Opportunities and positions with us
What roles can we offer you?
General Editors
Overall society administrators and President and Vice-President of The Bubble. A fantastic opportunity to learn skills in management, communication, hiring and firing and leadership, requiring round the clock attentiveness to The Bubble.
Requirements: some previous experience with The Bubble
Number: maximum of two at any one time
SMT (Senior Management Team)
Day to day managers and directors of The Bubble team, who answer to editorial/writing/commissioning queries. An excellent opportunity in management and leadership of a close team.
Requirements: some previous experience with The Bubble
Number: one for each overarching section (Culture & Arts, Current Affairs, Lifestyle)
Webmasters
Responsible for the upkeeping of The Bubble website, including its graphic design, functionality and web hosting. Great experience in day to day maintenance of a commercial site.
Requirements: HTML proficiency
Number: Between one and three
Editors:
Positions responsible for creating content, whether by writing it single-handedly or commissioning or sourcing content from the student community. Editorial sections include:
Culture & Arts: Art & Photography, Creative, Drama, Film, History, Literature, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Satire, Television
Current Affairs: Business & Economics, Causes, Environment, Science & Technology, Sport, Student Life, UK Politics, World Affairs
Lifestyle: Fashion & Beauty, Food, Gaming, Sex & Love, Travel
Requirements: no prior experience needed
Number: typically between one and three editors per section
Contributors
Anyone can contribute to The Bubble, no experience needed. Simply contact the relevant editor via our contact us page.
Photographers
A great opportunity to refine your skills as a photographer by joking our Photography Board. Responsibilities include take photos according to editor's requests and contributing original content to our photography database. Credit will always be given for provided photos.
Requirements: some experience or flair as a photographer
Our Achievements
The Bubble's boat party and red-carpet awards ceremony, also the first of its kind, held in May 2018. The Facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1693599727358445/
The Bubble runs a romance column, Bubble Trouble, where you can submit your anonymous love letters: https://www.thebubble.org.uk/category/columns/
The Bubble's Student Question Time, the first of its kind at Durham University, which can be watched in full here: https://youtu.be/hL1SX2JYQ2M
The Bubble also runs regular writing competitions, such as the politics one pictured above.
