Sophia began her career as a Creative Access intern working as a Development Researcher for an independent TV production company in Manchester and is now on the Creative Access Advisory Board. Over the last five years, Sophia has been developing her portfolio in the factual documentary space and currently works as an Assistant Producer for […]
We caught up with former Creative Access intern Dean Webster, who spoke about the need for greater accountability when it comes diversity in the freelance television workforce… I started my career in television seven years ago as a Creative Access & PACT Diversity intern, where I was given a fully paid placement at Shine and […]
Helpful resources and further support for those affected by the Coronavirus crisis The Creative Access team are now working remotely and doing our best to ensure our Community is well supported to manage the challenges that the global situation presents. We appreciate that these are challenging times for everyone, and especially conscious that interns, trainees […]
Former Creative Access Intern Olivia Evans tells us about life as a newbie in the TV industry. A year on, she reflects on all that she has achieved… Today is the day I complete my one-year Creative Access Researcher placement with Objective Media Group and what a busy year it has been. For those who […]
Today we were thrilled to hold our first ever Scottish Creative Industry Showcase in the Chapel on the beautiful old campus at the University of Glasgow. The event was attended by students from around the City including the Glasgow School of Art, City of Glasgow College and Glasgow Caledonian University. We had a phenomenal panel […]
The CA community gathered together at the Hackney Picturehouse last night, for an exclusive screening of upcoming BBC thriller drama ‘Informer’, followed by a panel with the cast and crew of the show… We kicked off the evening by watching a preview screening of the first episode of Informer, the new, ground-breaking six-part drama due to be aired […]
On 19 October, we held the official “graduation” of our second cohort of BBC interns. During 2014 – 15, Creative Access placed 31 trainees in year-long internships and during 2016-17 a further 24. Of the 55 interns, at least 52 are still in the industry, working their way up the ladder. Addressing our interns and […]
Ashley Francis-Roy did a year-long internship at the BBC in their Arts team from September 2014 to September 2015. Since then he’s worked as a researcher at Pulse Films and then an Assistant Producer at Acme Films, working on a Jay Z and Kanye West film for Channel 4. He’s currently an Assistant Producer at […]
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 […]
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 […]
