{"id":89,"date":"2026-01-16T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/?p=89"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:35:40","slug":"film-alumni-talk-in-conversation-with-industry-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2026\/01\/16\/film-alumni-talk-in-conversation-with-industry-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Alumni Talk \u2013 In Conversation with Industry Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another fantastic event took place last term, which was hosted by 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) as part of the Creative Industries Employability Series with the School of Arts and Architecture (SAA). This event focused on conversations with creative industry leaders.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This was a strong session delivered by three highly accomplished alumni, one academic practitioner and two industry professionals. The speakers delivered their personal career journeys, discussed projects they have worked on (including major award-winning films and large-scale productions) and offered practical advice to students in film, editing, production\u00a0design\u00a0and performance. The session also created meaningful networking with students and potential short-term placement opportunities.\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 career guidance and support, you\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 the team have to offer. To find out more, 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\">.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/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 featured 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 any future upcoming events, please 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)\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another fantastic event took place last term, which was hosted by the\u00a0Careers and Employability Service\u00a0(CES) as part of the Creative Industries Employability Series with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2026\/01\/16\/film-alumni-talk-in-conversation-with-industry-leaders\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74978,"featured_media":90,"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\/89"}],"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=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}