Please note, due to unforeseen circumstances the online information event on 29th February will be postponed. We will contact all bookers to inform them and a new date will be announced soon. You can continue to register your interest in attending this session (date TBC) using the link below.
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The creative industries are everywhere – they exist in the clothes we wear, the films we watch, the museums we visit, the buildings around us, the games on our phones, the ads we encounter and much more. Given this, it’s no surprise that the world-leading sector accounts for 2.3 million jobs, 200,000 more than there were in 2019 before the pandemic.
In these FREE online awareness raising sessions we aim to introduce professionals working in careers guidance to the various job roles and career pathways into the creative industries, whilst providing local industry insight.
The North East session will include insight into the creative industries in the following areas: County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
The date for this session is TBC, you can register your interest here.
The free 60 minute session will cover:
- Understanding the creative industries – who and what are we?
- Working in the sector – what does this look like?
- How you can help – let’s work together to ensure young people are well informed about the job roles and pathways within the creative industries
Who is it for?
The session is open to anyone who supports careers guidance and advice for young people, including:
- Careers leaders
- Careers co-ordinators
- Careers advisers
- Teachers
- Deputy and headteachers
- HE/FE principals
- School library/resource staff
- Personal development coaches
The session for careers professionals based in the North East will be delivered by Melanie Shee who is based in and works across the area.
About Melanie Shee FRSA
Melanie is a freelance trainer, educator and consultant who until recently worked at Creative & Cultural Skills, the former sector skills council for craft, cultural heritage, design, literature, music, jewellery, visual arts and performing arts. Whilst there she developed new partnerships with various stakeholders across the sector, education, careers and local authorities. She also developed and delivered several training programmes across apprenticeships. mentoring, recruitment and T-levels, bringing it to hundreds of cultural organisations across the UK to support their workforce development plans.
Melanie has had a varied career but the last twenty-eight years has focused on work in education, skills and start up support for cultural business and freelancers. She has an in-depth knowledge of and a passion for the creative and cultural sector which, a passion that started at a young age. Melanie is also a trustee The Articulate Cultural Trust.