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Creative Hub

If you run a business within the creative sector, we want to work with you!

Our fantastic creative department is equipped with industry-standard facilities along with expert lecturers, who provide all the skills students need to work within the creative industry. If you manage a business within the sector, we want to hear from you.

The Mayor’s Academies Programme aims to support Londoners hardest hit by the pandemic in good work in sectors key to London’s recovery and long-term economic growth, as part of the London Recovery Programme. It will do this by providing financial support for the coordination and quality marking of training in London (including adult education) and the provision of bespoke support to help newly skilled people work in our priority sectors.

Creative Hub

Creative Hub

We provide free training opportunities and support packages to help Londoners get a job in the Creative and Digital sectors. We do this by providing bespoke flexible learning programmes to fit individual circumstances and availability. We aim to give them the confidence and skills they need to be employable within 3 to 5 weeks, and a guaranteed job interview with an employer who is accredited with the Good Work Standard.

The Creative Hub provides skills training and education to help people into a wide range of jobs in the film, TV, animation, visual effects and games sectors, from supervisors, production carpenters and costumiers, to 3D animators, game developers, technicians and production managers, as well as legal, support and administrative roles. Our Skills Academy works with employers to design education programmes that will give the industry the skilled people they need to help their businesses grow and safeguard the future of the sector.

Creative Hub
Creative Hub

Our Mayors Skills Academies are all credited by The Quality Mark which identifies our academies to be excellent, industry-relevant training in the capital. The Quality Mark Statement also represents our commitment to including a combination of sector-specific questions, and wider cross-cutting issues like diversity and inclusion, sustainability, Good Work and the engagement of under-represented groups.

Our Facilities

All our students in the creative sector will have access to our world-class facilities including:

  • Classrooms and lecture theatres
  • TV, film, and music studios
  • Computer suites
  • Event, conference, and meeting rooms
  • Use of high-spec digital media and IT equipment

Find out more about our centres and facilities here.

How you can work with us

We have partnered with Film London (and supported by Middlesex University and London Higher) as part of the Mayor’s Academies Programme. We also work with a variety of employers to provide training and work experience opportunities.

About the Equal Access Network (EAN)

Our Equal Access Network (EAN) partners with Film London and is supported by the Mayor of London. Through it, we work to ensure the capital’s screen industries represent the diversity of the city itself. Our core aim is to promote equality, inclusion and diversity: We want the EAN to be the link in an industry network for those who don’t have it.

We see first-hand the industry’s enthusiasm and high demand for a diverse and inclusive workforce. We provide the link between untapped under-represented and diverse talent and the companies or productions looking to recruit. To reach this talent, we work closely with training providers, charities and foundations across London.

The EAN aims to remove all barriers to entry and is free to join and open to all. If you are a new entrant, returner, mid-level professional in the film and TV industry or looking to make a career change then join the EAN today.

More than 20 employers within the screen industries sector have already pledged their support to work with us.

Our employer partners are committed to improving the lives of Londoners. By working with us, you will be helping people upskill or enter a new profession, and at the same time fill vacancies in key industries. Our partners work with us in the following ways:

  • Providing work experience opportunities
  • Taking on apprentices
  • Identifying skills shortages and working with our colleges on curriculum planning
  • Participating in our recruitment events and job fairs
  • Creating jobs and guaranteeing job interviews
  • Provide professional briefs or input into our curriculum design 
  • Join our Advisory Board 
  • Host visits, industry insight events or share your experience as a speaker 
  • Be a mentor or provide mentors to support new entrants 
  • Design bespoke courses to train new entrants  
  • Select ‘work-ready’ candidates from our talent pool 

We are looking for more employer partners to offer placements for our programmes. If you are interested in taking part or would like to speak to us about bespoke upskilling short courses for current staff, then please register your details in the form below.

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