This month our employer partner Penguin Random House hosted the latest instalment in our career-in-focus events series, this time to shine a light on publishing career in sales. These are events intended to demystify important, but lesser-understood industry functions – if you’re an employer and interested in doing a career-in-focus event with our community get in […]

Founder and executive chair of Creative Access, Josie Dobrin, has been featured amongst leaders in the PR and advertising world in an article on how to address the ‘high churn’ of junior staff in the industry. Read the piece in full here.

In our latest edition of creative industry trailblazers, we’re speaking to Creative Access alumni and member of our Steering Group Nitin Rishi! Nitin started off as a technical runner for TV and radio production company, Somethin Else in 2015 and now works as a freelance producer and director. He work has been broadcast across all […]

Overview Creative Access has partnered with The Financial Times since 2016 to provide access to and demystify the world of journalism to people from under-represented communities.  Approach The Financial Times committed not just to bringing in diverse talent, but to investing in that talent to enable them to thrive and progress in their careers. To that end, as well running regular internships, they also sponsor […]

Last night the Creative Access community got to visit the prestigious BAFTA offices. We were able to get behind the scenes and gain exclusive insights into the inner workings of this renowned entertainment icon including TV, film and gaming.   The panel discussion featured directors, gaming professionals, programmers, and diversity advocates, and touched on the […]

Love literature? TV addict? Crazy about the sound of music? So, how do you actually make a career out of it? So whether you’re a fresh-faced graduate or a seasoned professional looking to make a career-changing move, make sure you check out our tips on how to create an outstanding CV and cover letter… Composing […]

A Bookseller article by Caroline Carpenter focusing on the prospects for the book trade in the north-west features former Creative Access intern and current editor at Orion Books. The article reads: Witty believes that, despite being encouraged early on in his publishing career to relocate to the capital, he would not have signed the book if […]

In this blog, we’re delighted to chat to #CAalumni and current member of our steering group, UK correspondent for Bloomberg TV, Lizzy Burden. In this interview Lizzy reveals how she got into journalism and the skills you need to progress in the industry...

Over the past ten years, the team at Creative Access have amassed a wealth of knowledge to help organisations attract the strongest candidates from communities under-represented in the sector. One key thing we have learnt is that if you don’t include a salary you are much less likely to generate a positive response to your […]

Vicky Janaway joined a panel along with the wonderful people at Smarts (MSQ’s PR agency), at the latest in Creative Access’ series of inspirational masterclasses. During the event, there were lots of great questions about careers and in particular, career moves.  From how to move to agency-side from client-side, or vice versa, as well as […]

Arshdeep kicked off her career via Creative Access as a talent assistant intern at TV production company Arrow International Media and CPL Productions in 2016 and now works as a product lead at Sky. 

In partnership with BBC and Radiocentre, we hosted this month’s masterclass in BBC’s historic radio theatre – home to some of the most iconic broadcasts of the last 90 years. Rooted in its rich creative history, we welcomed the next generation of talent from our community in the creative industries to gain wisdom from radio […]