This page offers lots of links about careers in the creative and cultural industries, including careers about making places.
What sort of jobs are involved?
First you might want to read about People Who Make Places to show you what is possible.
You can download these charts showing the range of careers in Design mapping-design-disciplines or related to Place-making careers-linked-to-place
Just as a brief taster, they include:
- Architecture, including architectural visualisation, project management and more
- Interior design, including furniture crafts, lighting and acoustic design and more
- Graphic design, including signage and marketing
- Landscape and garden design
- Environmental sustainability, including managing community gardens, energy conservation or waste
- Urban design and Town planning, including heritage/buildings conservation
- Retail development and marketing, including town centre/high street regeneration, or retail design, or trading of food or flowers
- Public and outdoor arts, including Performance art, digital art or site-specific installations
- Events and arts management, including technical support
- Informal learning, community or educational arts, including musician or drama therapist
- Film-making and production
- Tourism management and visitor services
- Hospitality and catering
- Transport management, including river transport
- Product design, for example linked to housing, retail or outdoor design)
- Heritage and museum work, including interpretation, education or marketing
If you work with young people…
You can read up about the policy background, and why Cultivate is supporting careers education.
Find out about the Cultivate Routes workshops we are offering to schools.
Our local partners very active in supporting careers and work-based learning include Wandsworth BEST, ReachOutRCA and Battersea Power Station Development Company, as well as secondary schools and colleges.
Links: Where to go for help
The following links help you to find out about opportunities, inspiration and guidance.
Arts Emergency
Mentoring scheme for disadvantaged young people interested in careers in the arts
http://www.arts-emergency.org/
Arts Jobs
Supported by ACE, this site has lots of opportunities for internships, voluntary work, early career projects and freelance roles for creatives.
Career Footsteps
http://www.edge.co.uk/projects/campaigns-competitions/career-footsteps
A campaign by the Edge Foundation, encouraging schools to hold days that focus on creative, technical and vocational pathways.
Cegnet
http://www.cegnet.co.uk/resources/category/careers-iag
Lots of resources on careers education.
Creative & Cultural Skills
Advisory body and web portal to creative and cultural careers, including apprenticeships, study routes, awards, training and more. In particular, see the Creative Choices site.
Creative Pioneers
http://www.creativepioneers.co.uk/
Opportunities for digital and creative apprenticeships in London and beyond, supported by the Metro newspaper and others.
Creative Skillset
Short film on how to start a career in the creative industries
Creative Journey
http://www.creativejourneyuk.org/
A film by the Sorrell Foundation about creative careers.
Landscape Institute
http://www.landscapeinstitute.org.uk/
Produces resources, reports and awards, some of which are aimed at students and widening participation into the professions.
London Ambitions
https://lep.london/article/launch-london-ambitions-careers-offer
This is a London-wide strategy, launched in 2016, joining up efforts between local authorities and the Mayor’s office, to create a careers offer for young people across London. There are 7 aims, including all to have at least 100 hours work experience by the age of 16, and the idea of ‘careers clusters’ to share resources.
Made Here Now
All about careers in the manufacturing industries, such as Product Design.
New London Architecture
http://newlondonarchitecture.org/about/new-london-model/new-london-model
A place to visit and discuss the changing city and decisions involved.
Open City
https://www.open-city.org.uk/education/resources/index.html
Open City provides learning activities and resources about the changing face of London
Recreative
Online resource and community exploring contemporary art and exhibitions in London, by and for young people.
RIBA (Architecture)
Young People’s Forum
https://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Visitus/Library/Learning/YoungPeoplesProgramme.aspx
The RIBA is piloting a new programme for young people who would like to learn more about architecture and the RIBA, connect it with other creative worlds and meet like-minded people. Find out more about joining this Forum.
Schools programme
https://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Visitus/Library/Learning/Schoolsandteachers.aspx
Architecture Ambassadors are RIBA architect members who volunteer to partner with schools on an architectural project of their choosing.
Resource on the role of the architect
https://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Whystudyarchitecture-theroleofthearchitect.aspx
Royal College of Arts
RCA has a presence in Nine Elms, in the Riverlight studio. ReachOutRCA runs short courses and projects for schools and young people.
Sorrell Foundation
Runs the Saturday Club, which offers art and design activities in a range of venues such as the V&A. It has a strong careers focus, signposting routes to study and using Arts Award to accredit learning. Saturday club members can visit creative businesses linked to the scheme.
The City Centre
http://www.thecitycentre.london/learning/
Pioneering a new Learning Programme to address the skills shortage in London’s Development and Property Industry. Offer school sessions to promote STEM careers in Planning, Architecture, Landscape Design and Urban Regeneration. Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Contact lettie.mckie@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Victoria and Albert Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk/info/learn/
V&A frequently offers workshops and study days about creative careers, especially in and around design.
ULAS
Helps you build your CV and explore your employability and preferences.
