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Advanced Television report on Creative Access’ Class research

Music industry masterclass with Warner Music Group

Marketing Beat reports on Creative Access’ class ceiling in the creative industries report

PR Week reports Creative Access data: Over half of PRs say working class underrepresented

How to support your Muslim staff during Ramadan

Broadcast covers Creative Access survey findings on the industry class divide

Arts Professional reports on class ceiling in creative industries

NEW RESEARCH: The class ceiling in the creative industries

How to talk to your employer about career development

Creative industries showcase in Bristol

5 things you didn’t know about publishing rights with Penguin Random House UK

Creative Access & McLaren Racing announce recipients of third annual Career Development Bursary

Lessons in TV production: A masterclass with ITV Academy

Get the most out of diversity, equity & inclusion training in 2024

Diversity and inclusion trends that NEED to be on your radar in 2024

Mo Siewcharran Fund opens next funding round after awarding 5 grants to creative organisations

PR Week reports Creative Access co-founder Josie Dobrin in the King’s New Year Honours list

The Bookseller reports on Co-founder Josie Dobrin becoming OBE

A year in books: Creative Access Book Club 2023

BookBrunch feature Thrive programme for freelancers

Creative Access accelerates career progression for creative industry freelancers with Lee & Thompson

PR Week reports on Creative Access Steering Group appointments

The future of the creative industries with News UK, Dow Jones and HarperCollins

Book Brunch cover Creative Access Steering Group and Board appointments

Arts Professional features alumni appointment to Creative Access board

Creative Access Steering Group and board appointments feature in The Bookseller

Creative Access announce 2023-24 Steering Group cohort

Q&A with director Salomè-Dior Williams on her first broadcast TV documentary

What we learnt about advertising at the Publicis Poke masterclass

Creative Access’ advice on ‘smart casual’ in workplace covered across Reach Plc titles

Menopause on the map

How to launch your career in the creative industries: Creative Access x ITV Academy Manchester showcase

Creative Access team with law firm Lee & Thompson to address lack of employer support for 50% of under-represented workers

Financial barriers to creative work increasing, Creative Access research featured in Arts Professional

How to pivot into publishing

After-hours masterclass at the V&A’s GABRIELLE CHANEL: FASHION MANIFESTO

The Bookseller highlights the relaunch of Creative Access x McLaren Racing Career Development Bursary

Potential recruits spurn publishing over poor pay, Book Brunch reports

Cost of living ‘significant barrier’ to accessing creative industries for under-represented talent

Prolific North report Creative Access x ITV Academy showcase in Salford

Workplace dress codes research featured in HR Review

Broadcast highlight Creative Access & Banijay’s career development programme for TV freelancers

The Voice report on “Culture of fear over wearing natural hair at work”

Banijay UK and Creative Access launch development programme for under-represented freelancers

PR Week highlights Creative Access’ call for inclusive dress codes

Interview dress codes research featured in Personnel Today

Job seekers from under-represented groups feel disadvantaged by confusing workplace dress codes

Report: Navigating hair & clothing codes in the workplace

How to explain career breaks

Creative industry trailblazers:

How to go freelance

Creative industry trailblazers: Hetty Ashiagbor

How to get the most out of diversity and inclusion training

How to retain mid-level diverse talent in the creative industries

Mo Siewcharran Fund awards four new grants; next funding round open

Thrive Report findings in Broadcast

PR Week on Creative Access 2023 Thrive Report

Advanced TV highlight Thrive report’s findings on diverse talent in TV

Annual Thrive report featured in The Bookseller

Creative industry trailblazers: Isabella Silvers

Creative Access Thrive 2023 data: diverse talent is ‘a future priority at all career levels’

Thrive report 2023: Who’s really thriving?

