

Screen Cornwall: https://www.screencornwall.com/  

Edinburgh  

Film Edinburgh: https://www.filmedinburgh.org/Production-Guide   

Liverpool  

Liverpool Film Office:  https://www.liverpoolfilmoffice.tv/  

North East  

Northern Film and Media:  https://northernmedia.org/  

Norfolk: 

Norfolk Screen: https://www.norfolkscreen.co.uk/  

Suffolk  

Film Suffolk:  https://www.filmsuffolk.org.uk/  

Yorkshire    

Screen Yorkshire:  https://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/  

 

SCOTLAND 

  

Film Bang   https://www.filmbang.com/  a paid commercial crew database 

STV:  https://www.stvplc.tv/careers STV jobs in Scotland and London   

Screen Scotland: https://www.screen.scot/  

GMAC Film:  https://www.gmacfilm.com/ an organisation which aims to improve access to film and TV 

Tayscreen:  https://www.tayscreen.com/ Film office for Fife and Tayside  

 

WALES 

  

Ffilm Cymru:  https://ffilmcymruwales.com/    

Wales Screen:  https://businesswales.gov.wales/walesscreen/  

 

NORTHERN IRELAND 

  

Northern Ireland Screen:  https://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/ 

Cinemagic: https://cinemagic.org.uk/  

   

 

Other useful organisations (national)  

 

BECTU:  https://bectu.org.uk/  Broadcasting and Entertainment Union  

Discover! Creative Careers:  https://discovercreative.careers/#/ Careers website for all creative industries  

BAFTA Guru:  https://guru.bafta.org  BAFTA careers site  

UK Screen Alliance:  https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/  

 

 

Broadcasters’ careers sites  

 

BBC Careers:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/  

Channel 4 careers:  4Skills | Channel 4 Careers 

ITV Careers: https://www.itvjobs.com/  

STV jobs: https://www.stvplc.tv/careers  jobs in Scotland and London 

 

Industry specific news sites 

• Broadcast 

• Screen Daily 

• C21 Media 

• Televisual 

 

 

Industry sites where you can sign up for newsletters 

• BFI  British Film Institute 

• Doc Society 

• Access VFX   visual effects, animation and games  

 

 

Major festivals and conferences 

• Edinburgh International TV Festival 

• Sheffield Doc Fest 

• Festival de Cannes 

• BFI London Film Festival 

• Berlinale 

• Sundance Film Festival 

• MIPCOM  

• MIP TV 

• Children’s Media Conference 

 

Professional bodies for the screen industries 

• ANIMATION UK 

• British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 

• The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)  

• Royal Television Society (RTS) 

• UKIE  The trade body working to make the UK the best place in the world to make and sell games 

• Film and TV Charity  

• British Society of Cinematographers