Applications are now open for The Cardiff Tab’s 2025/26 editorial team

The Cardiff Tab is officially opening applications for its 2025/26 editorial team, and we’re looking for a fresh new group of students to take the lead.

As all of our current editorial team are graduating, we’re recruiting for the roles of Editor in Chief, News Editor, Features Editor, Social Media Editor and TikTok Editor. Whether you’re interested in breaking news, writing features, or creating content for socials, this is your chance to shape the next year of The Cardiff Tab.

You don’t need to have loads of experience, you just be a student at a university in South Wales who’s keen to get stuck into journalism. Training and support will be provided by experienced journalists at The Tab HQ, so you’ll be guided every step of the way.

All we ask is that you’re able to attend and help run weekly meetings in Cathays.

Holding an editorial role for The Cardiff Tab is a fantastic opportunity, offering invaluable journalism experience that can open many doors, and looks great on your CV.

You’ll also get the chance to write articles for our national site which attracts around nine million views per month, attend fun events with other Tab teams at our HQ in London, as well as receive training from qualified journalists.

So, if you’re ready to build your skills, grow your portfolio and be part of a team making real impact on campus, we’d love to hear from you.

The deadline for submitting applications is Thursday 17th April at 23:59, so don’t miss it!

Editor in Chief

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This role is suited to someone who holds great leadership and teamwork skills, motivated and highly organised.

As Editor in Chief, you’ll have responsibility in overseeing and running the entire team, leading the direction of coverage, writing your own articles across news, features and experience pieces whilst also commissioning and editing articles from writers.

You’ll also communicate with The Tab HQ, who are there to offer support and assist you with their invaluable journalistic experience.

Furthermore, you’ll have a passion for keeping The Cardiff Tab on top of all the latest news and ensuring all of the team are motivated and working on something new so that the team is as good as it can be.

The role is really rewarding and a great opportunity to get involved in leading a team, as well as being invaluable experience for those wanting a career in journalism.

You’ll be working on stories like these:

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News Editor

It’s important to stay informed and knowledgeable about all the latest news in Cardiff and around Wales by keeping your ear to the ground.

The fast-paced nature of news requires careful selection in your work, meaning when a story emerges, you need to be able to work swiftly and efficiently to get it published.

The News Editor is in charge of creating news articles for The Cardiff Tab, writing every week, and assisting the Editor in Chief by editing articles.

You’ll also commission stories to writers, and occasionally help with features, if required.

You’ll be working on stories like these:

Cardiff University spends £7.6m on security over three years

Cardiff will be the only UK capital city not teaching foreign language degrees if cuts go ahead

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Features Editor

You’ll be in charge of writing and editing our fantastic features pieces. You should have a strong idea of what you would like the features section of The Cardiff Tab to look like and where you aim to take it.

The role allows you to be witty, educational, opinionated and creative in your writing. It’s important you know what’s relevant, interesting and funny to the specific student audience at all the Cardiff universities. You will also bring article ideas to meetings and help writers develop their own pieces.

You’ll be working on stories like these:

Five things to do as a Cardiff student that are easier then exam revision

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Social Media Editor

A fantastic opportunity if you’re looking to work in today’s ever growing world of social media, as you’ll have the responsibility for The Cardiff Tab’s digital brand and growing our student reach.

You’ll be in charge of managing The Cardiff Tab’s social media channels across Instagram and Facebook (which in total have over 35,000 followers) and you’ll work alongside the TikTok Editor, brainstorming creative content.

If you’ve got a great talent for creating your own memes that are relevant to Cardiff and student lifestyle, want to promote a brand image or just love scrolling all day, this one’s for you.

Your responsibilities will include advertising our articles, posting regular daily content on our stories, sharing memes, growing our audience and keeping our followers engaged.

You’ll also support the editorial team in keeping an eye out for Cardiff and Wales related content and watching for the latest news and campus gossip. This role does not include editing articles, but you are welcome to write articles, if you wish.

Knowledge of editing apps such as Canva is desired.

You’ll be making posts like these:

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TikTok Editor

You’ll be working alongside the Social Media Editor and the other section editors to promote The Cardiff Tab’s content on TikTok.

Similar to the Social Media Editor, this is a fun and creative role that requires you to have your meme culture knowledge down, ensuring The Cardiff Tab stays on trend.

You should also be comfortable being in front of the camera as you will be expected to make regular vox pops and present the news articles we publish.

Experience in creating and editing TikTok content is desired.

You’ll be making posts like these:

@thetabcardiff Cardiff Universiry tells students to avoid saying ‘piece of cake’ as it’s considered ‘too British’…for more on the story see The Tab website #thetab #cardiffuni #cardiffstudents ♬ original sound – The Tab Cardiff

@thetabcardiff commuters stop judging my schoolgirl outfit challenge #fyp #foryou #cardiffuni #cardiff #studentlife #freshers ♬ Just A Girl – No Doubt

Think you’ve got what it takes?

If you want to apply for any of the advertised roles, please fill out this Google Form.

The application deadline is Thursday 17th April at 23:59, with successful applicants to be informed via email.

If you have any questions, feel free to DM us on Instagram!