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Careers Wales

Careers Wales can help you to plan your career, prepare to get a job, and find and apply for the right apprenticeships, courses and training. You can visit their website at https://careerswales.gov.wales/

Choose Your Future Creative Pathways Digital Event

Careers Wales are pleased to invite you to the Choose Your Future Creative Pathways Digital event. This free careers event is aimed at pupils in Years 10-13 and will focus on the creative sector. You will have the opportunity to hear from some of Wales’ biggest creative organisations and can join one, a few or all sessions.

English event:- Tuesday 24 November, 8.50am – 3pm

Welsh event:- Thursday 26 November, 8.50am – 3pmTimetable for the day

8.50am Virtual tour of Bad Wolf film studios with careers information and a live Q&A broadcast by Screen Alliance Wales.

Take a tour around the film studios where His Dark Materials and A Discovery of Witches are filmed. Learn about the variety of jobs available at the venue and join a live Q&A for an insight into the industry. Click here to join. 9:50am Interview with a Welsh talent. Join Into Film Cymru to hear about careers in film. Non and Hywel from Into Film Cymru will present information about the different job opportunities available in the film industry, find out about specific job roles and share exciting interviews with Welsh talent from the sector. Bring a paper, pen and a lot of enthusiasm. Click here to join.

9:50am Interview with a Welsh talent.

Join Into Film Cymru to hear about careers in film. Non and Hywel from Into Film Cymru will present information about the different job opportunities available in the film industry, find out about specific job roles and share exciting interviews with Welsh talent from the sector. Bring a paper, pen and a lot of enthusiasm. Click here to join.  

11:20am A live costume/set design workshop with discussions about careers in the sector and a live Q&A broadcast by The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Interested in stage management? An opportunity to learn about the process in a live workshop. Hear about careers and ask the experts your questions. Click here to join.

1pm Diversity and inclusion in the film and TV industry: A live discussion and Q&A with support from Into Film.

People from diverse backgrounds are under-represented across the sector. Join this live session to learn about how the panel members started working in film & TV. Learn about their current roles and responsibilities and get advice on working in the sector by joining a live Q&A. We hope this will be the first in a series of sessions on diversity and inclusion in film and TV. This session will focus mainly on the success stories of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Click here to join.

2pm – Freelancers Discussion on being Self Employed in the Creative Sector. Join a live discussion and Question and Answer about being self-employed in the creative sector broadcast by The Arts Council of Wales.

Join a live discussion and Question and Answer about being self-employed in the creative sector broadcast by The Arts Council of Wales. An opportunity to hear from self-employed people talking about how they got into the creative sector and the chance to ask questions during a live Question and Answer. Click here to join.