About the Youth Music Awards 2026

The Youth Music Awards is the biggest night in grassroots music, and for the past six years we have celebrated in London. However, 86% of our funding goes outside of the capital, equalising access to music for thousands of young people across the UK. So, we know how important and culturally relevant other regions across the UK are. That's why, in 2026, the Youth Music Awards is coming to Liverpool. We can't wait to join our community in the North-West to celebrate the projects and people from across the region and beyond, in one of the world's most loved music cities.     

The Youth Music Awards 2026 are open to anyone who has been directly funded via the NextGen Fund or has taken part in a Youth Music funded project since January 2021.

Learn more here - https://youthmusic.org.uk/awards 

About the role 

You will be covering the awards live on our Instagram Stories. You’ll be a confident social media user, with an in-depth understanding of Instagram. 

Working closely with our Communications Team and agency partners, you’ll be our eyes and ears on the ground, capturing the spirit of the event and ensuring that all the key moments from the awards are covered. Following a brief, you’ll help tell our campaign story through capturing pre-agreed photos and videos throughout the event and posting them to Youth Music’s Instagram Stories. But importantly, you’ll also be constantly on the lookout for unexpected moments, then co-ordinating with team members and guests to bring them to life. 

This is a freelance contract role for someone seeking paid experience to build a career in the music industries.

Key Timings

• Wednesday 28 October: Youth Music Awards, Liverpool. (You will need to be available on this day between the hours of 10am – 11pm – exact times tbc.)

*You will also be required to attend a half day training with an industry professional around social media. The training will be paid and expenses covered. Date and location tbc. 

Fee

• Youth Music Awards 28th October - £225 plus travel expenses
• Training Half Day - £75 plus travel expenses

Diversity and equal opportunities 

Youth Music is an equal opportunity and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining diverse candidates. It’s important that our team reflects the communities we serve.

We are currently under-represented by individuals from a working-class background, the Asian/Asian British community and wider Global Majority, Disabled people, the Trans community and people of faith.  

Youth music is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we are committed to making adjustments that would support disabled people to apply for and carry out this role. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for any disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the post, as outlined in the job description. If you are disabled and would like your application to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, please indicate so in your application.

Please contact jobs@youthmusic.org.uk if you have a disability and/or access requirements or if you wish us to consider any other reasonable adjustments to ensure the interview process is fully accessible.