1.2.1 Dream Job

1.2.1 Your dream job

Your dream job could be around the corner! In most areas there are many different employment roles open to people who want to work in the creative and media industry.
Work through the questions below, using the Internet to help you find some important information about what kind of creative and media activities are going on in your local area, and what jobs are available.

1 Here are the names of some areas of the creative and media industry. Circle one job area in which you would be interested in working.

Theatre Television Graphic design Photography
Computer games Music production Web design

2 Using the Internet and telephone directories, like the Yellow Pages, find a company in your area that works in the area of industry you have chosen. Write their name and full address below:

Theatre Royal Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square
London
E15 1BN
020 8534 0310

3 Look at this company’s website to see if you can find out if there are any jobs available at the moment. If there are, answer the questions below. If not, use an Internet search engine to find out about other jobs in that area of the industry nearby. Ask your teacher for help with this, if you need it.

4 Once you have found a job vacancy, answer the following questions:

a) What is the title of the job?

I have found a few jobs on the website
· -theatre administrative assistant
· -stage management assistant
· -wardrobe assistant
· -youth arts assistant producer


b) What does the job involve? What would you have to do if you were working in this role?
I have chosen the stage management assistant, in this role you would have to

· helping to make or assemble costumes
· Buying and hiring suitable costumes and accessories
· Mending, altering, cleaning, washing, ironing, packing and storing costumes
· Fitting performers with costumes and accessories
· Organising and keeping records of outfits
· making sure all items are ready to wear when needed.

c) What would you be paid as a yearly salary if you got this job?

The theatre will pay weekly which will be £153.50, so yearly will be £7982.

d) What qualifications or abilities would you need to have to get this job?

You will need practical skills in hand and machine sewing, pattern cutting and dressmaking. You don't always need formal qualifications.

e) What should you do to get the qualifications and requirements of this job from the point you are at now?

You don’t really need qualifications but you could get some skills on college courses such as:
· City & Guilds Certificates and Diplomas at levels 1, 2 and 3 in Creative Techniques
· BTEC Level 3 National Certificate/Diploma in Art and Design

Knowing what kinds of jobs are available to you in your local area will give you a good idea about what work is available within this sector across the country. Considering carefully what you might want to do in the future and, therefore, what you might need to achieve in order to do this, will give you a good focus for planning your career.