A range of resources to help you along your creative journey – Right from discovering what type of creative skills you have, through to finding opportunities to showcase your creative work and accessing job opportunities in the creative industries.
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This is a Channel 4 website that aims to identify, recognise and expose creative talent for the media industry. If media is your thing, check it out.
Visit LinkThis article comes from Core 77, a design magazine and resource on how to get an entry level job or internship with an easy-to-read checklist.
Visit LinkThis is an Institute of Professional Advertising (IPA) resource for young people with a useful guide covering numerous aspects and an up-to-date news & information blog on work experience, graduate schemes & information on advertising, go here.
Visit LinkA simple but comprehensive job listing site for creative people looking for creative jobs!
Visit LinkA vibrant site offering career info, portfolio upload functionality, advice and guidance, with the aim being to bridge the gap between education and the actual industry.
Visit LinkThis is an amazing BBC resource with endless videos about everything you can possibly imagine. They are bound to come in useful for this project or for anything else you are doing at school. Just search and learn!
Visit LinkA blog written by an American creative about creativity in terms of inspiration, tips and just general insights.
Visit LinkA social networking style recruitment site that allows employers and job seekers to connect, communicate and potentially to work together!
Visit LinkAn online magazine that aims to inspire and support the creative industries.
Visit LinkThis site provides job listings, information and guidance for those looking to get into, or who are already in the creative and cultural industries.
Visit LinkCreative Floor connects creatives with creative agencies. Upload your work and agencies will contact you if they want to employ you for work. The Ideas Foundation has its own section on the site for you to get noticed!
Visit LinkA simple, but effective site that lists permanent, contract and freelance jobs in the creative industries.
Visit LinkA comprehensive jobs and career advice service for creatives. There are job listings and a CV and portfolio database.
Visit LinkShowcase your work and keep up to date with this site by creatives and for creatives. It aims to showcase the best work in the industry.
Visit LinkOne of the most popular sites for students and graduates, this is a design and advertising community site with student awards and competitions.
Visit LinkThis is like a design-specific industry noticeboard where designers and other related people can discuss everything from jobs to technical stuff! It also provides invaluable news, resources and links.
Visit LinkThe Diagonal Thinking Self-assessment is an online tool, designed to aid recruitment into the advertising and communication industries.’ Try it yourself...
Visit LinkA Digital Apprenticeship is an alternative to full time education. Apprentices receive training in the digital skills that relate directly to real world business, all whilst working in a real job for a real employer.
Visit LinkConsidering becoming a freelancer? This site gives you everything you need to know about freelancing, from guidelines and tips to advice and support.
Visit LinkThis is a fantastic resource from our partner organisation Future Rising, covering numerous industries and advice on how to go about getting a job. WARNING! While being interviewed, some industry contributors got so excited they used a naughty word or two...
DownloadWhatever you create or plan to create, learning about intellectual property will ensure you get the credit you deserve. Art or apps; technology that saves time or saves lives: this site shows you how to protect your cracking ideas.
Visit LinkThere are lots of different types of jobs within the advertising world. You don’t have to be great at drawing to succeed in the creative sector. Find out about the many varied jobs here....
DownloadNew and up-and-coming creatives that want to meet each other and share ideas.
Visit LinkCarbonmade is another fantastic free online portfolio creator. It has a smaller storage capacity than Wix, but it is compatible on more devices (Wix is Flash so won’t work on many iOS systems).
Visit LinkLooking to create a free flash website/portfolio and don't have any programming skills? Then Wix is for you.
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Discover your creative strength with this creativity quiz. It’s free, it’s pretty and it will help you work out where your potential lies.
Visit LinkCheck out SBTV's Jamal Edwards as he finds out more about the roles within advertising
Visit LinkMedia Citizens have created a series of films documenting diversity within the advertising industry, in collaboration with CleverPeeps and The Ideas Foundation
Visit LinkAn interesting new idea, this is a site set up by recent graduates where you can go to review your job and read reviews about jobs your are considering.
Visit LinkAwards, briefs, professional deveopment programmes and content to inspire and empower emerging creative talent.
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