5th March 2010

Vision + Media are looking for a Project Manager (Diversity)

Are you an exceptional project manager? Do you share our passion for finding new talent in the Northwest creative industries? Do you have the drive to work with the biggest and brightest media companies in the region, including the BBC, ITV, Lime Pictures, Channel K etc. If your answer is YES…… this is an exciting and challenging role for someone who enjoys working in a team, possesses strong communication skills and has a keen eye for detail.

The Media Foundation Placement Scheme (MFPS) provides talented and diverse individuals from the NW with the opportunity to gain skills, experience and networks to kick-start a career in Media and Broadcasting.. You will also support the delivery of a range of new widening access programmes including apprenticeships and the Cultural Diversity Network North (CDNN).

The ideal candidate will have a clear understanding of both the business and training and development needs of the NW digital and media industries.

If you are motivated by helping individuals promote their talent and liaising with our NW digital and media leaders then this is the job for you!

To apply please visit www.visionandmedia.co.uk to download full details or email jobs@visionandmedia.co.uk

Application: CV & Cover letter

**Previous applicants need not apply**

Deadline: Monday 15th March 2010 (midday)

V + M promotes cultural diversity and equal opportunities for all

3rd March 2010

Do you think TV should represent everyone?

Do you have the skills, expertise and tenacity to advise leading TV companies on recruiting people from under-represented backgrounds?

  • Diversity Adviser
  • 6 month consultancy agreement
  • Fees: circa Ł25k

Pact, the BBC and Channel 4 are seeking to appoint a consultant to deliver an ambitious diversity programme for the independent production sector.

The successful consultant will play a key role in building diversity across the content production sector, providing support for a range of companies in order to help them develop their diversity policies and recruit as widely as possible, both in terms of their staff and creative on and off screen talent.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of television production and a strong awareness of diversity and HR issues and policies.

Some travel within the UK will be required.

Please submit tender documents to: Emma Woodward, emma@pact.co.uk by no later than Wednesday 10th March.

Download the full job specification here:


1st March 2010

The Network Talent Scheme Launches Applications

Know someone who wants to break into TV?

The Network has launched applications for its FREE talent scheme which runs alongside the TV Festival in August. It's a packed long weekend giving delegates the opportunity to meet and work with the best in TV from behind and in front of the camera.

Over four days, successful delegates will have the opportunity to meet the best professionals from behind and in front of the camera, listen to talks from senior industry people, get advice from experts, create and produce television. Attendees will come away with new skills, contacts and advice. Attendees must be over 18 years old. No previous experience is needed, just a keen interest in working in television.

Applications are now being taken via the website www.mgeitf.co.uk/home/thenetwork and close on 16th April 2010.

1st March 2010

BBC Production Trainee Scheme

BBC Production Trainee Scheme 2010

We are looking for fresh thinkers who can approach things from a different angle and have a passion for TV, radio and online production. Over 18 months we’ll train and develop you and give you placements on programmes across the UK. You’ll be mentored by a senior BBC manager and by the end of it you’ll have the skills to turn fresh ideas into reality. It’s a career path for creative people who love the media and know what our audiences want.

Application dates 15-29 March 2010.

Find out more and apply at www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/pts

25/02/2010

Are you ready to be TV's next Pioneer?

CCTV is a unique personal development and training programme for 25 ambitious executives and producers who have what it takes to be the creative leaders of the TV industry of tomorrow.

If you want to learn how to adapt and flourish in a fast changing world, hone your career, launch or build a business, raise your profile, extend your network of senior contacts, then CCTV is looking for you.

You may be working in TV - production, online, business or legal affairs, press, marketing, distribution or finance - or an associated industry and have a strong track record in your field.

If you make it through the selection process, you will commmit to one-on-one coaching, mentoring by some of the industry's best known and most influential figures as well as masterclasses, training and networking events in London. The scheme is supported by the Skillset TV Freelance Fund.

Deadline for applications is 18th March 2010.

For more information:

4/02/2010

BBC 2010 - London Apprenticeships

This new scheme is a fantastic opportunity to kick-start a career in the media. You will work at the BBC in London for a year, and your experience – together with training and study – will add up to all the skills and knowledge you need for a Creative and Digital Media Apprenticeship Level 3. You will study at Westminster Kingsway College and receive skills training at the BBC in West London. You’ll work with teams making BBC TV programmes and websites in drama, entertainment, factual, children’s or sport.

If you are passionate about the media, full of ideas, and 100 per cent committed to becoming an apprentice full time for a year, then this could be for you. And you don’t have to have a lot of experience in the media, or academic qualifications.

Click the documents below for more information:

19/01/2010

The BBC Vision Intake Pool: Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and London

The BBC is on the look out for talented people who can help them produce great material that entertains, educates and informs.

