Posted February 5, 2021
Hachette UK is launching a refreshed year-long traineeship programme, in partnership with literary agency Curtis Brown and bookseller Waterstones. Creative Access is working with Hachette UK to attract candidates to the programme from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse groups, or from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Ten trainees will join the publisher in May, and will spend a year specialising in either editorial, marketing and publicity, or rights as well as in central departments such as contracts and sales.
Read the full story on The Bookseller.
Posted December 4, 2020
We are so thrilled and proud that both our CEO Josie Dobrin and our Chair Stephen Page from Faber and Faber are included in the Bookseller150 list of most influential people in publishing, alongside so many of our friends and colleagues. Special mention to our former intern, the brilliant Clarissa Pabi from Acast. You can see the full list here.
Posted on November 11, 2020
Arts Professional was among the first to report on our exciting new board changes.
Creative Access has announced the appointment of Dr. Zoe Whitley, Director of the Chisenhale Gallery, and Ameet Shah, a Strategy Director and Management Consultant, as new Non-Executive Directors. They will help Creative Access continue with its mission to make the creative sectors as diverse and as inclusive as possible.
You can read the full article on Arts Professional.
Posted on 8 September, 2020
Creative Access CEO Josie Dobrin, along with our interns Adam Warburton-Brown (who we placed at the Climate Group) and Danielle Koku (who we placed at Apple) speak with the Financial Times regarding virtual work placements in the current climate. You can read the full article here.
Posted on September 6, 2020
The jobs market for new graduates is tough in general at the moment, but is even more challenging for BIPOC graduates, Leonie Annor-Owiredu reports, highlighting Creative Access’ coronavirus report, which revealed that “since the crisis, 85% of current trainees say they are either not being kept on after their internship or are unsure if they will be. Before Covid-19, 90% of trainees moved on to full-time work at the end of their positions.” Read the full Creative Review article here.
We are thrilled to announce that the inaugural UK scholarship, awarded by Getty Images in partnership with Creative Access, has been awarded to Abigail Holsborough.
In March 2020, in partnership with Creative Access, Getty Images launched their inclusion scholarship, with the aim of supporting emerging editorial talent within minority groups, offering aspiring photojournalists the creative means and solutions to pursue an education that will enable careers within the industry.
We are pleased to announce that the recipient of this photojournalism scholarship grant of $10K is Abigail Holsborough. Based in London, Abigail is pursuing a BA in Fine Art Print and Time-Based Media at Wimbledon College of Art.
In response to receiving the grant, Abigail said:
I’m really excited to be this year’s recipient of the Creative Access + Getty Images Inclusion Scholarship. I’m looking forward to getting stuck into some longer term projects and being supported in this way to create work that I hope resonates with people.
Creative Access CEO, Josie Dobrin, said:
Abigail really impressed all of us with her determination to pursue photojournalism, the photographs in her application and commitment to documenting the world as she sees it. We are looking forward to seeing how her work develops and her specific project to explore and document her ideas of home. Massive congratulations to Abigail on her achievement.
The Getty Images Inclusion Scholarships are part of the Getty Images wider Grants program, which, since its inception, has awarded US$1.7 million to photographers and filmmakers worldwide. Please visit Where We Stand to learn more.
Posted on June 26, 2020
Marketing platform Creative Brief have featured Creative Access’ More Than Words campaign in their latest post. The post addresses some of the findings from Creative Access’ On The Verge report regarding the impact the coronavirus crisis is having on underrepresented communities within the creative industries. You can read the full article here.
Creative Access has today announced the findings of a survey looking at the impact of COVID19 on talent from under-represented communities in the UK. The survey was conducted to help understand the impact of coronavirus on emerging creatives and what resources we should be providing in order to best support our community.
The survey, of more than 250 individuals was conducted during May 2020. The results clearly show the profound impact of COVID19 on underrepresented communities in the creative industries.
Josie Dobrin, Chief Executive and co-founder of Creative Access said:
“We are deeply troubled by our survey findings which show how our community has been disproportionately impacted by recent events; more likely to be furloughed, have work cancelled or postponed; more likely to be affected by the COVID virus itself and more likely to be impacted by the longstanding structural inequality within the creative industries.”
The survey, conducted during May 2020, of more than 250 individuals clearly showed the profound impact of COVID19 on underrepresented communities. Key findings include:
The findings have been released as a report, entitled “On the Verge; The impact of coronavirus on underrepresented communities within the creative industries”.
The full report can be accessed here.