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Kickstart your career

What's the best pathway into the arts and media - a creative apprenticeship or a university course? How do I build my experience and contacts, and survive as a young professional? This Voicebox offers ideas about developing your creative career, providing you with insights and opinions from both professionals and peers.

We also have a careers section dedicated to helping you find inspiration on taking that next step!

  • Opportunity Kickstarter: Social Media Co-Ordinator
    18 November 2021 – 19 December 2021

    Kickstarter: Social Media Co-Ordinator

    by Voice Magazine

    Join our team as a Kickstarter. We're offering 7 roles in all and on this page are details of joining us as a social media co-ordinator.

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  • Opportunity Creative Entrepreneurs Bootcamp with always possible
    31 August 2021 – 12 September 2021

    Creative Entrepreneurs Bootcamp with always possible

    by Voice Magazine

    Always possible is offering a week of free online specialist workshops for creatives dreaming of starting a business or expanding a side-hustle. 

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  • Interview Want my job? With Dungeon Candy Clothing designer Evie Wolfe
    19 July 2021

    Want my job? With Dungeon Candy Clothing designer Evie Wolfe

    by Elle Farrell-Kingsley Kickstart Team

    “I was just making things I wanted to wear but couldn’t buy anywhere!”

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  • Blog What university should have taught me, to a certain degree…
    9 July 2021

    What university should have taught me, to a certain degree…

    by Jasmine Rowland Contributor

    Jasmine Rowland reflects on her time at university and raises questions around the lack of preparation offered for those entering the “real world”. Life after graduation shouldn’t be considered intimidating, so why is it? 

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  • Interview Interview with the co-founders of London Performance Studios
    5 July 2021

    Interview with the co-founders of London Performance Studios

    by Tom Inniss Voice Team

    We speak to Lise Bell, former Exec Director at the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, and visual artist Than Hussein Clark about the new spaces and wraparound support they are making available to artists as we look towards a post-recovery creative sector. 

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  • Interview Want my job? with internationally touring tattoo artist Bruno
    28 June 2021

    Want my job? with internationally touring tattoo artist Bruno

    by Elle Farrell-Kingsley Kickstart Team

    "It’s crazy because I never dreamed about or wanted to be a tattoo artist. Instead, I was chosen to do it."

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  • Blog Creativity vs Academics: Should universities teach creative subjects?
    17 June 2021

    Creativity vs Academics: Should universities teach creative subjects?

    by Magellan Dissanayaka

    Is there value in studying a creative degree at University? This is my experience.

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  • Blog How to Win at Interviews – Joanna Gaudoin’s Webinar.
    14 June 2021

    How to Win at Interviews – Joanna Gaudoin’s Webinar.

    by Ophelia Appleby Kickstart Team

    My easy breakdown of Joanna Gaudoin's Webinar for Kickstarters supported by Voice in which she shared her advice on prepping for a job interview. 

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  • Blog University societies aren't for everyone
    27 May 2021

    University societies aren't for everyone

    by Claire Jenns Kickstart Team

    Societies at university can offer an outlet outside of academic work and a chance to make friends. But for some students, they’re breeding grounds for toxicity and peer pressure. 

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  • Blog University graduates and the “What Next?" conundrum
    26 May 2021

    University graduates and the “What Next?" conundrum

    by De-Mornae Clarke Kickstart Team

    From nursery rhymes to higher education, we are constantly advancing to the succeeding stage of our lives, but as you age these steps become more uncertain and fuelled with doubt. Leaving us with the daunting question - what's next?

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  • Blog 5 Useful Tips on How to Make Your Website More Accessible
    24 May 2021

    5 Useful Tips on How to Make Your Website More Accessible

    by Emily Jayne Smith

    5 useful tips on how to make your website more accessible that I learned from the Accessibility Session by Hex Productions, hosted on May 5th, 2021.

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  • Interview Music theory app Sonid and its developer Martijn Ensing
    13 May 2021

    Music theory app Sonid and its developer Martijn Ensing

    by Elle Farrell-Kingsley Kickstart Team

    “My main reason for developing Sonid was to hand my students a simple way to learn and practice music theory in their own time and space.”

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  • News H&M offers free suit rental for job interviews
    21 April 2021

    H&M offers free suit rental for job interviews

    by Claire Jenns Kickstart Team

    With their initiative One/Second/Suit, clothing retailer H&M are now offering a 24-hour free men’s suit rental for job interviews. 

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  • News Discover! Creative Careers Week 2021
    1 March 2021

    Discover! Creative Careers Week 2021

    by Claire Jenns Kickstart Team

    Get involved with Discover! Creative Careers week from 1 - 5 March to unlock all that the creative industries have to offer!

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  • Interview Where are they now? with Ceri Davies: Arts Award 15th birthday
    26 February 2021

    Where are they now? with Ceri Davies: Arts Award 15th birthday

    by Nici West Voice Team

    Ceri Davies completed her Silver Arts Award in 2012 and went on to become a disability rights campaigner, setting up her own community interest company, More Mascots Please. Find out more about what Ceri's been up to in this video interview. 

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  • How-to Guide How to get involved with the creative industries
    8 February 2021

    How to get involved with the creative industries

    by Elle Farrell-Kingsley Kickstart Team

    A guide to help you navigate your journey into the creative industries. 

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  • Blog Five Greater Manchester Artists Selected for MIF21 Creative Fellowships
    3 February 2021

    Five Greater Manchester Artists Selected for MIF21 Creative Fellowships

    by Oscar Lister

    Manchester International Festival (MIF) has offered five Greater Manchester artists the opportunity to go behind the scenes of this year's Festival.

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  • News Kids in Museums launches Museum Careers Quiz
    2 February 2021

    Kids in Museums launches Museum Careers Quiz

    by Tom Inniss Voice Team

    The quiz is the latest in a series of resources to help young people discover careers in museums

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