SharpFutures

SharpFutures

Media Production

SharpFutures is a social enterprise that supports diverse talent into employment in the creative digital sector

About us

SharpFutures is a social enterprise that supports diverse talent into employment in the creative digital sector. By offering a range of training courses, apprenticeships and placements, SharpFutures helps people from diverse backgrounds develop their creative digital skills and broaden their employment opportunities. We work with broadcasters, production companies and public sector clients as well as all levels of education provider to identify and support talent to build a career in the emerging content creation industries In Greater Manchester & further afield…

Industry
Media Production
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Manchester
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2012
Specialties
Marketing, Web Development, Graphic Design, PR, Social Media, Creative Digital Media, Customer Services, Events Management, and Talent Pool

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Employees at SharpFutures

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  • Brilliant to see what Channel 4 Content Creative Ella Smith has been up to on her placement with Redbricks Media, a fellow tenant to SharpFutures here at The Sharp Project 👇 💻 🎥 📲

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    Channel 4 Digital Content Creative

    Time has truly flown by, and I can’t believe I’ve been with @RedBricksMedia for over a month now! I’m incredibly grateful for the amazing team I get to work with —everyone has been so supportive and willing to guide me every step of the way. 🧱 From content production to editing and social media management, I’ve had the chance to dive into a variety of exciting projects. Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to work on BBC initiatives like BBC Bitesize, as well as casting for series that will be released in the new year. In addition, I’m managing RedBricks' personal social media, creating engaging content, and driving higher interaction across platforms. It's been a whirlwind of learning and growth, and I’m excited for what's to come! ✨

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  • Last week we welcomed Skills4All and Year 9 students from Saint John Henry Newman Catholic College to The Sharp Project for a special day of creative digital storytelling. The students took part in a series of interactive stories and discussions and were tasked with reimaging and modernising their favourite classical stories. Each group presented their digital story and brought their ideas to life through music choices, photography, and storyboarding. Thank you to all the students for their enthusiasm and energy, and to Rubbi Bhogal-Wood at Skills4All for supporting SharpFutures in organising the day.

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  • We have just finished the first phase of our year long Creative Digital Work Placement programme for a group of students from New Bridge Academy, ten weeks of workplace experience, located at The Sharp Project. The students have been exploring creative business ideas using web development tools, graphic design, and branding after a series of workshops helping them develop their work-ready skills in these key areas. To conclude their final steps of phase one, the students worked in small groups to deliver brand concepts plus plans for products & services. Each group did a great job at creating a logo, website, and brand identity then pitching their ideas to the SharpFutures team. We were very impressed with the level of research, attention to detail, and the original creativity of their ideas. The students were supported by the New Bridge on-site staff and the SharpFutures Discover team across the first part of the placement. A huge well done to Max, Ed, Jon, Waj, Harrison, Gian, and Oliver for their efforts this year and look forward to beginning the next phase of the work placement in January! 

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  • Congratulations to our brilliant #SharpFuturesPOD co-ordinator Deanna Turnbull for her award-winning weekend at 53two 👏

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    Project Coordinator / PMA

    Took part in my first ever 48Hour Film Festival with Manchester Actor's Platform (53Two) this weekend! I stepped in as a writer when the numbers were off and the cry for help went out... and we won Best Film & Best Actor! So proud of our team! Within an hour of meeting we'd broken the story and an hour later I had it written. Then 11 hours of filming, 13 hours of editing/sound/colour and we were up on the screen in front of a judging panel! Annoyed that it's taken me this long to do one but thrilled with the experience. 10/10 would recommend. Huge thanks to Simon and the 53Two Team for another brilliant event, in the best arts venue in town.

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    Freelance Multimedia Producer & Editor | Assistant Producer at LUTV | SharpFutures POD member

    A couple weeks ago I got to do some logging for the ‘Beyond The Music: INSPIRE’ stage with SharpFutures 🗒️ The long list of panels were aimed at the next generation of creative talent, students, artists, content creators and aspiring professionals. All who want to learn about developing their careers in the music and creative industries. It was nice for me to refine my skills while going through the footage from the 2 day event, time coding and noting the key parts of it.

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    Now the dust has settled, it’s time to reflect on the incredible week that was BTM24! We would like to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone involved in making this year's edition such a success; the musicians, founding members, partners, speakers, stage curators and venues that made this event so special, and the delegates and festival attendees. We hope everybody enjoyed this year in Manchester, and we'll see you in 2025! 📆

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    📢 NEW PUBLICATION: A portfolio of good practice for an inclusive economy: Trading for social good. The fourth in our portfolio series highlights the different ways our sector is creating a fairer and more inclusive economy in Greater Manchester by balancing profit with purpose.   Research from Social Enterprise UK states that there are around 6,812 social enterprises in Greater Manchester, creating around 127,600 jobs and generating £3.5bn in turnover. Of the £68 million they generate in profit, around £57 million is re-invested in their social missions.   Featured social businesses include Recycle-IT!, Society Support CIC, Gaydio, SharpFutures & STEAM Hubs and Pubs.   Read it here – https://lnkd.in/ek8h_yHb   This portfolio series has been produced on behalf of the Inclusive Economy working group of the Greater Manchester VCFSE Leadership Group, working towards the commitments of the VCSE Accord.

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    Student at The University of Salford

    can’t believe i have been here almost a month now! thankyou to everyone at Jaywing for making me feel so welcome - so excited to continue working with you all over the next coming months :) thankyou to my marketing mentor Yasmin Pritchard for the opportunity to work on such exciting projects and to Jenny Bairstow (my fellow once content creative!) for letting me shadow your social media magic! 🤳 and to Josephine Steel for all your words of wisdom! from generating ideas in meetings to filming digital content, learning new softwares like Umbraco and HubSpot, learning all about the different teams in the agency, researching and analysing topics to writing articles and so much more… its been such a joy learning and developing my digital and media skills and I can’t wait to start my time in Organic Media next week with Beth Lenihan as a yorkshire girl, i look forward to many a more cups of tea (Yorkshire Tea always) with you all at @Jaywing ! 🫶 🫶 Thankyou SharpFutures and Channel 4 :)

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    This month, Kira Donovan joined us from Content Creatives.   Content Creatives is a scheme set up by SharpFutures and Channel 4, where trainees learn about digital media and content creation, and then take a 16 week placement with a media production team or marketing agency. It’s an initiative which is very close to the hearts of our Jaywingers.   Kira will gain experience in producing digital content, and learn about the world of Marketing, SEO, PPC and Social Media. She is excited to help produce video content, write blogs, and drink lots of Yorkshire Tea with the team!

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  • Brilliant work Wesley Jobling - great to hear you've had such a good experience working as a Digital Researcher in Children's and Education at the BBC, a very successful #SharpFuturesPOD placement! Victoria Goodwin Deanna Turnbull

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    Digital Researcher

    Over the past few months I have been working as a Digital Researcher in Children’s and Education at the BBC. As part of the DPU (Digital Production Unit) I have had the opportunity to work across many exciting shoots, even travelling to Edinburgh for this year’s Panto in my first week! Getting to shoot social and YouTube content on this wide a scale with such an amazing team has been nothing short of a dream come true. As part of the team I also get to edit such a wide range of content. I’m very much looking forward to the next coming months to see what else is in store! As always, a massive thank you to SharpFutures for helping me get on board with this fantastic opportunity! I have learnt so much along the way that I’ll no doubt remember throughout my career. I have had the chance to edit some really fun content so watch this space 👀.

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