Discover Creative Careers

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We couldn't be more proud to share our official campaign video 'Everyone Should Have A Work Experience Story'. A huge thank you to the amazing Lucky Generals for creating this hugely impactful film, and to all the celebrities who took the time to share their stories with us - and spoiler alert there's some real gems in there. If you believe, as we do, that work experience should be a right and not a privilege for the lucky few, please share this video and pledge your support for our campaign here: https://lnkd.in/eQG6pSng #workexperienceforall

Last week was Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024, which we participated in through our Careers in the Arts programme, run in partnership with Corn Exchange Newbury & 101 Outdoor Arts. During this week, our busy Outreach team worked with over 4,500 students to inspire and give insight into a future in the creative industries, with a series of workshops spanning the many different areas of working in the arts, including marketing, directing and playwriting. You can find out more about the opportunities that we offer young people through our Careers in the Arts programme all year round, at the website here: https://lnkd.in/emQAtVi2 In the pictures below, one of our team presents the Careers in the Arts programme at a local school, and a team of young people from a local school get stuck into some activities at a Playwriting, Theatre Design and Access workshop. Thank you to Discover Creative Careers for setting up the week.

Look at these faces! 👀 You’ll no doubt see them as our future creatives in the North East 🙌 Loved leading these brilliant Media CTEC students from Park View School, talking all about creative careers. They never shied from catching my mic ball 🏀, asking really poignant and practical questions, and got stuck into exploring various roles and sectors. You’re doing a great job Miss Smith! Until I volunteered with Discover Creative Careers I didn’t even know I was officially a ‘Creative’… 🎤 Broadcast Journalist - news 🎥 Film producer/presenter 🎙️ Podcast producer/presenter 🏆 Event host ✍️ Marketing & Communications ❤️ The common thread? A love of people, audiences and story-telling County Durham was identified as one of the most in-need areas in the UK for developing pathways for creative skills. Trust me, this isn’t because of lack of talented teenagers. Days like this are so important for demonstrating to young people what the real world of work is like. Discussing passions, characters, skills, opportunities and strengthening that vital link between education and industry. Great flagship initiative from Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Council England, ScreenSkills, Creative UK, Speakers for Schools, Carol Bell OBE Thanks to all the Newcastle Helix community for letting me share your films and stories with these students, and to Chris Taylor for creating them 🙌 #education #industry #skills #opportunitiesforall #discovercreativecareers

A few years ago, I launched my attempt to help open the gates of this wonderful industry to a broader audience, particularly those from less well-off backgrounds, with the Unseen Galaxy project. Simply put, Unseen Galaxy provides industry briefs to colleges (with the longer-term aim of going to schools) and acts as a publisher, providing feedback, rejecting unsuitable games, and publishing projects to itch when they are complete and play-tested. Student teams are the developers and also provide marketing materials, social media support and sign a publishing contract. I had support from kind partners who believed in the concept like 10:10 Games, NextGen Skills Academy and Teesside University University. The lovely folks at Sheridans who provided the contract were so generous, and the excellent Charlie Blay helped me set everything up. I thought it would be a ripping roaraway success and launched it into colleges first until I realised that tutors and lecturers work so hard to such strict plans that it’s a difficult thing to plug in something new. A few years on, it’s not exactly proved the solution to social mobility in the industry I thought it would be. Very recently, I wondered if I should call it quits - I’d had a go, but only to limited success. Amazing people like the wonderful Dink guys as a studio and the (award-winning) Renzo Palmisano at Burnley College proved the concept worked by delivering games which we published. But it was always ever a side gig, and working full-time at Radical Forge meant that it could never take all my attention (even though Radical Forge is amazingly supportive with time and resources). However, the past couple of months have filled me with encouragement. Burnley College are running the programme, as are Middlesbrough College this year. Games Academy are running it remotely, and I am visiting Salford City College Group to launch this year's brief later this week. And to top it all, last week, in conjunction with ScreenSkills and Discover Creative Careers, we delivered a version of Unseen Galaxy to a group of year 10’s at Longfield Academy in Darlington (Big thanks to DCC's Rachel Shaw), Radical Forge’s very own Ryan Smith and everyone else involved). Discover Creative Careers is a brilliant programme that educates students about potential careers in creative screen industries. The day was inspirational, and as I left, a student told me that it made him “happy enough to last for at least two weeks”, which was a lovely moment. Big thanks also to Natalie Wicks, Jonathan Bale and Russell Kay who came along for the ride and delivered lots of brilliant feedback on the day (and even a GameMaker masterclass - thanks Russel). So, I think there is something in the Unseen Galaxy after all and it may even be becoming more relevant. Thanks to Marcia Deakin and Gina Jackson OBE Jackson for encouraging me to keep developing this and their constant flow of ideas. I think I'll keep searching the stars.

