11 Unique Jobs to Apply to Today

Many people think of work as nothing more than a means to an end — a way for you to be able to support yourself on a day-to-day basis. But the truth is, work can be so much more than that. If you find the right job, work can be a place where you push yourself, master new skills and even enjoy showing up on a day-to-day basis. But how do you find the right job?

To get you started, we’ve created a list of 10 exciting jobs that are anything but ordinary, from research scientist to chef to social media co-ordinator and more. Check them out, and apply today — these jobs won’t be open for long!

Global Music Business Analyst, EMEA - TikTok

Location: London Description: "Your mission: Business analysis and reporting management. Manage and track delivery from all EMEA countries’ music operations. Develop reports to analyse the music content performance in each market and the effect music has on app’s DAU, user base segmentation, churn management etc. Develop insights from data to improve music content consumption and creation numbers. Analyse data sets of app users to identify and incubate music trends and user behaviour."

Community Manager - Facebook

Location: London

Description: “We're looking for an experienced community manager to join us on the product marketing team for Facebook Groups. You'll be responsible for engaging group admins, the community leaders who create and manage groups that make a meaningful difference in people's lives… This role will support our vibrant network of Facebook Power Admins groups. The right individual will be a passionate advocate for both our Facebook mission as well as the product experience of Facebook Groups.”

Penetration Tester/Ethical Hacker - Willis Towers Watson

Location: Ipswich

Description: “Responsibilities: Perform manual penetration testing on web services, web, mobile and desktop applications. Support the Pen-testing lead to co-ordinate and execute both internal and external high risk and sensitive application and systems to scope and deadline. Maintain a register of applications requiring annual penetration tests. Provide assistance ensuring penetration testing pre-requisites are in place (e.g. the creation of application accounts and whitelisting of IP addresses). Produce report of application pentest to determine severity of findings and to ensure proper remediation/ risk management is applied.”

Sports Marketing Communication Executive - Betway Group

Location: London

Description: “Reporting to the Sports Marketing Communications Manager, you will be responsible for helping to drive customer loyalty and retention through the delivery of insights and targeted customer communications. Your primary focus will be on the Irish market and how we can maximise customer value.”

Product Designer - Perkbox

Location: Finsbury

Description: “Work in a highly collaborative and close Agile environment to ensure we’re constantly innovating and improving our product. Research competitor’s products, new trends in graphic design and digital innovations in order to provide engaging design solutions. Deliver world-class interaction designs, from initial concept through to launch and evaluation of success. Produce design visualisations to help stakeholders understand what the best experience should be – storyboards, flows, wireframes, prototypes and so on.”

Brand Protection Analyst - Incopro

Location: Cardiff

Description: “Collect, collate, research and analyse data from a diverse range of sources, including Incopro's own systems, to produce high-quality, timely, relevant and actionable intelligence, information and research products. Provide enforcement services to protect client intellectual property rights in a professional and courteous manner.”

Chef - Wagamama

Location: Livingston

Description: “Being a wagamama line chef means being part of the team that brings our kitchens to life. By joining us you’ll learn to create beautiful dishes to wagamama’s high standards, be constantly on the move in a busy environment, work with a brilliant team + help lead your restaurant to success by role modelling the wagamama values every day.”

Research Scientist - Mars

Location: Reading

Description: “In this role you will: Require scientific expertise in analytical chemistry to plan and execute laboratory projects and develop new laboratory capabilities to support the current and future research needs. Provide technical expertise in analytical chemistry to input into project plans, experimental design, data analysis and troubleshooting to ensure successful progression and completion of projects. Communicate research findings through written reports and scientific publications and presentations to key internal customers and stakeholders.”

Graduate Environmental Modeller - WRc

Location: Swindon

Description: “The successful candidate will work in a thriving team offering innovative solutions to our clients in the areas of environmental modelling and environmental evidence and data, primarily in the water industry. The exact nature of the work would depend on the projects you are involved in but is likely to involve: Supporting the water industry in assessing their impacts on water quality and in the development of future investment plans. Water Quality modelling using water industry and in-house modelling packages. Compiling and assessing data and other information, either directly from our clients, from other EU Member States or through literature and other searches.”

Entry Level Data Engineer - Manchester United

Location: Manchester

Description: “The successful candidate will work closely with the CRM Technology Lead developing custom data workflows/structures on a brand new cutting-edge cloud-based CRM platform. Consequently, there is a huge opportunity for the individual to acquire experience and new skills in a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment. Technical training will be provided.”

Social Media Co-ordinator, BBC Sesh - BBC

Location: Cardiff

Description: “BBC Sesh is BBC Wales’ new social media service for young adults that features compelling daily videos fronted by the country’s most exciting new talent. This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative who’s passionate about social media and plugged into youth culture. You’ll work with seniors to produce, schedule and target content so it reaches and engages target audiences.”