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Your weekly email from Global Academy to kickstart your media career ✨
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Work Experience Opportunities
IMG Studios Open Day 📺 ⚽️
Join IMG Studios for an exclusive opportunity to explore the inner workings of the world's largest independent sports producer and distributor. At IMG Studios' Open Day, you'll get a firsthand look at the exciting careers available in TV production.
What to Expect:
Engaging presentations
Hands-on workshops led by industry professionals
Insightful discussions about various roles and career paths
Meet and greet our team of Producers, Broadcast Engineers, Productions Managers and more!
Don’t miss out on this unique chance to learn about the exciting world of Sports Broadcasting and kickstart your career in television production at IMG
📆 Monday 18th March
⏰ 9.30am - 5pm
Work on a JD Sports Brief with their media agency 🚀
We have got your chance to get some hands on work experience next month on a live JD Sports Brief alongside their media agency, Goodstuff.
You will even get the potential to be used as part of JD Sports’ advertising strategy and secure multiple work experience placements at some of the biggest advertising companies in the UK - plus some vouchers too!
Have you ever wanted to put on your own
live event?!
Starting March 2024, New Creatives present New Curates!
New Curates is a programme which focuses on building the next generation of live event producers aged 16-21. The project explores the skills needed to put on your very own event in a collaborative environment at Rich Mix in Shoreditch.
Through industry talks, trips, networking, and weekly workshops, this programme will inspire you as a team to bring all your collective ideas to life.
Each week you will be building your inspiration and this event together, so these sessions are for a set group of young curators with a weekly commitment for the programme.
This programme is split into 3 sections:
Module 1: Inspiration & Preparation (Mar – May – 10 sessions) will get you inspired, talking, and exploring ideas.
Module 2: Curating the Takeover (Jun – Aug – 11 sessions) you will be in full curation mode for the final Takeover Festival here at Rich Mix.
Module 3: Career Inspiration & Employability (Sep – Dec – 11 sessions) will focus on Employability, with workshops and talks to both inspire and widen your career prospects.
Sessions take place weekly on Tuesdays, 5.30 – 8pm.
FREE WORKSHOP WITH AARDMAN - CREATORS OF CHICKEN RUN AND WALLACE ADN GROMIT!
Ready to develop your animation skills from the comfort of your own home? Explore this incredible online, industry-led course with the studio that created Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Wallace and Gromit! For over 40 years, Aardman has entertained and charmed the world, creating much loved characters and bringing unforgettable stories to life. Aardman Academy is a team of Aardman directors, producers, creatives and educators committed to encouraging talent into the industry by delivering world-class animated-related courses and skills development.
Aardman is offering 4 fully-funded course spaces. Their Industry Training course Stop Motion 1 involves 12-weeks of online guided teaching, supported by weekly practical tasks and Mentoring to build the right foundations and practical skills in character animation, delivered by a team of highly experienced tutors and mentors. In addition to all of the brilliant online course content, you will also be sent a Stop Motion 1 Course Kit (for you to keep!)
UAL Insights is the UAL’s outreach programme offering young people access to their Colleges for creative activities and pre-university advice - exclusively for Year 12 students at Global Academy.
Students must meet one or more of the following criteria to apply:
students whose parent(s) or guardian(s) have not completed a university degree
students who live in a priority postcode area (using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), areas in deciles 1 to 4)
students whose families receive benefits for living costs (including Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit, Free School Meals, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Income-based Job Seekers Allowance and Pupil Premium)
looked after children and care leavers.
Job Opportunities for Year 13 and Year 14 students
Have you ever spent ages browsing job sites or scrolling through social media for job opportunities, unable to find what you’re looking for? Don’t fear – we’ve collated a list of 18 newsletters and mailing lists that will send a whole host of opportunities straight to your inbox. Who knows, your next job might be an email away!
