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My career goal: Creative and design

Updated Friday, 21 January 2022

Bring out your creative flair to its full potential. Find some practical advice for advancing your career in a creative industry, whether that's using your keen visual eye, practical ingenuity, or rigorous technical skills.

What is graphic design?

This brief animation gives a taste of the many possibilities when working as a graphic designer.

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  • Design thinking

    Design thinking

    Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? This free course, Design thinking, will show you how to structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun in the process too!

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    Free course

    10 hours

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Sound for music technology: An introduction

    Sound for music technology: An introduction

    Whether you're a professional musician, play music with your friends on the weekends or just like to listen to CDs, music technology affects your life. In this free course, Sound for music technology: An introduction, you will learn some of the basics of music technology, starting with what sound is, how it is created and how it travels.

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    Free course

    20 hours

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • People-centred designing

    People-centred designing

    Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This free course, People-centred designing, focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of design. In addition to stimulating ...

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    Free course

    12 hours

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Interviews - Writing For Radio

    Interviews - Writing For Radio

    Get some advice on how to write a radio script from those that work in the industry. 

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    Audio

    Level: 1 Introductory

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  • Creative careers advice

    Creative careers advice

    This website offers plenty of industry insight and helpful advice for your creative career.

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  • Producer job profiles

    Producer job profiles

    This site search returns various production roles, including games production. The website contains plenty of other useful information too.

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    External link

  • Creative job profiles

    Creative job profiles

    As some jobs in the creative industries have varying qualification requirements, some guidance on this graduate site is widely applicable.

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    External link

  • Ultimate guide to theatre jobs

    Ultimate guide to theatre jobs

    A beginners' guide from The Stage to potential job choices in the theatre industry.

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icould links

icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice.

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