Fellowship — Multitrack

Looking to kickstart your career in radio and podcast production?

The Multitrack Fellowship opens doors into the audio industry

We are now accepting applications for the 2024 Fellowship!

We partner with the country’s leading audio production companies to offer paid work placements, training and networking opportunities, and the chance to pitch for real commissions.

This is an entry level fellowship for people who may face barriers entering the audio industry based on:

Socioeconomic background
Race or ethnicity
Disability

Applications close: 11.59pm, Sunday 2nd June

Fellowship runs: September to December 2024

Bigger and better!

This year’s Fellowship is the longest ever - we’ve extended the programme from 8 weeks to 12 weeks.

This means Fellows will get four more weeks of employment, four extra training days, four more weeks of networking opportunities, and the chance to get more embedded than ever at the production companies they work at.

More roles than ever!

For the first time, the 2024 Fellowship will offer some specialist placements; focusing on editorial production, technical production and production management. This means people with a wider range of skillsets can apply to Multitrack this year and get their start in the audio industry - in roles where there is high demand from employers.

See the FAQs for more information on specialist placements.

Who is eligible to apply?

To be a Multitrack Fellow, you must meet one or more of the criteria around socioeconomic background, race or ethnicity, and disability. And you must be an entry level producer.

You must also be at least 18 years old and eligible to work in the UK - unfortunately we are not able to offer visa sponsorship.

The Fellowship is open to people who are from a low socioeconomic background.
Here’s how we define that:
- If you qualified for free school meals.
- If, when you were age 14, your highest earning parent or guardian was not self-employed or in senior management, and was employed in one of the following categories:
  - Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, fitter, inspector, plumber, printer, tool maker, electrician, gardener, train driver
  - Semi-routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, receptionist, sales assistant
  - Routine manual and service occupations such as: HGV driver, van driver, cleaner, porter, packer, sewing machinist, messenger, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff
- If, when you were age 14, your parent or guardian was long term unemployed
Note: these are broad categories that may not exactly fit your family situation – e.g. if you’re a carer or if a family divorce changed your financial position. Please use your judgment when self-identifying.
The Fellowship is open to people who are:
- Asian/British Asian
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
- Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
- From another minority ethnic group
The Fellowship is open to people who are disabled, neurodivergent or have a long term health condition (defined as a condition lasting or expected to last 12 months or more).
You can self-identify this and you won’t need to show a diagnosis

Broadly, we define entry level producers as having no, or mostly voluntary experience in the audio industry- for example volunteering for a college or community radio station, creating your own recordings or podcast just for fun, or having done a couple of days shadowing or work experience.
We consider all applications on merit, but tend to favour applicants without extensive paid experience working in the media industries, such as journalism, film or tv.
That means that if you're already earning a significant proportion of your income from working in audio, or you’ve previously worked in audio and are looking to return after a career break, this scheme probably isn't for you.
One of our aims for the future is to develop a scheme to support industry returners and those with experience wishing to grow their careers. So if that describes you, please keep following our socials for updates - we know it can be tough and we hope to build something for you soon.

Ready to start your application?

Throw your hat in the ring for the 2024 Multitrack Fellowship!

Fill in the application form

We’ve tried to make sure the application form isn’t too time consuming. We don’t require you to submit a CV or cover letter - we just want to get to know you a bit.

The main application questions come first on the form, and we’ve written some guidance for how to approach each answer. We really recommend checking that out before preparing your answers.

Read our application guidance

Not keen on written applications?

This year, we’re trialling an alternative way to submit your answers to the key questions on the application, to try and make the process as accessible as possible. If writing answers feels like a barrier to you doing the best application possible, you can give your answers to the main questions using voice memo recordings, instead of writing them.

We’ll still need you to fill out a form, but when you answer the main questions at the top, you’ll be asked to upload audio recordings instead of filling in text boxes. These recordings DO NOT need to be high production value! We won’t be judging your audio skills based on these answers. This is just an alternative way of providing your answers, if you find it easier to speak them aloud than writing them down.

Application form - audio option

In the words of Fellowship alumni….

“I had been in audio for about 3/4 years but I wasn't making money from it. Didn't even know that I could! Now audio production is my life and I'm loving every minute of it. I honestly owe Multitrack my life - they set me up with the knowledge and expertise to take on this career and thrive in it.”
“I can’t even explain how pivotal the Multitrack placement has been to my progression over the last 6 months. It offered me everything I had hoped for, a door into the industry, knowledge and connections, friends and mentors. I’m truly so grateful to have been a part of it.”
“Multitrack was an incredible experience. It gave me the opportunity to meet and learn from established audio producers and also to collaborate with people on my level in the industry. I have formed genuine friendships with people from the fellowship and their continued support and advice has been career-changing for me.”
“After Multitrack, I was offered multiple jobs as a Producer and am now trusted to independently lead a handful of podcast shows for different companies. That wouldn't have been possible without Multitrack. I have never ever felt more supported - the steering team are genuinely wonderful people.”
“Multitrack has already, and no doubt will continue to make, a massive impact on the audio industry and the people within it.”
“The Multitrack Fellowship equipped me with practical skills, knowledge and an incredible support system to enter the audio industry with confidence. I know that I can always rely on the fellows and team for guidance.”
“Being part of Multitrack has helped me to improve my numerous skills such as how to edit, how to record on location, how to interview, etc. It also enabled me to network with and learn from experienced people in the industry. The work placement has also given me an insight into how production companies operate.”
“I can say, without a doubt, that Multitrack directly led to the job that I have today. Before Multitrack I had worked in admin for 15 years and after Multitrack, I was hired as an in-house assistant producer with one of the companies that I was placed with.”
“Working in a paid placement after years of unpaid work, witnessing people throughout the industry taking the time to explain, share and chat with us and also creating bonds with the fellows and steering team provided a fundamental platform that both emotionally and tangibly shaped the way I hold myself as a producer.”
“Multitrack also helped me personally because for the last couple of years I had been searching for the right career and in our first MT meeting I knew I had at last found what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.”