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Kieran Akhtar, Co-Founder of digital content production company, Rococo World tells us why he's applying for Future Startup Now Founders
Find out what happened when we asked young creatives how they were coping, creating and working during lockdown
Creativity Quarantined is the podcast that explores the impact of Covid-19 on the creative and cultural industries
Create Jobs Alumna, Juliana knows the pressure to create and the potential to procrastinate but shares the techniques she used to get her latest podcast off the ground
We speak to Create Jobs Alumna, Crystal Mah-Wing on what it's been like starting her new role as Project Assistant at Museum of London during lockdown
Digital Content Producer Trainee at London College of Fashion with our STEP programme, Will Asare gives the technical 101 on how to make your own podcast
We’ve put together some of the top opportunities to fund new work, or just to keep the bills at bay.
Beth Kahn, Create Jobs' Relationship Manager, shares her tips on how to use lockdown as a time for learning and what free resources are available
Brand strategist and creative mentor, Naana Orleans-Amissah, led a session on keeping creative in lockdown. Hear from Create Jobs Alumni, BritnyV on the answers she got from the workshop.
Mohammed Rahman from UCL Culture, shares six tips on how to format good accessible museum labels, drawing on his first four months on placement as part of STEP
Create Jobs Alumni, Edem Wornoo, talks about director and photographer, Leonn Ward's talk at our the last Meet a Mentor session
Create Jobs Alumni, Cristina Conde, shares the life skills she's learnt in order to focus on wellbeing and being well
We've got together some of our favourite job sites to help you find work to get you paid from anywhere in the world
We've listed the top things that you can do to stay motivated and productive whilst being stuck at home
Salwa Rogers at Create Jobs shares her 10 most inspirational women who've helped her whilst WFH
Here's the latest from government and associate sources on employment and finance rights during the Coronavirus pandemic
Here's the latest from government and associate sources on employment and finance rights during the Coronavirus pandemic
Here's the latest from government and associate sources on employment and finance rights during the Coronavirus pandemic
We're celebrating and empowering women throughout March for International Women's Day 2020 #EachforEqual
This blog will analyse what exactly digital design is and how it can be applied in the workplace.
Watch all 23 'Reasons to be Cheerful', a series of short films from 2019's Creativity Works: Content Production in partnership with 4Creative at Channel4.
Take a look at the photographers who took part in 2019's Creativity Works: Visual Storytelling and their responses to the brief. 'What's your London?'
It’s LGBT history month, a month which provides role models, builds community, and represents a civil rights statement about the contributions of the LGBT community.
As part of Time to Talk Day we're hearing from Creativity Works: Content Production alumna, Elsa Gore on how she deals with her anxiety as a creative.
Future Startup Now alumna, Yeside Williams talks about her experience on the bootcamp
Throughout February we're celebrating LGBT+ History Month
Tasnim Siddiqa Amin shares insider tips on how to use social media at a professional level
Meet the team behind Glastonbury Festival's "hedonistic hub" and our latest partners on Creativity Works: Festival Makers, Block9
Creativity Works: Content Production participant, Britny, shares her top takeaways from Here East Insights: Creative Content
7 steps to guide creative organisations to be more inclusive to young, diverse talent.
Block9 and Create Jobs announce new programme which will provide young Londoners with experience in festival production to support diverse voices into the industry.
We hear from four leading creatives about the future of content at the recent Future x Skills event at the Barbican
Got some questions about Flipside? Here are some answers
Fizza, a STEP 2019 participant, gives a peek into the Comfort Zone at this year's Great Get Together
A collection of experiences from a cultural exchange
O’phia Rigabie explains just why your mindset is everything whilst on a Creativity Works course – from breakfast all the way through to checking out.
Looking back on his time on the Creativity Works: Advertising, Seun Areoye drops his four top tips for getting the most out of the programme.
Watch all the short films from the Creativity Works: Rushes course
See what went down during the final screening for Creativity Works: Rushes in this two-part recap
Stephanie Okoye gives us the rundown of Sports Interactive's event at Here East, including getting stuck into e-gaming and games testing
In the next installment of his thoughts on the STEP into the Smithsonian experience, Mohammed Rahman explores the diversity of the Smithsonian's facilities, from more than one angle.
Next up in his recap of the Smithsonian trip to DC, Mohammed Rahman talks all things food - including biscuits, but not as we know them...
10 days of professional training and development to support young east Londoners into careers in the creative industries.
Yolanda Idehen talks us through the skills she picked up while on the Creativity Works: Rushes course earlier this year, and how she put them to use
From Fashion Week to Forbes, Malik Fields tells us all about his internship at LCF, what it meant to him, and how he feels about leaving...