Creative UK were the powerhouse behind our campaign to recruit industry for the first half of the year and then brought together the most incredible campaign for parents and carers for Discover! Creative Careers Week featuring some incredible people talking about their creative career pathways and inspiration. Thank you so much to Sarah Gregory and team for all your brilliant work! #discovercreativecareers #creativeindustries

A huge thank you to Speakers for Schools who offer a programme of virtual events for Discover! Creative Careers Week which allows even more schools to bring their young people opportunities for insights, work talks and work experience. We are very grateful for all the team there and their hard work to bring in such fantastic industry partners. #discovercreativecareers Joline Cooper Jen Kitching

How are schools meant to deliver up-to-date careers education... ...if they have no contact with industry or employers 🤦🏻♀️ --------------------- Careers teams are doing the best they can with ❌ Scraps of money ❌ Snatches of time and most crucially... ❌ BARELY any involvement or input from the working world Why am I talking about this? Because the creative industries is PARTICULARLY bad at plugging into careers education. I talk to a lot of careers people in education and they consistently say that the creative industries is hardest to engage with. So it's the area that's most left off the careers education curriculum. --------------------- So... 💥 WE AT ERIC DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN MARCH 💥 And now is your chance to get involved in careers education. DO IT. It's National Careers Week and we're taking the bull by the horns and doing a full week of back to back talks from professionals from the creative industries. EVERYTHING WILL BE RECORDED. HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWS. 👉 Register your interest now as an employer/professional to speak 👉 Register your school now to attend https://lnkd.in/eH7qma9J #nationalcareersweek2025 #ncw2025 #ncw #nationalcareersweek

#discovercreativecareers Week 2024 finished with a bang at TMP College in Wigan where we launched a partnership with YouTube to excite and energise 11-18 year olds about opportunities in the #creativeindustries. The exclusive screening and launch of our programme’s first film created for our 11-18 audience was made by art rock collective Francesca Pidgeon of art rock collective Dilettante. The film itself spotlights the range of professionals that bring live music to life, highlighting how many individuals behind the scenes are needed for musical performers to put on a gig. With thanks to YouTube, UK Music Ltd, Little Dot Studios, University of Hertfordshire, ScreenSkills and Music Local You can check out the 9 minute film here https://lnkd.in/e7d2mN5C #discovercreativecareers #creativeindustries

We are still landing back on the ground after an epic Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024. Thank you to everyone who got involved this year. We can't wait to share some of the stories. Firstly; we couldn’t have done it without our funders Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England and our supportive and dynamic steering group members who are there all year round with advice, advocacy, passion and enthusiasm! ScreenSkills Speakers for Schools Creative UK ERIC The Careers & Enterprise Company Career Development Institute IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) Framestore One Dance UK Cockpit Get Into Theatre Design Business Association (DBA) UK Music Ltd Into Film UKFT Association Crafts Council BlueZoo Inc. RIBA The Publishers Association Creative Assembly Heritage Crafts HaZimation Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre The National Archives, UK Design Council Advertising Association Into Games AIXR BPI (British Phonographic Industry) #discovercreativecareers