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G:Weekly - Your Creative Careers Newsletter | Week 2️⃣ 3️⃣

Your weekly email from Global Academy to kickstart your media career ✨

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Work Experience Opportunities

Take Part in Work Experience with BLAST 🎧

We’ve got 20 spaces for Globallers to get a days hands-on work experience and training with Blast Radio on 24th April.

In this workshop day - you’ll spend the day with Suzie Bowerman - an award-winning industry practitioner specialising in audio feature making, documentaries, podcasts and sound design.

This work experience will give you training in working with sound, using radio studio facilities along with binaural technology to create ASMR and binaural listening experiences through to completion.

EastSide Jam offers a unique opportunity for 16-25-year-old musicians, singers, rappers, and poets to collaborate and create new music together!

Dates:

Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th April: 11am - 5pm

Thursday 11th April: 11am - 10:30pm (includes evening live event open to the public)

At EartH Hackney, you'll:

  • Engage in music workshops led by industry mentors

  • Learn freestyling techniques for creativity

  • Participate in jam sessions and compose new music

  • Record in our studios with industry engineers

  • Receive feedback and rehearse for the live event

  • Perform at the live event on April 11th in EartH kitchen.

Calling all creative teenagers! Ready to turn your business dreams into reality? Join The Art of Execution, a 5-week program designed to equip you with essential entrepreneurial skills. Whether you have a business idea or project, this programme will help you make it happen.

Week 1: Define your purpose, understand your audience, and craft effective business strategies.

Week 2: Gain insights into managing finances with our HSBC Takeover.

Week 3: Master practical tools for success, including workflow and time management.

Week 4: Learn from real startup stories and strategies for success.

Week 5: Receive personalised feedback and network with entrepreneurs and founders.

Dates: April 8th - May 6th, 2024

Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm

Location: Central London

Discover your path to a career in TV and film with our Employability Programme, tailored for 16-25-year-olds in London who want to embark on a career in TV and film. Led by an award-winning TV and film production manager, this 5-week programme offers:

  • Insights into the industry

  • TV and Film Career pathway guidance

  • Make your own mock TV show

  • Hands-on sessions with media equipment

  • Personalised support for CVs and portfolios

  • Realistic production role-play scenarios

  • Financial advice for self-employed careers, including a session with HSBC.

Whether you want to be a director, producer, editor, script writer, camera operator or something else, this programme will give you an overarching view into the TV and film industry. 

Unlock the world of broadcasting with MLavontelle, award-winning expert in presenting, producing, and DJing and Shola West, outstanding career influencer, TedX speaker and advertising expert. In this session next Thursday - you can discover the keys to breaking into the broadcast industry, understand what it takes to excel in presenting and producing, and gain insights into the exciting world of broadcasting. Take the first step towards your broadcasting career. Secure your spot – register today!

Apply to attend the Breaking into Broadcasting workshop NOW

The Fremantle Work Experience Scheme 2024 will run throughout the year, generally lasting for one week in their London office. This scheme is an initiative for people who want to start a career in the TV industry and to give insight into how our company works.

It will provide entry level experience by shadowing different functions of the company, as well as helping develop the knowledge, skills and contacts that they can take forward in their career on shows like Celebrity Juice, Family Fortunes and MUCH MORE. Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis.

Apply Now to get work experience at Fremantle TV

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Get work experience with arts agency and photographers 📸

Year 12s can get involved in “Common Ground” - a UAL Insights sponsored photography course with Autograph. The programme explores race and identity and will give you the chance to ork with London-based photographers and UAL tutors, exploring photography and creating your own work which focuses on the concept of being seen within their peer groups, families and wider communities. 

The course is free, with travel expenses covered, and includes an October exhibition and open to Year 12 students who meet the eligbility criteria.

The application deadline is April 26, but due to limited availability, we recommend students apply sooner.

Click here to apply for the Common Ground Programme

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……

✨ Creative Apprenticeships Taster Day ✨

Our friends at Access Talent present an amazing opportunity to kickstart your career with apprenticeships - perfect for Year 13 and 14 students!

This speed networking event on 10th and 11th April connects YOU with creative industry employers, promising fast-paced excitement and placements in the industry. for roles like Digital Marketeer, Content Creator, Events Assistant and more.

  • Connect directly with employers in the creative industries.

  • Fast-track your career with apprenticeship opportunities and live vacancies

  • Explore diverse roles such as Digital Marketeer and Content Creator.

  • Gain insights into the world of creative media and technology.

  • Secure jobs with leading companies. 🚀

You can find out more on either April 10th or April 11th at Access Creative College London campus in Shoreditch. Don't miss out on this chance to shape your future as an apprentice in the creative industry! 🎉

Applications are now open .. and there is LOTS of opportunities

Applications for their Level 2-3 apprenticeships are now open; the deadline to apply is Monday, 22nd April. 

Visit their YouTube page to find out more about their apprenticeships, including what the application process looks like, and top tips from past and current apprentices!

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Here’s JJ’s pick of upcoming jobs which YOU can apply for…

🎤 Trainee Podcast Creator at BBC (deadline 2nd April)

🗞️ Telegraph Newsroom Apprentice - Video and Audio, Visual Journalism, SEO and Data Insight, Social Media, Digital Publishing and Print Production (deadline 5th April)

⚽️ Chelsea FC Edit Assistant (deadline asap)

✨ Content Strategist Degree Apprenticeship (deadline 31st March)

💻 Social Media Administrator apprentice (deadline 25th April)

Follow @brandingtheyouth on insta for more great opportunuities to kickstart you creative career

Here are some more links you should check out for your job hunt 👀

 

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