Creativity Works: Advertising participant Asher Harris tells us how the course helped to restore his confidence and inspired him to start his own agency
More on what's sparking off some key museum-related ideas, from STEP into the Smithsonian trainee Mohammed Rahman
Ahead of a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington DC, Mohammed Rahman is thinking about what the STEP into the Smithsonian programme will have to offer in this two-part feature
Listen in to the audio productions from our NMS trainees!
Bimbola Fadairo's take on Creativity Works: Arts Festival Leaders with Create Jobs and Tate Exchange - and how it reminded him of Dragon Ball Super and 50 Cent
Advice from Abraham Asefaw as Meet a Mentor gets underway
Autumn Byam on diversity in filmmaking, getting into the industry and what the Creativity Works: Rushes course has done for her
Ilana Graham gives us the inside scoop on Digital Pipeline LDN 2
As the fifth Meet a Mentor launches next week, hear how mentor Jayshree Viswanathan at FCB Inferno got on with the programme
Coding and celebrations for 20 young Londoners
Kemi Glover on the Creativity Works: Creative Media Campaigns programme
What's an 'Ideation Workshop?' Joanne Oguntimehin fills us in
Interviewing one of our Look Up Digital Production Course trainees...what did she think of the training?
Not one, not two... but THREE awards!
As we celebrate World Mental Health Day, we look back at our recent training programme with Look Up, Safaplace and Worldwide FM
We’re very excited to announce that our work has been selected as a finalist for a D&AD Impact Award!
Oliver Benjamin, gives us the lowdown on our LTW event: Future Talent Now
Sheridan Haynes is Project Assistant at LCF, as part of the STEP programme
Flipside's Kulthum Abdul-Aziz reflects on how the workplace is changing, from the people involved to the way it takes up space.
Phase 4 mentee, Gintare, tells us about her MxM experience
Serina Lopez is Visitor Experience Intern at Sadler’s Wells, as part of the STEP programme
Impressions of being (a mentee) on the Meet a Mentor programme
Saphia Venner is Gallery Assistant at Bow Arts, as part of the STEP programme
Mae-Li Evans is Online Radio Intern at NTS, as part of the STEP programme
Sanaz Amidi, Chief Executive Officer at Rosetta Arts, gives us insight into Olivia’s STEP internship
NTS give us insight into Mae-Li’s STEP internship
Stumped by the idea of a group task?
Have a listen to life hacks from our 2017 #Lifehacks event, in partnership with NME and University of Salford
So you’re interested in a career in Digital and want to learn how to code? Read our top tips for making a killer application for Digital Pipeline LDN.
STEP kicked off in the autumn of 2017 with our seven STEP interns beginning the first of their two 6 month long internships
Now working in a paid internship as part of our STEP programme, Jordan Reilly reflects on his journey so far
Kelly-Marie Roberts is a freelance illustrator and winner of our #Lifehacks Graphic Design Competition w/ NME
Find out more about the two Front of House courses we ran over October/November
#Lifehacks came to life again on the 23rd November, in partnership with NME and University of Salford
Find out all the info about #Lifehacks on the 23rd November
Haven't you heard? Loyle Carner + Eni Aluko are our headline speakers!
Cartèlea Kelsie, a participant of our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, tells us about her visit to the BBC
Caitlin Kennedy, a participant of our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, gives us her tips on making a podcast
Find out about our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, as we gear up for the second round.
Aquib Hossain, a participant of our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, tells us about the tour of Radio 1Xtra
Lucy Carasco, a participant of our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, gives us her review of the David Reviews October event
Aysha Fatima, a participant of our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, gives us insight into her experience
Connor Gani, a participant of our first round of the Broadcast Training Programme, gives us a round-up of the group trip to Global.
Young creative, Rhyanrhyan, talks us through his design for the #LifeHacks Graphic Design Competition
See what our young designers came up with for the #LifeHacks campaign
Got some questions about Flipside?
Creativity Works: Advertising alumnus Lauren Adeyemi shares her experience of working as Artist Liaison at Lovebox/Citadel, Victoria Park, July 2017.
The application deadline for our Shared Training and Employment Programme (STEP) is 31st August 2017
Meet a Mentor Phase 3, Session 4
A New Direction and Create Jobs are interested in working with young people who want to achieve Gold Arts Award in 2017-2018
Meet a Mentor Phase 3, Session 3 at Somerset House
Tech head? Coding whizz? Want to focus your studies on what you really enjoy?
SLP mentee Chioma tells us about the second session of Meet a Mentor (phase 3)
Director of Employment and Skills, Oliver Benjamin, introduces the new Creativity Works course & tells us how the participants are working to make their voices heard
Tuesday 25 April saw the launch of phase three of Meet a Mentor, and the first of the four structured evening sessions.
