He worked for several years at the Tunisian Radio Mosaique, where he presented the program “Fm by Night”. Then he moved to Nessma TV to be the first presenter of "Nass Nessma" program. Later, he resigned from the channel. He returned to Nessma TV to become a broadcaster after the Tunisian revolution. On March 17, 2011, Ilyes Gharbi and the Tunisian journalist Reem Saidi hosted the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Nessma TV. Later, he resigned from Nessma TV in April 2011 and joined the Tunisian Radio Xpress FM. He worked as a lead presenter for “Hadith Al Sa’a” program on the Tunisian National Channel 1. Since September 2012, he has been presenting news on Nessma TV.