Creativity Works: Multimedia Training
Helping young Londoners break into the media and creative industry
Creativity Works: Multimedia Training, supported by the Mayor’s Fund for London and Citi Foundation, is a free, intensive 10-week bootcamp of high-impact media masterclasses and employability skills training for media-focused creative young Londoners who are not in education, employment or training.
Are you aged 17 – 24, currently based in London, go to secondary school in London, currently not in education, employment or training and wanting to break into the media and creative industry?
Creativity Works Season 12 will run from Tuesday 6 April to Friday 11 June 2021.
Season 12 applications are now closed!
We're celebrating 10 seasons of Creativity Works!
Practical Training
The 10-week programme will offer training in media and creative skills, responding to current industry needs, as well as employability skills. Due to Covid-19, Season 12 will be taking place virtually.
The media and creative masterclasses cover a wide range of topics including photography, journalism, TV production, marketing, PR/comms, digital and social media, facilitated by volunteer professionals from Media Trust’s industry partners like the BBC, Channel 4, Facebook/Instagram, Google, Hearst, ITV, Snap and Twitter.
You will learn the nuts and bolts of each area and get the chance to apply your newly acquired skills through creating your own content, pitching your creative ideas to, and getting on the spot feedback from, our industry partners. The content you create will also be uploaded to a Creativity Works Tumblr page which is shared far and wide on social media. Find out how our Season 10 cohort got on.
Throughout the programme, you will also benefit from employability skills training, including CV development, writing cover letters, job search and interview techniques. These sessions are run in partnership with employment-focussed organisations like Searchlight Recruitment, Smart Works and Suited & Booted.
The course has helped me so much with my confidence and team working skills. I’m so happy this course exists! It’s opportunities like this that really make a difference, especially as a young person trying to break into the creative industry.
Karmeta Clarke-Newman, Season 10 Graduate
Mentoring
As part of the programme, you will be paired with an industry mentor for 1-2-1 career mentoring and coaching for 6 months. Your mentor will support you throughout this period, giving you career advice and helping with job applications.
See what our Season 10 participants got up to during the first half of the programme which took place virtually from March to May 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Graduation Showcase
At the end of the programme, we will celebrate your achievements with a virtual graduation ceremony. At this point, you will be job-ready and well on your way to finding paid work in the media industry!
See what our Season 10 participants got up to during the second half of the programme which took place virtually from September to November 2020.
Success Story
Creativity Works is supported by:
Our Corporate Partners
We enjoy outstanding support from the media industry. Our partners include:
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