CAREERS INFORMATION FOR ART & DESIGN STUDENTS
As you consider your next steps, you may find the following starting points helpful. Those wishing to work in any of the creative fields, where vacancies are rarely advertised, face the challenge of seeking out opportunities, and pursuing them with confidence. Most jobs in the creative fields are gained through networking or speculative applications. A good CV that effectively describes your skills, abilities, talent and experience, together with a portfolio where appropriate, can help to give you confidence, as well as interest potential employers or customers. Check our Applications/Interviews pages for further help with creative CV writing, or talk to the Careers Adviser who regularly visits your college.
If you would like to see the destinations of University of Kent History of Art graduates to date, click here
The Design Trust has produced a Business start-up guide 2003 for designers, sponsored by the John Lewis partnership and the Haberdashers Company. See also our careers web pages on Self Employment
USEFUL LINKS
- (a-n) Magazine monthly. Source of jobs, exhibitions, competitions, awards etc. Opportunities for visual artists and some arts administrations www.a-n.co.uk
- Animated People - vacancies, information and advice for anyone interested in animation www.animatedpeople.co.uk
- Arts Council (links to Visual Arts organisations & resources) www.artscouncil.org.uk
- Arts & Humanities Research Council www.ahrc.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx
- Arts Professional Magazine, for news, events and jobs in arts management. Email newsletter www.artsprofessional.co.uk
- Bonhams www.bonhams.com
- Careers in Design. Recruitment agency for interior designers and space planners www.careersindesign.com/grad.htm
- The Creative Handbook www.chb.com
- The Creative Way www.creativeway.org.uk creative careers in the Thames Gateway
- Christie's www.christies.com
- Directory of Design Consultants, including interior, graphic, fashion and textile design www.designdirectory.co.uk
- The Independent www.independent.co.uk
- Prospects online directory of UK Postgraduate courses www.prospects.ac.uk/student/pgdir
- Prospects Web - the official graduate website. Jobs, career planning and email jobs service www.prospects.ac.uk
- Skillset profiles on a range of different media career areas plus tips for getting in www.skillset.org
- Sotheby's www.sothebys.com
- The Times www.thetimes.co.uk
- Photography
- The Association of Photographers www.the-aop.org useful careers info and job lists
- Press Photographer www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/journalism.htm#Photo
- Scenes of Crime Officer on our Forensic Science page www.kent.ac.uk/careers/forensicsci.htm
- University of the Creative Arts www.ucreative.ac.uk comprehensive careers advice for those in the creative sector Gallery of creative CVs www.careers-creative-living.co.uk/cv_gallery
www.careers-creative-living.co.uk/presentation_style#video how to pitch and present ideas and work - Portfolios www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/portfolios.htm what a portfolio is, its use, what to include and presentation tips
Last fully updated 2012