Being a creative can be hard. Competition is never-ending. Funding can be hard to come by. And unpaid opportunities are often sold to young adults as the key to exposure.
What if I told you that there are places with weekly and monthly updates of creative opportunities in the UK? Places that help hone your craft, that respect your time, encourage you to grow, and pay you?
Whether it’s your dream to land a social media role. To perform the music you’ve been producing in your bedroom live, or to hit the road as a touring manager. We’ve compiled a list of essential newsletters to subscribe to and keep an eye on for regular updates of the best opportunities for ages from as young as 11, up to 30 years old.
Check it out!
Creative Access
Creative Access is the perfect hub for students who have finished their A-Levels, BTECs, or college diplomas and are looking for their debut entry-level role. On the other side of that, it’s also a pivotal space for fresh university graduates. Helping young adults discover junior roles in the career they’ve spent years studying for.
Creative Access has opportunities ranging from journalistic careers to film, media and literature, and features regular updates on paid internships.
Creative Opps CIO
Creative Opps CIO is a charity-funded organisation, which was founded at the height of the global pandemic in 2020. Extending on its original counterpart, Creative Opportunities CIC (2014), Creative Opps CIO builds on providing tools for young adults to source and manage creative opportunities.
Since then, it’s gone on to be a highly ranked platform, advocating for young creatives. As well as providing routine job boards, Creative Opps CIO is also a platform that young adults can join as members to learn the fundamentals and principles of fundraising and workshops.
Youth Music
Youth Music is all about celebrating and championing the work of young creatives in the music industry. It’s a platform dedicated to providing access to paid creative industry roles for 16-25-year-olds. It works as a hubspot promoting jobs, awards, workshops and internships.
Some of the latest opportunities Youth Music UK has shared this week include, but aren’t limited to, Nu Noize Liverpool: A new weekly sessions programme looking to hire musicians and storytellers this March. Youth to the Front Fund: A new fund dedicated to anyone under the age of 30. And Music Leeds Us: A new open mic night session, for young singers to apply to in London.
While London can often feel like the hub for creatives, Youth Music UK is dedicated to providing creative opportunities to applicants from all around the country.
I Like Networking
Internships, awards and apprenticeships are all extremely helpful resources to have when building a career. But what separates I Like Networking from the rest is that, at its core, it’s all about helping young creatives to learn the principles of networking. Which is a more corporate way of ‘socialising.’ It teaches youth the importance of getting out there, communicating with other like-minded creatives and how to build connections from those environments.
I Like Networking also goes by the mantra of “no gatekeeping.” A policy that is plastered all over their social media accounts. It’s with this attitude that I Like Networking has a youth-first approach to helping people find the next best creative roles.
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Roundhouse
Roundhouse opportunities are, of course, finetuned to young adults with an eagerness to break through into the music industry. Whether it’s your dream to command the stage with your songs, learn the hustle and bustle of being an artist and repertoire assistant, or take charge as a tour manager. Roundhouse is all about breaking the barriers between young creatives and established roles in the music industry.
In most cases, creative opportunities are usually capped at 25-year-olds. But not for the Roundhouse. They have an entire section dedicated to creative opportunities for people aged between 11 – 30. Those 25 and over know that it can be hard to secure industry roles and opportunities between the peak years of 18 – 25. At the Roundhouse, they’re breaking down the stereotype that 25+ don’t need support in finding new opportunities. It’s also a good incentive for young adults under the age of 16 to find work experience for school.
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