The culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw (pictured), announced the new jobs in a bid to get young people out of unemployment and onto the first rung of the career ladder.
Future Jobs Fund money is today confirmed for jobs around England and Wales in sectors including theatres and music venues, digital archiving, media production and to further the Olympic sporting legacy.
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed funding for 200 jobs in creative and cultural skills; 142 jobs will be created by English Heritage; 31 working in performing arts venues in the London Borough of Newham; 51 at the National Association of Clubs for Young People; and 200 across the West Midlands, co-odinated by the Skills Partnership and making a major contribution towards the region's Olympics legacy.
Bradshaw said: "These are great jobs - jobs in sectors that can be really tough to break into. They are usually the preserve of better-off children whose parents have the contacts to get them a foot in the door.
"This £5 million announcement will ensure that help goes where it is really needed, to young people who might otherwise be in danger of falling into long-term unemployment. By getting people into skilled work we are investing in future generations."
The initiative is part of the Future jobs Fund, aiming to create120,000 jobs for young people aged 18 to 24, who have been unemployed for six months. It forms part of the Young Persons Guarantee and contributes to the Backing Young Britain Campaign.
The DCMS has committed to contributing 10,000 jobs - 5,000 in sport and 5,000 in culture.
Minister for employment Jim Knight added: "I am delighted that 600 of the 2,800 jobs announced are in the cultural, creative and sport sectors - this brings the total number of Future Jobs Fund jobs created so far to 98,000.
"It's great that we have been able to encourage high quality bids from arts and sports organisations and give young people the opportunity to get real jobs and valuable experience in the creative industry - one of the main growth industries of the future.
"Government is working with the public, private and voluntary sectors to create these job opportunities as part of our Backing Young Britain campaign helping young people get a foot on the career ladder."