Julia Hayes presents her take on why all young Londoners should get out and register by 22 May, ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017
Meet a Mentor assistant and AND Alumnus, Kimberley Nyamhondera gives us a roundup of round 2
SLP mentee Zay tells us more about her journey into the creative industries
Struggling to see how to diversify your talent pool?
Creativity Works: Fashion 2017 makes its debut this week
Stefan is a freelance comic artist and illustrator
SLP mentee Dilek gives us a little introduction into her life
Dilek Osman, Creativity Works Film alumni, tells us how she helped create 'Common'
Caroline Taylor, an SLP mentor and founder of Silverspace Pillows, tells us why mentoring is so beneficial
SLP mentee Patrice gives us a little introduction into her life
Elizabeth Benjamin, gives us a roundup of her talk at the second SLP mentor meeting
Top tips for proofreading your CV (and other important written content)
Meet a Mentor assistant and AND Alumnus, Kimberley Nyamhondera, gives us the inside scoop on SLP
Andy McWilliam, a Berkeley Group mentor, tells us about his experience of mentoring on Creativity Works Film
BCE's Digital Marketing Apprentice, Alex Parchment, muses on things he wishes he knew when he first started his apprenticeship.
Shana Laurent, Creativity Works Film alumni, talks us through her best moments on the course
Creativity Works: Film has come to a close
Raiché Mederick, Creativity Works alumni, is awarded Young Londoner of the Year 2016
Struggling to come with up your next great idea?
Create Jobs managed to get 30 tickets for the Skepta showcase at the V&A
Jess Ryan-Ndegwa, Creativity Works Design alumni, gives us her top tips for a great portfolio
Brendan Lyons, Creativity Works Design alumni, gives us an insight into his journey
Anna Cray, Creativity Works alumni, shares her journey with us
Jess Ryan-Ndegwa, Creativity Works Design alumni, tells us about her journey with Fixperts
Jess Ryan-Ndegwa, Creativity Works Design alumni, shares her experience of #LifeHacks
Highlights from Jamal Edwards' interview at #LifeHacks
Luul Hussein, Creativity Works alumni and founder of Network & Chill, gives us the low-down.
CMO at Microsoft UK, Paul Davies, was one of the guest speakers at the Create Jobs & NME LifeHacks event. Read what he thought of the event.
Our #LifeHacks event, in partnership with NME, finally came to fruition last Thursday!
Find a room full of people intimidating? Hate the idea of selling yourself?
Musicians give us their best #LifeHacks advice
If you haven't got your ticket already, you better get one quick! Last few tickets available!
Thinking about a career in design? Or have a head for research? Why not think about UX?
Want to smash that interview?
Want help with writing a great CV?
Want some quick steps to standing out at work?
The 19th July was not only one of the hottest days this year but it also marked the first #LDNXY event!
D&AD have pulled together advice from top WPP agencies on how to get your foot in the door following a placement
Bemi was one of our recent Creativity Works graduates. Read her round up of the programme below...
As the programme draws to a close, we share the thoughts of a few of the participants
One of the highlights of the festivals and events programme was Love Supreme where our participants got to rub shoulders with the stars!
Create Jobs are very excited to present #LifeHacks, an event for talented young adults, in collaboration with NME
Are creative industries actually inclusive when it comes to young people living with disabilities?
Mel shares what she's learnt so far on the current Creativity Works programme.
The participants got to help out at Field Day festival - here's what they thought of the event...
#LifeHacks are looking for 4 emerging illustrators or graphic designers who are interested in gaining great industry-based experience and exposure.
Young people interested in the creative and cultural industries need tailored, knowledgeable and inspirational careers advice.
Read how Andre has gone on to successfully find work in the creative sector, plus he reveals his top tips for other young creatives.
If you’re 18-24 years old and interested in getting into festivals and events, then shake a leg and sign up to our last recruitment session!
Melissa worked as a Studio Coordinator at the Mill Co. Project
Maxwell worked as a Studio Coordinator at the Mill Co. Project
Nida worked as a Marketing & Communications Intern at Bow Arts
Kelvin worked as a Cultural Employment Intern at Hackney Music Service
Nadine talks about her Create Jobs work placement at Dazed Group.
Jason talks about his work placement with Almeida Theatre.
Kaleam talks about her Create Jobs work placement at Hackney Wicked.
Cere talks about her Create Jobs work placement at Nocturne
We asked Revell a few questions about his Creativity Works journey and ambitions for the future.
Create Jobs Partnerships Manager, Sumi Ejiri, gives the lowdown on the new programme that's kicking down the doors for women Creatives
Create Jobs' Louise Barnell talks about why it's important to focus on helping young Londoners gain employment within the creative industries, how Create Jobs is helping, and how organisations can get involved.