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IN NATIONAL CAREERS WEEK
An online careers programme
introducing students to different 1 - 5 MARCH 2021
careers and workplaces across
the creative industries
Image courtesy of Tyneside Cinema as part of
their Discover! Creative Careers Week 2019
A GUIDE TO TAKING PART IN DISCOVER! CREATIVE CAREERS WEEK, 1 - 5 MARCH 2021 Discover! Creative Careers in National Careers Week 2021 is an opportunity to give your students insight into the range of roles that exist across the creative industries. Over 60 leading figures and companies have come together to support the programme and provide experiential lesson resources, interviews and tours, including exciting behind the scenes access to the new Bond film, original scripts from Assassin’s Creed, an insight into the Dr Martens factory, set design tasks from the National Theatre and much more. The programme is aimed at secondary schools from year 7-13 with a flexible suite of resources and content, all adaptable to deliver according to age group and to work with existing timetables. The resources and films will be available to access from discovercreative.careers from Thursday 25th February. We believe a teacher-facilitated approach will be most effective and enable students to engage fully with the programme, so in order to access the online videos and Q&A panels during the week, teachers and career leaders will have to provide the school URN, the year group/s taking part in the lesson and an approximate number of students taking part. This means that access to the online content will only be available via an online classroom, students will not be able to access independently at home. We’ve put together a useful guide to taking part in the week here, use the links below to find out more: • Discover! Creative Careers Week Programme Overview • Three ways to engage - a quick overview of how you might use the resources • At a glance - how to use our ‘Where I work’ films throughout the curriculum • An example timetable for mainstream students • An example timetable for SEND students • Live Q&A panel details • How to celebrate your involvement online
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW Here are the different types of videos and resources available: Welcome videos - high profile creatives with an inspirational welcome message to kick start your themed Discover! Creative Careers day (approx 3 - 5 mins long) Workplace tours - films that take students behind the scenes of some of the creative industry’s leading businesses (approx 10 mins long) Sector overviews - celebrating the various sub-sectors and introducing some of the roles available (approx 3 mins long) Where I work - featuring individuals talking about their specialist role and the journey they’ve been on to get into it (approx 10 - 20 mins long) Zoom the Professionals - a daily 30-minute Zoom for students with special educational needs and disabilities, exploring careers in the creative industries Live Q&A panel discussions - featuring leading industry professionals from across the creative industries, find out more. There will be a BSL Interpreter at each discussion. Teacher packs and lesson plans - including experiential lesson resources and tasks featuring some of our leading companies and figures from the creative industries All video content will be captioned. We have organised our resources and activities around five sector themes: Screen - introduced by Broadcaster, Actor and Spoken Word Artist Mim Shaikh and featuring films from Pinewood Studios, Framestore, Emmerdale and The Farm (BBC Sport) Performing arts, literature and publishing - introduced by Rapper and Manga Author, Shao Dow and featuring films from Royal Opera House, Liverpool Philharmonic, Young Voices, National Centre for Writing, Saffron Records, Cambridge University Press, Walk the Plank, HighTide Theatre, New Writing North and Kycker Museums, galleries, visual arts and heritage - featuring films from Leeds Museums and Galleries, Nottingham Contemporary, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums and National Trust Crafts day - introduced by Modern Furniture Restorer, Upcycler and Eco Designer, Jay Blades and featuring films from Dr Martens, Cockpit Arts, Saddler’s Den, British Ceramics Biennial and National Glass Centre Gaming, extended reality (XR) and animation - introduced by Actor and Video Game Developer, Abubakar Salim and featuring films from Ubisoft, Cintel Global, Wildseed and Gough Bailey Wright
THREE WAYS TO ENGAGE
How can you best implement this exciting week of careers activity? Here are just three
possibilities:
Full Engagement
After what will be three months of lockdown for most
students, a week of interesting insights into different
creative worlds may be exactly what your pupils need
to reignite their passions, and remind them of what is
awaiting them in the world of work. Amazing speakers
like TV and voice actor Abubakar Salim, whose work in
Assassins Creed: Origins earned him a BAFTA
Nomination. Take a look at our example timetables to
see how you could plan a full week and how the
activities will meet several Gatsby Benchmarks.
Partial Engagement
We understand the pressure schools are under right
now, and that it may not be possible to fully restructure
a learning week. Why not try using the Where I Work
videos as motivational icebreakers at the start of
lessons, demonstrating the link between subjects and
the workplace (helping achieve Gatsby Benchmark 4).
For example, our Where I Work interview with Lighting
Designer, Chris Scott, demonstrares how he uses maths
every day to help him design lighting rigs. Take a look
at our At a Glance document to identify which subjects
each film links to.