If you don’t fancy heading to university check out these cool media jobs and apprenticeship opportunities……
Global Aim High 🚀Apprenticeships have now launched
We are excited to confirm our exclusive apprenticeship opportunity for Global Academy Y13 students with Global has now launched. There are a range of exciting roles available - head to https://globalacademy.com/aimhigh/ to read the different job descriptions.
To apply - you will need to submit a "Creative Piece" as well as a written application. All the details are on the link below. When you want to apply - you can say if you're interested in more than one role.
Applications close on 6th March (don't leave it till the last minute!) Please click below to send in your application.
The CrewHQ Trainee Programme is a brand-new scheme providing a pathway into a career in film and TV production.
Based on site at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, home to some of the biggest productions made in the UK such as The Batman, Barbie and Wonka, this programme will give you:
Behind the scenes access to Warner Bros. Discovery film and TV productions
Training from amazing industry experts
Chance to interview for paid placements on Warner Bros. Discovery productions currently filming
Networking opportunities with crew
The programme starts with training in our bespoke CrewHQ centre, based at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, to prepare you for work and give you support, awareness and skills in the following areas:
Set etiquette and resilience training for life on production
Understanding key production paperwork and terminology
Guidance on how to be a freelancer
Exploration of entry level roles and career pathways across many different departments
CV preparation and interview practice
Deadline for applications is 10th March 2024.
As one of Europe's most awarded media and marketing agencies, McCann Health London launched the ignite programme to kick-start creative careers.
The 15-week internship pays the London Living Wage, giving creative inquisitors a way into the industry regardless of background or experience.
So whoever you are, wherever you come from, if you're passionate about creativity and its power to improve people's lives, you can IGNITE your career with us.
Apply now for 8 weeks of FREE intensive digital and broadcast media training delivered by MAMA Youth. Our can grant you instant industry access while teaching you how to excel in production across multiple platforms .
You will master the tools and techniques required to succeed in a ‘real life’ collaborative and fast paced environment. Our unique training model provides practical hands-on experience in content creation while working within a production company. Participants will finish the training with a working knowledge of the multi-disciplinary skills required for entry level employment in the industry.
Upon successful completion, trainees will become MAMA Youth Project Alumni and join our prestigious talent pool, providing benefits such as 6 months professional Talent Manager support, industry professional mentoring and exclusive access to apply for jobs with our industry partners, such as Sky, ITV, BBC Studios, Banijay, Warner Bros Entertainment, Disney, Fremantle Media, Gravity Media, Lime Pictures, Sister, ES Broadcast, Buzz16 and many more.
MARKETING APPRENTICESHIP AT GOOGLE
As an Apprentice at Google, you'll build the skills you need to be prepared for the future of work. You’ll join the Marketing teams at Google for the duration of your 15 month apprenticeship. You’ll start in October with an initial onboarding period, then you’ll attend workshops with our partner Multiverse. During the program you’ll join a Google team for 80% of your time and complete your apprenticeship the other 20% of the time.
You’ll support implementing a data driven approach to campaigns, either with our agency partners or supporting our clients. You’ll use your data insights to continuously improve these campaigns. You’ll also get to collaborate with our internal teams to find new opportunities and utilize data to demonstrate these opportunities are viable. You’ll get to flex your creativity to develop creative strategies for campaigns, assisting the teams responsible for some of Google’s biggest products.
Deadline is 22nd March
Marketing and Content Apprenticeship at Christies starting in September
Are you looking for an exciting, fast-paced working environment within the world’s most prestigious auction house?
Are you looking for a role that not only pays a competitive salary, but allows you the opportunity to gain valuable work experience as well as studying for a relevant qualification?
Then look no further, an Apprenticeship with Christie’s is the right role for you.
Be involved in content creation, marketing, filming and storytelling with one of the world’s BIGGEST brands!
Global Academy is committed to achieving the Quality In Careers Standard accreditation, through Education Development Trust We are focused on achieving the required criteria to become award holders. Education Development Trust is an accredited national licensed awarding body for the Quality in Careers Standard status for careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) provision