Kick Start Your Creative Career

Free 7 Day Workshop for Working in the Creative Sector - Running September 2010.

An intensive, bespoke course designed to help aspiring and emerging creatives take their next steps towards work in the Creative Industries. Specialist advice and contacts to make that first step into a creative job can be the hardest thing to access after university or time out of the workplace.

This course has been devised to suit the needs of local people, with trainers and activities geared to giving two teams of 15 trainees a head start in the creative sector.

Over the 7 days you will learn:

- How the different creative and media industry sectors function

- How to generate creative ideas & make them work

- A raft of new media skills through practical crash courses in broadcast camera, Photoshop & Final Cut Pro editing

- Understanding where your talents lie & what employers want

- How to plan your career so you can be creative and make a living

- How to create a CV and portfolio that targets employers

Entry Level (Mon 20th– Fri 24th Sept & Sat 2nd-Sun 3rd Oct)

Suitable for people with little experience, unemployed or returners to work .

Advanced Level (Mon 13th– Fri 17th Sept & Sat 25th-Sun 26th Sept)

Suitable for graduates, people with some experience or a relevant qualification.

All sessions will take place at Signal Films office in Barrow-in-Furness.

You must be resident in Cumbria and aged 16 or over.

For a simple application form or more information on either opportunity please contact Kate on kate@signalfilms.co.uk or 01229 839983, or pop into Signal Films’ office for an informal chat.

This project has been made possible by the kind support of :

Learning Skills Council, Cumbria Community Foundation, Barrow Regeneration, Barrow Borough Council, Barrow Local Committee Neighbourhood Grants Panel & Northern Rock & Furness Enterprise.