Career-in-focus series: 5x tips to help you succeed in publishing sales

How to update your CV & interview across all career levels

Josie Dobrin comments on ‘high churn’ of junior staff in Campaign

Creative industry trailblazers: Nitin Rishi

Film, TV and gaming masterclass with BAFTA

Creative Access alumni in Bookseller article on publishing in the North

Creative industry trailblazers: Lizzy Burden

The Gate’s Vicky Janaway reflects on Creative Access masterclass in LBB

Creative industry trailblazers: Arshdeep Kaur

Radio masterclass with BBC Music and Radiocentre

How to get the most out of mentoring

Programmes manager – alumni features on podcast

Creative Access Disability Report in Campaign

How to switch career paths

Enhance your career: top tips in salary negotiation

Bookseller cover Creative Access and DRF’s David Miller Internship Programme 2023

PR and communications masterclass with Smarts Agency

PR Week reports on Creative Access and Weber Shandwick’s new internship programme, Launchpad

Publishing masterclass with Sage Publications

CEO of Creative Access on the PRmoment Podcast

Creative Access CEO in Raconteur article

Climate change and the creative industries

How to ace your interview

Jobs you didn’t know existed: What does an activist engagement intern do?

Creative Access director of recruitment in FT article

Advanced Television report on Creative Access’ Freelancer Report 2023

Report: Freedom or working for free? Freelancers in the creative economy

How employers can support freelancers

New data: Freelance talent demands change from creative organisations

Jobs you didn’t know existed: What does a creative assistant do?

Politics & media masterclass: tips for working in the heart of Westminster

Jobs you didn’t know existed: What does a gallery assistant do?

Creative Brief highlight Creative Access and FleishmanHillard UK accent bias research

Accent bias research covered in Little Black Book

Accent bias still strong in the TV industry, Broadcast report

Research reveals accent bias is thriving in the creative industries

Jobs you didn’t know existed: What does a storyliner do?

Report: The Language of Discrimination

Jobs you didn’t know existed: What does an artistic director do?

An evening at the V&A Africa Fashion exhibition

Broadcast highlights demand for driving lessons in latest round of Career Development Bursary

DiversityQ feature Creative Access x McLaren Racing Career Development Bursary

Creative Access and McLaren Racing announce recipients of second annual Career Development Bursary

What employers need to know about diversity for 2023

Mo Siewcharran Fund marks its five year anniversary by awarding new grants to four creative organisations

Edinburgh Book Festival awarded Mo Siewcharran Fund, The Bookseller reports

Our 2022 wrapped!

Creative Access in i News’s reasons to be optimistic 2023

Creative Access new senior appointments covered in The Bookseller

Creative Access makes new senior appointments to strengthen its intern and alumni training and support programmes

Broadcast report on Creative Access research into career progression for disabled workers

Financial Times panel share top tips for breaking into the industry

Creative Access disability report findings featured in Forbes

The Stage features Creative Access disability reports 2022

PRWeek highlight lack of accessibility in the industry

Creative Access report on career progression for disabled workers in The Bookseller

Televisual cover Creative Access’ new report on disabled workers in the creative industries

Career barriers worse for intersectional disabled workers in creative industries

HR & employer resource: Disability inclusion in creative industries

Report: Disability equity in creative industries – 2022

Getting into publishing – a webinar with Creative Access & Penguin Random House

Creative Access featured in Personnel Today article on diversity at McLaren Racing

The language of discrimination: class barriers and accent bias

Working in the music industry with Warner Music UK

Broadcast reports on Creative Access steering group programme

New Creative Access future leaders programme in PR Week

Creative Access’ steering group featured in The Bookseller

Creative Access launch new initiative for creative industries’ future leaders

How the Creative Access x McLaren Racing Bursary has helped my creative career

Creative Access Book Club: Babel by R.F Kuang

An fascinating insight into storytelling careers…

The Stage cover the Mo Siewcharran Fund recipients

The Bookseller cover the recipients of Mo Siewcharran grants

Mo Siewcharran Fund awards grants to four organisations in its fourth year of increasing diversity in the creative industries