PSHE
Whilst we feel Discover! Creative Careers week is best
experienced over a week, you may only have the
capacity to use the resources during PSHE. If this is the
case, we would suggest using a relevant Workplace Tour
with a Where I Work interview, and then liaise with your
Enterprise Coordinator to secure your own industry
professional with a link to your chosen videos.
No matter what level of engagement you are able to implement, don’t forget our Live
Q&As, which are only an hour long, where your students can ask industry professionals
questions. Find out more.
AT A GLANCE
A quick guide to our ‘Where I Work’ videos, demonstrating their curriculum links and
geographic regions - click the links below to view the films (available from 25th Feb).
Curriculum subject:
Art Design
Nottingham Contemporary, Saddler’s Den, Master Saddler
Youth Programmer British Ceramics Biennial, Clay School
Framestore, Systems Support Assistant Programme Manager
New Writing North, Senior Programme National Glass Centre, Glass Artist
Manager Cockpit Arts, Jewellery Designer
Saddler’s Den, Master Saddler Dr Martens, Training and Apprentice
British Ceramics Biennial, Clay School Supervisor
Programme Manager
Drama and theatre
National Glass Centre, Glass Artist
Liverpool Philharmonic, Technical
Cockpit Arts, Jewellery Designer Manager
Dr Martens, Training and Apprentice HighTide Theatre, Artistic Director
Supervisor
Wildseed, Design and Animation
Wildseed, Design and Animation Coordinator
Coordinator
English
Gough Bailey Wright, Director
Emmerdale, Executive Producer
Biology
Cambridge University Press, Apprentice
Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, Editorial Assistant
Engagement Officer
New Writing North, Senior Programme
National Trust, Engagement Officer Manager
Business studies Wildseed, Design and Animation
Walk the Plank, Finance Manager Coordinator
Kycker, Director Gough Bailey Wright, Director
Computer science Film studies
Cintel Global, Creative Directors Cintel Global, Creative Directors
Framestore, Systems Support Assistant Maths
The Farm, Technical Operator and Emmerdale, Executive Producer
Ingest Lead Framestore, Senior Pipeline Technical
Framestore, Senior Pipeline Technical Director
Director Liverpool Philharmonic, Technical
Nottingham Contemporary, Youth Manager
Programmer Young Voices, Lighting Designer and
Creative writing Programmer
Cambridge University Press, Apprentice Walk the Plank, Finance Manager
Editorial Assistant HighTide Theatre, Artistic Director
Music Region:
Liverpool Philharmonic, Technical The North
Manager
Liverpool Philharmonic, Technical
Young Voices, Lighting Designer and
Manager
Programmer
Emmerdale, Executive Producer
Kycker, Director
The Farm, Technical Operator
Wildseed, Design and Animation
Coordinator Walk the Plank, Finance Manager
New Writing North, Senior Programme
Physics
Manager
Liverpool Philharmonic, Technical
Kycker, Director
Manager
Saddler’s Den, Master Saddler
Photography Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums,
Cintel Global, Creative Directors Engagement Officer
Technology National Glass Centre, Glass Artist
British Ceramics Biennial, Clay School Cintel Global, Creative Directors
Programme Manager The Midlands
Cockpit Arts, Jewellery Designer Nottingham Contemporary, Youth
Textiles Programmer
British Ceramics Biennial, Clay School British Ceramics Biennial, Clay School
Programme Manager Programme Manager
Dr Martens, Training and Apprentice
Supervisor
Gough Bailey Wright, Director
London
Framestore, Systems Support Assistant
Framestore, Senior Pipeline Technical
Director
Cockpit Arts, Jewellery Designer
The South
Young Voices, Lighting Designer and
Programmer
Cambridge University Press, Apprentice
Editorial Assistant
HighTide Theatre, Artistic Director
National Trust, Engagement Officer
Wildseed, Design and Animation
CoordinatorDISCOVER! WEEK LIVE Q&A DETAILS
Hear industry professionals answer your questions about their careers with your class
via a live Q&A on Zoom. To submit a question, email it over to ccp@screenskills.com
any time before 10am on the day of the panel discussion.
This page includes further details about joining the Q&As, see the following pages for
the timetable and details of the panellists taking part.
How to join:
The panel discussion will be broadcast on Zoom.
If you are teaching a class who is present in the classroom, simply join the Q&A by
clicking Join Zoom Q&A links below or on the website. Show the discussion to your
class.
If you are teaching your students remotely, you need to click on the Join Zoom Q&A
links below or on the website and then share your screen with your students using the
platform you normally use for your remote lessons, such as Teams or Google Meet.
Things to note:
• The sessions must be facilitated by teachers. Students are not allowed to access the
Q&A without a teacher.
• Students will not be on Zoom. The teacher will be on Zoom. Teachers share their
screens with the students. This means that the students will not be visible to anyone
other than the teacher.
• Teachers and students will listen to the professionals answering their questions.
