{"id":84,"date":"2025-12-17T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/?p=84"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:26:13","slug":"finding-work-experience-in-the-creative-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2025\/12\/17\/finding-work-experience-in-the-creative-industries\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Work Experience in the Creative Industries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last month, the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Careers and Employability Service<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(CES) hosted an event as part of the Creative Industries Employability Series with the School of Arts and Architecture (SAA) on guidance around finding work experience. The session was designed to support students in getting practical advice and starting to plan their steps towards a career in the creative industries.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The session covered information on building opportunities, short insight days, part-time creative projects, summer\u00a0internships\u00a0and a Year\u00a0In\u00a0Industry. The session also explored how to decide which\u00a0option\u00a0best fits the stage of your career journey, whether you are just beginning to explore the sector or looking to deepen your professional experience.\u00a0\u00a0This successful session\u00a0provided a\u00a0clearer understanding of pathways available into creative work and practical tips.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don\u2019t\u00a0forget, if you missed out and would like some\u00a0career\u00a0guidance and support,\u00a0you\u00a0can\u00a0always reach out to the Careers and Employability team to book an appointment. You can also take advantage of all the workshops, events and career tools and resources\u00a0the team have on offer. To find out more about click\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/uni-kent-careers-hub#book-appointments\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the Creative Industries Employability Series?<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Creative Industries Employability series features industry professionals and the University of Kent\u2019s\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Careers and Employability Service<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fand has\u00a0featured some\u00a0great events\u202facross the Autumn term. The sessions are open to all students in SAA and are designed to\u202fprovide\u202fvaluable insights into a wide range of creative careers and support the development of practical skills. To find out more about\u00a0any\u00a0future\u00a0upcoming events,\u00a0please contact Dr Angie\u202fVarakis-Martin,\u202f<\/span><a href=\"mailto:A.Varakis@kent.ac.uk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A.Varakis@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f(SAA Employability Lead<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the\u00a0Careers and Employability Service\u00a0(CES) hosted an event as part of the Creative Industries Employability Series with the School of Arts and Architecture (SAA) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2025\/12\/17\/finding-work-experience-in-the-creative-industries\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74978,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[978,124,86146],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}