Personal finance, budgeting and money management tips

Creative Access northern creative industries showcase

Hachette UK unveils 2022 traineeship programme and partnerships

The ongoing impact of Covid-19 on the creative industries

Navigating a theatre career both on and back stage…

Thrive report – equity and inclusion in the creative economy

A report on generation post-pandemic

My mentoring journey with Creative Access

The Bookseller cover Penguin Random House UK and Creative Access mentoring scheme

Tips for creating an inclusive workplace for LGBTQIA+ employees

Creative Access and Penguin Random House launch second year of mentoring programme, which will support a total of 500 people by 2025

Creative Access CEO, Josie Dobrin, speaks on Independent Publishers Guild’s podcast

Creative Access open training workshops

Handling sickle cell in the workplace

From Kickstart trainee to comms professional

Carers Week: Creative Access employer guidance

Anoushka Dossa, head of intern recruitment at Creative Access, featured in VICE article

PR Week cover new Creative Access research

‘Generation Post-Pandemic’ findings from Creative Access featured in BookBrunch

The Bookseller highlight Creative Access ‘Post-Pandemic Generation’ research

New Creative Access research reveals the career expectations and ambitions of this year’s school and university leavers

Creative Access CEO, Josie Dobrin, talks to The Bookseller about the impact of Black Lives Matter on the publishing industry

The Bookseller reports on the Mo Siewcharran fund

Provoke Media feature new Creative Access CEO appointment

“Find the self-care that suits you” – mental health wellbeing

How we support our team’s mental wellbeing

PR Week report Bibi Hilton as Creative Access’ new CEO

The Bookseller reports on new Creative Access CEO appointment

New CEO appointment for Creative Access

Dazed Magazine feature Creative Access in ‘Class Ceiling’ series

Televisual mention Creative Access as Kickstart Gateway

Get in pole position for your dream job in marketing

Disability consultant Simon Minty joins the Creative Access team of trainers

Being trans in the creative industries

Creative Access quoted in National World article on the success of positive action schemes

Producer Damian Jones in conversation with director Matt Kay

Celebrating neurodiversity in the workplace

Top Tips: Digital Body Language

Arts Professional cover Creative Access and University of Manchester research

Young carers miss out on career opportunities and feel unsupported in the creative industries

Research with Manchester University – impact of the pandemic

Small shoulders; big responsibilities – Young Carers in the workplace

Covid pandemic has worsened pre-existing inequalities in the creative industries

Mirage News reports Creative Access and University of Manchester findings

Creative Access and University of Manchester research featured on ITV

BookBrunch report on latest grants given as part of the Mo Siewcharran Fund

2022 Mo Siewcharran Fund winners covered in The Bookseller

Creative Access awards first Mo Siewcharran Fund grants of 2022 to leading diversity organisations in publishing and theatre

“Have fun with it!” – How to take the cringe out of networking

Creative Access and Nutopia partnership featured in C21

Should we all return to the office full-time?

Arts Professional reference Creative Access research into lifestyle changes in article on the ‘great resignation’

New Creative Access x Nutopia partnership featured in Televisual

Broadcast cover Creative Access and Nutopia’s new partnership tackling senior-level diversity

Nutopia partners with Creative Access and National Geographic to launch pioneering new initiative to tackle senior-level diversity in TV

Getty Images announce inaugural Inclusion Grant recipients, in partnership with Creative Access

Turbo-charging for 2022: The triumphs, trials, and top tips

Creative Access and McLaren Racing announce first recipients of new Career Development Bursary to help overcome financial barriers to career progression

Former Creative Access intern, Ayodele Ogunshakin, speaks to Prospects about her role as a storyliner for ITV

BookBrunch cover Creative Access 10 year anniversary

The Bookseller reports on Creative Access’s impact over the last decade

Leading names in creative industries celebrate 10 years of partnership with Creative Access

Navigating disclosure: Our top tips!

