In part one of our feature on mentoring, Hannah Telfer, a Managing Director at a leading publisher, reflects on what she both takes from and brings to the mentoring partnership… Somehow, in the formal language of mentors and mentees, we struggle to convey the real value that comes from two people, at different stages of […]
Want to know more about what it means to be a Creative Access intern? We are very proud to launch our new video created by our former Creative Access intern at Blink Films – the very talented Malick Kane. Malick, along with a group of fellow students, created the video as part of his MA at the MetFilm School and […]
Creative Access was lucky enough to be welcomed into the world of advertising for our latest masterclass hosted at the UK’s largest advertising agency, AMV BDDO. Our first two speakers, both Account Managers at AMV BDDO, Jean-Luc Gentilli and Vanessa Wise, both spoke of their experience coming into the advertising industry. The pair described their […]
Charon Baya Cummins is currently interning at the BBC in their Marketing and Audiences Team. As part of our schools programme, she went back to visit her former secondary school, Queens Park Community school in Brent, in March this year. Here she talks more about how it went… It was such a privilege to go […]
We’re sure you’ve heard many times before that job searching can often be a job within itself. And with hundreds of people competing for every role, especially in the creative industries, its imperative that your CV and cover letter accurately represent your skills. So whether you’re a fresh-faced graduate or a seasoned professional looking to make a career-changing […]
Channel 4’s Commissioning Executive recently opened our Creative Industries Showcase event at Channel 4. In this blog piece, she talks about how she launched her career in TV. Growing up in the 80s ‘having a passion for the media’ meant having an appointment to view The Krypton Factor, Desmond’s or Saturday Superstore, listening to Mark […]
In the second guest blog post from Joshua Graff UK Country Manager & Senior Director, LinkedIn EMEA, Joshua talks about how you can use LinkedIn to get ahead in your career. In my last Creative Access blog I talked about the need for better diversity in the creative industries – a move that isn’t just the […]
In this guest blog piece, Music Gateway’s Dan Armstrong writes about the importance of communication in today’s technology obsessed society. When working in and around the Creative Industries, it is often easy to focus on the product and its creation, rather than the placement. In our modern society, where everything is intrinsically associated to some sort of […]
In this blog piece, Creative Access intern Folarin Sagaya provides some valuable tips for aspiring journalists. Folarin is currently interning at the BBC. I’m not going to pretend like I have all the answers on what it takes to have a career in journalism. Frankly, I’m still figuring it out myself. What I can do […]
Now that the Christmas holidays are in full swing, you may be using your time off to reflect and make big career plans for the New Year, especially if you’re looking to break into the creative industries. If the only thing on your Christmas wish list is the perfect internship, then you need to be […]