There will be a couple of points at which the professionals will stop talking and the
teachers will have a few minutes to talk to their class, checking their understanding
and inviting them to think of questions.
• Questions can be submitted before the event. There will also be the opportunity for
the teacher to type new questions into the Zoom Q&A function during the event.
• If you are using Teams, remember to tag the Share computer audio so that your
class can hear the discussion.
• Teachers will be invited to put their school unique reference number (URN) into the
Zoom chat, so that we can record who attended. Please have that ready. To find
a school‘s URN, go to Get information about schools. Find your school using your
school‘s name. The URN is found in the school‘s details under ID.
• A BSL Interpreter will be present at every session.LIVE Q&A SCHEDULE: TUESDAY 2ND MARCH 11am - 12pm: Crafts, Fashion & Textiles Join Zoom Q&A Annie Warburton (host), CEO of Cockpit Arts Onowe Otite, Maker: textiles and illustration Ian Scott Kettle, Maker: men’s fashion accessories Lenique Lewis, Maker: jewellery Jean-Marc Poissant, Maker: set design Darren Appagyei, Maker: wood turning 1-2pm: Gaming, XR and Animation Join Zoom Q&A Rick Gibson (host), CEO of the British Games Institute Declan Cassidy, CEO of Into Games Lesley Klassen, Co-founder of Flipside XR Animation Christine McKay, CEO of Salamandra UK WEDNESDAY 3RD MARCH 11am - 12pm: Museums, Galleries, Visual Arts & Heritage Join Zoom Q&A Tamsin Russell (host), Workforce Development Officer for Museums Association Rebecca Huggan, Director of The New Bridge Project Hannah Whitlow, Programme Producer at Blaze Arts Catherine Ritmain-Smith, Head of Learning and Skills at V&A Museum of Childhood Lorraine Finch, Paper Conservator 1 - 2pm: Careers in the Creative Industries for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Join Zoom Q&A Jenny Connick (host), CEO of Talentino, a career development service for young people with SEND Carl Newbould, Learning Officer, Leeds Museum & Galleries, engaging young people with SEND in careers Katy Etherington, award-winning freelance graphic designer and entrepreneur Rebecca Meilak, Character Animator at Jellyfish Pictures.
THURSDAY 4TH MARCH 11am - 12pm: Film & TV Join Zoom Q&A Leigh Adams (host), Director of Education and Skills at the British Film Institute Gareth Ellis Unwin, Oscar-winning producer of the King’s Speech Louise Smith, sustainability manager on Bond 25 and other films Nainita Desai, composer for Bad Boy Millionaires and American Murder 1 - 2pm: Performing Arts and Music Join Zoom Q&A Jon Winn (host), Work Experience and Training Officer at the Royal Opera House Matt Hawksworth, Young Peoples Producer at Pavillion Dance South West Steph Meskell-Broken, Engagement Manager at Peshkar Productions David Evans, Head of Production at National Theatre Wales Mike Lowe, Director of Britannia Row Productions Jim Lunt, Musical Director at Wakefield Theatre Royal Liz Coomb, Programme Manager of Sound Connections
CELEBRATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT ONLINE
As part of Discover! Creative Careers Week 2021 we’re encouraging schools to share
their Discover! experiences by tagging us on Twitter using @CreativeCareer5 and
#DiscoverCreativeCareers
The aim is both to share the activity that your school has taken part in, and to hear from
participating schools about what students have learnt, what has inspired them and
what has surprised them most about career opportunities within the creative industries.
So, whether you’re tuning in to one of our online Q&As, watching a workplace tour or
learning about some of the lesser-known jobs within our sector we want to hear from
you!
As well as sharing photos or short films of your Discover! experiences and classroom
activity we‘d love to hear from schools about:
• Any creative industry careers that Discover! Week has unearthed, that have inspired
students to think differently about their future career paths
• What excites students about a career in the creative industries?
• The best career advice students have picked up from the Discover! content and
contributors
• Any big surprises about careers in the creative industries
• The Discover! content and activities schools have most enjoyed (don‘t forget to tag
the contributor!)
You‘re also welcome to use the We‘re taking part in Discover! logo and sample tweet
below, to help spread the word about your involvement in Discover! Creative Careers
Week.
Click here to download the logo
Sample tweet:
We‘re taking part in @CreativeCareer5 Discover! Creative Careers Week during
@CareersWeek #NCW21 & finding out about the huge variety of careers & workplaces
across the creative industries! Head to https://discovercreative.careers to find out more
#DiscoverCreativeCareersImage: Lee Smillie, courtesy In-Situ as part of
Discover! Creative Careers Week 2019
Discover! Creative Careers in National Careers Week is being delivered by
Creative & Cultural Skills and ScreenSkills, alongside delivery partners
Creative Industries Federation and The Careers and Enterprise Company.
The programme is funded by Arts Council England.You can also read