The Bookseller reports Josie Dobrin, founder and CEO, stepping into new role as executive chair of Creative Access

Creative Access leadership news

Press Gazette highlight Creative Access findings that “mental health is now more important than money for young journalists”

The Stage reports on Creative Access’ Covid-19 findings into Covid-19 and the theatre sector

How to stay creative

Forbes feature Creative Access’ Covid-19 research

New Creative Access research reveals impact of Covid-19 on people from under-represented groups in the creative industries

PR Week highlight Creative Access’ financial stability findings for PR creatives

Creative Access Covid-19 financial stability research in The Bookseller

How to host a remote internship

Top 10 tips for preparing for a role in the creative industries

COVID-19: Resources and funding support

“Let your passion shine through” – PR professionals on getting into the industry

How to network virtually

How can we make advertising more accessible to talent from working class backgrounds?

Getty launch iStock Inclusion Grant for photography in partnership with Creative Access

Creative Access hires Elonka Soros into new Development Director role

What it’s like working in the environmental sector during COP26

Why diversity matters at COP26

How to write an inclusive job advert

CA alumni deliver special music masterclass

The Stage reports Creative Access’ financial barriers findings

Financial barriers to careers of creative industries talent from under-represented communities

Report into financial barriers hindering marginalised groups

Creative Access Spotlight – Theo Perrin

Top ITV team shares insight into all things television

WDW Entertainment Ltd mentions their partnership with Creative Access in PRWeek

Creative Access see boom in job vacancies post pandemic

Publicis Poke and FleishmanHillard both talk about Creative Access partnerships in The Drum

My Kickstart Experience – by Annabella Costantino

Provoke Media reports that Bibi Hilton has become the first Director of Communications at Creative Access

My Stop-Motion Animation journey – by Isabelle Thomson

Bibi Hilton, former MD at Golin London, joins Creative Access as Director of Communications

Creative Access Spotlight – Ayesha Ali

Creative Access alumni details their career journey in TV

Creative Access featured in ELLE job article

The Bookseller reports on the latest recipients of the Mo Siewcharran Fund

Curation experts give inspiring Masterclass

Four creative companies given an extra boost with Mo Siewcharran grants

Stating the salary in job adverts gives companies ‘competitive advantage’

Hearst UK launches new mentoring programme with Creative Access for under-represented communities

Writing your CV and covering letter for jobs in the creative industries

Creative Access Spotlight – Stephen Page OBE

McLaren announce new alliance with Creative Access to help increase motorsport diversity

Creative Access joins consortium with McLaren Racing in drive towards increased diversity in motorsport

Animation hopefuls urged to ‘harness uniqueness’ in moving Aardman Masterclass

What Pride means to us

Why stating the salary puts your organisation at a competitive advantage

Creative Access Spotlight – Yasmin Hemmings

Publishing pros give top tips to get into the industry in engaging Masterclass

“To make a difference, show up and be your brilliant best” – say MIF team

Creative Access & Penguin Random House re-open publishing mentoring programme

Creative Access & Penguin Random House re-open publishing mentoring programme

How I’m overcoming Imposter Syndrome

“How we interpret the news is key” say experts from The Guardian

Creative Access alumni share their career journeys with Prospects

“Your voice is your everything” – Kwame Kwei-Armah delivers inspiring theatre Masterclass

ITV and Creative Access carve out 150 mentorships

ITV staffers to mentor new entrants through Creative Access partnership

How to virtually onboard your new starter

Hachette traineeship programme partners with Creative Access, Curtis Brown, & Waterstones

Why we’ve moved away from ‘BAME’

“Keep up to date with digital” – advice from top marketing gurus

My path to being an advertising ‘creative’ – by Rohit Tharakan

Creative Access CEO Josie Dobrin and Chair Stephen Page make the Bookseller150 list of most influential people in publishing

“It’s about doing the right thing for storytelling” – Q&A with Jasmine Richards

“It’s a good time to be looking at a publishing career” – says Stephen Page

Creative Access strengthens boards

“If you lose your compass, you lose who you are” – says BAFTA award winning script developers

“You’ve got to be in it to win it” – Margherita Taylor hosts radio masterclass

Virtual internships: Creative Access CEO and interns interviewed for an article with the Financial Times

‘The Impact of Coronavirus on Grad Schemes’ – Creative Access report featured in article from Creative Review