Click here to see all the details.

03/12/2009

Guiding Lights Launches Again

  • Are you a talented, ambitious filmmaker with at least two years professional experience?
  • Have you reached a critical point in your career where high quality industry support would help you reach the next level?
  • Would a mentor's expert guidance enable you to achieve your full potential

If so, Guiding Lights is for you.

Following two successful rounds of Guiding Lights, we are looking for another 25 up-and-coming film professionals to match with top industry talent. Successful applicants will benefit from 12 months of one-to-one mentor support from an established practitioner. Previous mentors include Danny Boyle, Paul Greengrass, Gurinda Chadha, Kenneth Branagh, Alison Owen, Christopher Hampton and Bill Nicholson.

We welcome applications from across the community and will select participants from a range of industry disciplines. The scheme is open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers and professionals working in sales, distribution, exhibition, marketing, publicity and business affairs.

Please check the website www.guiding-lights.org.uk for eligibility criteria, guidelines and FAQs

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1pm Wednesday 23rd December 2009

26/11/2009

The MFPS is open for applications

The Media Foundation placement scheme (MFPS) is a positive – action training initiative which seeks to address issues of cultural diversity and the under representation of Black and Minority Ethnic individuals in the media industry within the North West Region. The scheme currently works in partnership with ITV, BBC, LIME Pictures and Activedio alongside North West Vision and Media.

The scheme provides talented individuals from the North West the opportunity to gain skills, experience and networks to kick-start a career in Media and Broadcasting.

Media Foundation Placement Scheme Trainees this year produced a short Film. Click here to watch it.

Who can apply?

You can apply for the scheme if you are:

  • From a Black and Minority Ethnic Background
  • Over the age of 18
  • From the North West Region
  • A UK resident or have the right to work or train in the UK
  • Interested in gaining hands-on work experience in the media & broadcasting industry

How can I apply?

Find out more about the scheme and apply here

Check out the ad here

The scheme will begin January 2010 and applications will be open from November 9th.

Next Year’s scheme will be accredited with the Digital Pass Qualification through the Bolton University.

Below is a selection of year 3 trainees who successfully completed 12 months on the scheme, read their stories to find out what the Media Foundation Placement Scheme could do for you.

10/11/2009

CTVC Diversity Work Experience Programme for 2010

CTVC is a major television, radio and new media production company which specialises in making documentaries on religious, ethical and moral issues.

We have produced programmes for Channel 4 and ITV as well as radio programmes for BBC Radio 4 and The World Service. Some of Britain’s leading presenters, such as Rageh Omaar, John McCarthy and Robert Beckford have presented several of CTVC’s programmes.

We also host TrueTube – an interactive website which provides young people with an outlet to express their views on issues that matter to them, from teen crime to gangs to personal relationships.

At CTVC we wish to both raise awareness and understanding of diversity and equal opportunities and also to access the widest pool of creative talent in order to help make the industry become more diverse. To achieve this we are launching a Diversity Work Experience Programme in 2010 for five people to gain work experience in these departments:

  • Creative Ideas - TV
  • Creative Ideas - Radio
  • New Media - TrueTube
  • Broadcast Management
  • Office - Personal Assistant

The programme will be two weeks in length. Applicants should indicate in their application either, if they wish to follow a general scheme whereby they will spend a couple of days in each of our departments, or if they are already clear about the direction of their career path, they should indicate which department they would like to be attached to.

Each successful applicant will be allocated a mentor who will supervise tasks during the placement and has agreed to commit to offer occasional advice and support for up to a year after the placement.

To find out more about this programme and to complete an application form please visit www.ctvc.co.uk/jobs.html or contact Clare Hocter on 020 7940 8486 / clare.hocter@ctvc.co.uk

Deadline for applications: 1st December 2009

Minimum age is 18.

Applicants will be notified of the result of their application by 22 December 2009.

Financial assistance may be available – details available on request.

13/08/2009

The CDN Senior Mentoring Scheme 2010

A key initiative for the CDN is this industry-wide senior mentoring scheme. Its goal is to provide the support, encouragement and guidance that talented people need to reach senior commissioning or programming positions. Specifically, the programme's been designed to focus on four areas:

  • Overcoming barriers to progress
  • Developing confidence
  • Enhancing skills
  • Looking at ways to take career, educational and professional development forward

The scheme is open to people from the black and minority ethnic groups we've listed below. There are 25 places available nationally. You'll also need proven experience in any area of programme making or broadcasting, not to mention the ambition to take your career to senior level.

The programme will be delivered under clause 37 of the Race Relations Act. Applications are invited from BME Individuals from the following groups: Black African, Black Caribbean, Black Other, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Other South/East Asian or Mixed Race.

For more information, full eligibility criteria and an application form, click on the mentoring banner below.



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