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G:Weekly - Your Creative Careers Newsletter | Week 3️⃣ 1️⃣
Your weekly email from Global Academy to kickstart your media career ✨
Work Experience Opportunities
For the remainder of the Summer Term - this email goes to Year 12 only 🤩
Take part in the BBC’s Taster Days
If you’re weighing up what’s the next right step for you – it could be an apprenticeship, maybe you’re thinking about university, or perhaps you want to dive straight into your first ‘proper job’, 'Get In' Taster Experiences offer you the chance to see if the BBC could be where you’d like to work in the future by exploring the different early careers paths the BBC has to offer.
At a ‘Get In’ Taster Day, you’ll have the chance to:
Learn about the media industry and a professional workplace environment
Find out about the wide range of job roles we have to offer
Develop some hands-on skills
Spend time in a BBC studio
Have a closer look at our apprenticeship application process and get some tips for applying.
Craft Academy: 2-day TV & Film Production Practical Workshop
This is a practical opportunity where you will have hands-on experience in filming and editing. You’ll meet various members of our Craft crew whilst getting the opportunity to see the way things work on set.
You’ll leave the two days with a real understanding of the equipment used, what goes behind making an ad as well as the industry lingo from conceptualising to content creation. It’s fair to say it’s going to be a jam-packed two days!
When: Tue 30th and Wed 31st July 2024
What will I do: Crafters will learn the basics behind directing, producing and editing content whilst gaining a real insight into what it takes to produce adverts for some of the world’s biggest brands!
Apply NOW as the deadline is Monday 17th June - GOOD LUCK!
Apply to be a National Theatre Young Techie 🎭
Are you interested in lighting, sound, video and automation?
Young Technicians offers an exciting opportunity to develop technical skills, discover routes into the industry and learn from top industry professionals about sound, lighting and stages. In weekly workshops you will be introduced to the basics of technical theatre through demonstrations and practical activities.
This opportunity takes place at the National Theatre on the South Bank and is free to take part in and access support and travel bursaries are available to those in the Greater London area.
Date: every Tuesday evening from 10 September – 17 December 2024
Workshop: 5pm – 8pm
Location: All sessions will take place at the National Theatre, London
Please note: You must be able to attend the full course to take part. As part of the course, you will receive a free ticket to watch an evening performance at the National Theatre.
Higher Education Opportunities …
London College of Communication is hosting a Summer School this July if you wanted to find out more about life at university. It’s FREE too!
London College of Communication UAL is home to design, screen and media practices that reflect and transform the world around us through creative, transformative storytelling. Pick a workshop pathway:
Digital animation and games art
Games design and virtual reality
Graphic design and illustration
Filmmaking and sound
Photography and moving image
Ravensbourne University London presents: Solve it. Make it. Share it.
Join Ravensbourne this July, for a 4 day hands-on creative summer school. Work in groups to design a product or service that acts as a solution to an every day problem. Present that solution to a panel of at the end of the week (a bit like that popular TV show) and the best idea wins a prize!
More Work Experience Opportunities….
🎞️Publicis Groupe: Media & Marketing Insight Day - Tue 25th Jun (9:30am-3:30pm) in their famous Television Centre London office.
Publicis Groupe is the second largest marketing and communications network in the world. They work with some of the world’s most famous brands including: Samsung, Disney, Nestle, Meta and TikTok. Publicis Groupe offer a variety of entry-level roles and apprenticeships.
🎥 Ogilvy: Creative Media Work Experience Day - Thu 4th Jul (10am-3pm) in their London South Bank office.
• Ogilvy specialises in advertising, experience, public relations, consulting, health, influence, social and B2B. This is a great event for anyone interested in a career in creative and design, strategy and consulting, PR or influence and considering an apprenticeship, internship or full-time job when they leave school or college.
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