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Creative and media
Art directors design the visual side of advertising campaigns for all kinds of media including film, TV, web or print.
Employers will often expect you to have a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in: graphic design, advertising, design, illustration or fine art.
You'll usually need 1 or 2 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a foundation degree or higher national diploma. You'll need 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree.
Volunteering
You could get some experience before applying for your first job. This will give you a better understanding of the industry and is a good way to make useful contacts. You can contact agencies directly to ask about placements, and make industry contacts through relevant groups on social networking sites like LinkedIn. You can get more advice on how to approach advertising agencies from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
With experience, you could progress to senior art director or creative director. You could also work freelance or set up your own agency. Some art directors move into directing for TV or film.
TV and film directors lead the creative and technical production for cinema and television.
Museum curators manage collections of objects of artistic, scientific, historical and general interest.
Assistant directors support directors by organising and planning everything on TV or film sets.
Production managers take care of the business, financial and recruitment side of film and television productions.
Audio-visual technicians install and operate visual, sound and lighting equipment at conference centres, schools, colleges and events.
Art gallery curators manage collections of paintings and objects.
Not only will your organisation (or the Government) pay for all of your training, but you’ll be paid to do it. That means you could actually get paid to get your degree and have no debt!
There are over 625 different apprenticeships to choose from, in a range of industries. Whether you’re interested in law, marketing, construction, or engineering, you’ll find something up your street!
As an apprentice, the minimum you’ll earn is £6.20 an hour, but we’ve seen apprentices earn a starting salary of up to £30,000 a year! You could also get other employee benefits like gym memberships, paid holiday, and sick pay.
Employers think apprentices are 15% more employable than those with other qualifications. In fact, many large employers train their graduates and apprentices together!
There’s only so much you can learn when you just do a qualification. As an apprentice, you’ll also get to learn on the job – whether that’s designing amazing graphics, chopping vegetables, or building engines!
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