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Creative Media and Technology students discover creative careers

Students from Creative Media Production courses kickstart the year with exciting industry visits and workshops.

Students from Capital City College (CCC)’s Creative Media Production courses have started the year by diving into industry-centred activities.

Creative Media and Technology students discover creative careers
Photo credit: Jason Geddes

Discover Creative Careers Week

As part of the college’s participation in Discover! Creative Choices Careers Week, CCC’s Enfield centre was matched with multi-award-winning creative communications agency Tin Man. The agency has worked with global brands across multiple sectors such as Vodafone, Virgin Atlantic, Oreo, Cadbury and Bassetts Vitamins.

On 15 January, a group of 20 students from Creative Media Production and Technology – Level 3 Diploma and Creative Media Production – Level 2 Diploma (UAL) courses visited the agency’s London office. The students were challenged to complete a project based on a brief from Idris Elba’s clothing brand DSYF (Don’t Stop Your Future) which works with community grassroots organisations to tackle knife and gun crime.

During the project, the students worked in small groups with creative professionals from the creative agency to deliver poster designs targeting young people with the aim of supporting the fight against knife crime.

As part of the agency visit, students learned about various career roles within creative communications and had the opportunity to immerse themselves in a professional creative environment. The event enabled students to call on areas of learning from their courses and apply their knowledge and skills to real-world agency work.

Creative Media and Technology students discover creative careers
Photo credit: Jason Geddes

Sky Studios Film and TV Workshop

On 14 January, a group of 25 students from Creative Media Production and Technology – Level 3 Diploma and Creative Media Production – Level 2 Diploma (UAL) courses visited Sky Studios Elstree to take part in a Film and TV Workshop.

During the event, students participated in a hands-on immersive experience using Extended Reality (XR) studio equipment to bring a short film to life. The students worked in groups to develop and create their pieces of work in a professional environment with industry-leading equipment. The workshop enabled them to gain a more intimate understanding of each stage of the production process, from inception to post-production.

Creative Media and Technology students discover creative careers
Photo credit: Jason Geddes

In addition to completing the workshop tasks, students took part in a careers challenge and were taken on a studio tour of the world-class Sky Studios facilities which have played in major productions such as Wicked and Jurassic World. 

Samil, a student on the Creative Media Production and Technology Level 3 Diploma, said: “It has helped me navigate the media industry in seeing the potential jobs and career routes that I can take.”

Emmanuel, also a Creative Media Production and Technology Level 3 Diploma student, said: “It helped me to seek out the many opportunities and gave me hope in finding a career within the creative industries. It also helped me to discover how I can utilise what I have been learning in the classroom in the real world.” 

Interested in finding out more about Creative Media courses? Take a look at our Digital Media and Creative Computing courses and apply today!

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