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11 December 2019
Want my job? with Antonia Collins, Stage Manager and Educator
View InterviewAntonia Collins is a Company Stage Manager and the founder of the Bamboo Manager Project. She talks about how she entered the industry, her career highlights, and how she is teaching the next generation of stage managers through remote learning.
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5 December 2019
Want my job? with Frazer Merrick, sound artist
View Interview"As an artist, a great portfolio is just as important (if not more) than any qualification."
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26 September 2019
Want my job? with Tarek Iskander, Artistic Director and CEO of Battersea Arts Centre
View Interview"I was working in the NHS as a manager for many years. Theatre was something I occasionally participated in, but wasn’t a big part of my life."
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19 September 2019
Want my job? with Florrie Evans, art curator and historian
View Interview"I’ve been mudlarking since I was a child, I was lucky to grow up near the river, and it was an inevitable part of my life. The river has always given me ‘head space’ and it has also taught me the history of London!"
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11 September 2019
Want my job? with Iain Chambers, composer and sound artist
View Interview"The greatest feeling is hearing a piece you've written performed by great musicians for the very first time. It's as though the music suddenly goes into three dimensions, or moves from black and white to technicolour. It sends shivers up my spine."
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6 September 2019
Want my job? with Liza Treyger, comedian
View Interview"When I started comedy I didn’t realize it could be a job, I just loved it and wanted to do it every day. So while I did comedy I was a salon receptionist, waitress, and back-up nanny... I also majored in sociology so once you do that you’re never going to have a real job."
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5 September 2019
Want my job? with Christina Poulton, arts project manager and theatre producer
View Interview"Most arts jobs aren’t advertised and your way in will often be through a last minute, short term role offered as a result of you volunteering or being in the right place at the right time. Make sure you are in that place!"
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15 July 2019
Want my job? with Verity Lane, multidisciplinary artist
View InterviewArtist, composer, creative director and writer Verity Lane talks about living in Japan for 10 years, and how that influenced her work and her approach to life
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17 June 2019
Want my job? with Nick Wyschna
View InterviewGuildford Fringe producer and Mamma Mia! actor Nick Wyschna tells us about his experience breaking into the theatre industry
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12 November 2018
Want my job? With Natalie Ben Rabah, Arts Marketing Manager
View InterviewWe catch up with Natalie Ben Rabah about her career in Arts Marketing and what makes the industry so unique
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12 September 2018
Want my job? with Cat Sercombe, Head of Arts Award, Trinity College London
View Interview'Don’t be afraid to ask people for help along the way and be persistent... If you want to carve out a career in the creative and cultural industries, then you will make it happen'
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3 September 2018
Want my job? with Barbara Matthews, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Culture at Nottingham Trent University
View InterviewBarbara Matthews MBE has had a long and illustrious career in the arts, and has now worked in the education sector for over five years. We talk about her highlights, the struggles, and what changes she has seen in the industry.
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22 November 2017
Want My Job? with Santosh Viswanatham
View InterviewAt MozFest 2017 we spoke to Santosh, an engineer and web developer for Gaian Solutions India Pvt Ltd. and a Mozilla Tech Speaker.
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6 November 2017
Where are they now? with Julie Southam
View InterviewWe caught up with Julie Southam, who did her Gold Arts Award ten years ago, about how her portfolio informed the work she does now at Havas Lynx in Manchester.
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10 October 2017
Want My Job? with Shwetal Shah
View InterviewRead about the work of the eternally enterprising Shwetal Shah of Erase All Kittens who has spent her life closing the gap between science and technology, and social issues.