“Out of adversity comes opportunity” says ITV’s Satmohan Panesar

“If you persevere, you will win” – Q&A with Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi

“Our stories are worth championing” – Q&A with Cinderella is Dead author Kalynn Bayron

“Where you come from shouldn’t be a factor” says Robert Peston

Top tips for getting your first publishing job

Getty Images & Creative Access announce the recipient of their inclusion scholarship

“Use your voice to incite change” – Q&A with illustrator, author, and activist Florence Given

“You have to fight for the right to be you” – Q & A with Ade Adepitan

Creative Access highlights the realities of finding a job under lockdown, says Creative Brief

Navigating unconscious bias in the creative industry as a mixed-race woman

How to create an inclusive workplace

Survey shows coronavirus has profound impact on under-represented communities in the creative industries

Survey shows coronavirus has profound impact on under-represented communities in the creative industries

“Make yourself indispensable” – invaluable tips for aspiring journalists

“A fantastic story for the whole country to hear and to see” – Q&A with the cast and crew of Sitting in Limbo

Improving understanding of racial justice – educational resources

How to be a good ally

“Arts and culture transforms my ability to understand myself and others” – a dazzling theatre Q&A

The joys of sustainable cooking

“Creativity is the first thing that comes out of crisis and chaos” – wise words from Jonny Geller

Valuing disability in the publishing industry

Managing your mental health

Freelance television’s diversity problem

A Q&A with award-winning Ingrid Persaud on her debut novel (and other things!)

Getting your dream job isn’t easy – but Creative Access sure know how to help!

Interview advice from a publishing guru

Amazing dyslexics and the jobs they do

“Make the art that you yourself want to read and see” – an Oscar worthy Q&A

‘You’d have an easier time if you Anglicised your name’ – advice given to me as an aspiring journalist…

Q&A with Creative Access’ Head of Programmes

Creating an effective virtual mentoring partnership

Brighton rocks for our inaugural publishing masterclass of 2020

“There’s a great deal more to us than the place we are from and the languages we speak” – Inspiring words from the panel at ITN

Reflections of a TV Trainee; from Runner to Researcher

“Four Surprising Things We’ve Learned About Facebook Ads” – Forward Action

Home Away From Home by Namra Amir

Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri

Different Pioneers, Same Journey | Armani Ur-Rub

Motivated by the love of journalism | Zouhir Al-Shimale

It’s not about the Burqa … Mariam Khan’s story

Reflections | It’s never too late to do what you love | Christina McDougall

Finding your place in the creative industries – Kashif Boothe

Tales of a dynamic director – Isher Sahota

Having a mentor helped me progress in my publishing career and secure my new role

A Relationship of Equals … the mentor / mentee partnership

How to combine a love of reading and writing into the perfect job…

Hear from the Queen of Networking & Getting Things Done, Olivia Crooks…

From music internship to independent music business by Darren Blair

Fighting fit for World Mental Health Day – top tips by Dr Victoria Mattison

Will Robinson’s tips for working in the music industry

My top ten tips to getting started in journalism by Kavita Puri

Tips To Succeed In Your Job Search Post-Graduation

Make Networking A Key Part of Your Work Life To Achieve and Succeed

‘There are no real rules, which perhaps counts as advice of sorts…’

Top reasons to be a Creative Access intern

Top tips to impress in a marketing interview

Essential CV and cover letter writing tips

How to launch your career in PR: Career advice from FleishmanHillard Fishburn’s Max Kalu

How to ace an interview with a book publishers

We don’t have to believe a stereotype for it to affect us…

How to ace a theatre job interview

Creative Careers: Advice for Prospective Applicants

Tiata fahodzi’s artistic director, Natalie Ibu: “Not all of you will be thinking of a career in theatre but I wish you were.”

Channel 4’s Commissioning Executive, Nasfim Haque: How I launched my career in TV

My experience as an intern in the music industry

How to ace a TV job interview

Top Tips for working in a Literary Agency

Creative Access blog – tips on using LinkedIn to get ahead