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Exclusive YouTube film launches campaign for young people to enter creative industries

New partnership aims to excite more young people across the country about creative careers. Discover! Creative Careers, an England wide industry-led programme, has partnered with YouTube to launch a campaign to excite and energise 11-18 year olds about opportunities in the creative industries.

Discover Creative Careers Week 2024 Launches!

Thousands of young people across England will be taking part in careers activities with hundreds of creative industry employers during Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024, 18th – 22nd November

Regional growth in creative industries hinges on expanding employment opportunities

Discover! Creative Careers, an England wide industry-led programme, is today urging employers in the creative industries to step up their time investment in the workforce, as a growing skills gap threatens to hinder the sector's ability to thrive.

Discover! Creative Careers Celebrating Funding Announcement

We were thrilled that the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has prioritised funding for an expansion of the Discover Creative Careers programme. Our Programme Lead Mary Rose had the following statement to make regarding the announcement that the Chancellor’s Budget underscored just how important the creative sectors are...

Students from Brent exhibit posters created during Discover! Week 2023

In May 2024, thirty students from the Ark Academy in Brent, London launched an exhibition featuring their powerful anti-knife crime posters created during their workshop with media agency Zeno London during Discover! Creative Careers Week 2023.

Celebrating Discover! Creative Careers Week 2023

Taking place from 13th - 17th November 2023, Discover! Creative Careers Week saw thousands of young people across England take part in careers activities with hundreds of creative industry employers.

Mary Rose joins Discover Creative Careers as Programme Lead

We're delighted to welcome Mary Rose who has joined ScreenSkills to develop and manage the 2023 - 2025 Discover Creative Careers programme, funded by the Department for Media, Culture and Sport with additional support from Arts Council England.

Critically acclaimed poet Luke Wright celebrates working in the creative industries

To mark the Discover Creative Careers 2023 - 2025 programme launch, we commissioned critically-acclaimed poet Luke Wright to write a brand-new poem celebrating the lesser-known jobs that exist in the creative industries.

Creative Careers Programme wins award for Innovative Employer Engagement Activity

Discover! Creative Careers is celebrated at the Careers Development Awards and Fellowships.

Discover Creative Careers website launched

One-stop-shop website for careers information for young people launched by the Creative Careers Programme