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Are you a junior designer looking for a job with a creative agency in Derby?

This is a great opportunity for a Junior Graphic Designer to join a successful Midlands based agency working on projects across branding, marketing, design, digital and motion graphics. You’ll work in a hands on creative environment and will get the opportunity to develop your role through training, learning on the job and drawing on the experience of an established team.

FREE event for students on how to impress creative directors. 25th March 2011

You are a student desperate to get into the creative sector or you currently work in a creative department. How do you get a job in a creative agency and once you have a foot in the door how do you take that next step to becoming a creative director?

Trainee teachers funding cut by 14% for secondary schools Number of student places on courses this year down from 16,845 to14,555, with English, art and music suffering most

The number of students funded to train as secondary school teachers was cut by more than 2,200 today as the government wiped funding from 14% of the places on courses.

There will now be just 14,555 places on secondary school teacher training courses starting this autumn, compared to 16,845 last year. The number of English, art and music trainee teachers will drop substantially.

New. Jobs database for fashion&textiles at Ysh

New Jobs Area on Ysh London website dedicated to jobs in the fashion and textiles sector. Take a look here

New Fashion & Textiles Apprenticeships with Skillset

New fashion and Textiles Apprenticeships with Skillset. More information

Live Q&A at Guardian Careers on using social media for job hunt

Thursday 13th January 1pm. Join Guardian Careers for a live Q & A on how to use social media for job hunting.

Win a 6 month paid internship at Elle

Win a 6 month paid internship at Elle UK. You muct be over 18 and finished your education.
Details here

The Trend Boutique Launches New Competition

The Trend Boutique is launching a major new competition for students & recent graduates with one lucky entrant having the chance to win £1,000 to spend on visiting an International trade show or exhibition of their choice & writing a report that will be published on The Trend Boutique site.
Open to all students who have interest in trends & would like to see their work published, the competition launches on Wednesday, 12th January with the deadline for submission entries 5pm on the 8th April 2011. Further details here

Starting a co-operative in the creative industries

On 23 February, Co-operatives UK are hosting a seminar at the British Library on setting up a co-operative in the creative industries. Designed for freelancers, graduates, practitioners and advisors, this workshop will help you find out about co-operatives, meet potential collaborators, talk to people who’ve been there and done it and get the advice and contacts to get started. Speakers include Alison Coward, formerly of the Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts at University of the Arts London who now runs her own consultancy and training business to help creative collaborations happen. More information

New Courses from City Arts - Artists in Education

This course is designed to help artists improve their facilitation work with young people in schools.
Course begins: 2nd February - 6th April 2011


10.15am - 1.15pm

10 week programme

Cost: £60

Free to people in receipt of means tested benefits

Places are limited on all these courses. To book a place, please contact:

admin@city-arts.org.uk or call 0115 9782463.

More details at http://www.city-arts.org.uk/

Free Radio Presentation Course

The Creative Exchange is running a two day Radio Presentation Course on 17 – 18 January 2011, and we have a few funded places available for Derby Residents.


During the course you will learn how to load and drive a professional radio broadcast play-out system, how to choose and operate recording devices and how to edit raw recorded sound material. You will also have the opportunity to present your own unique radio piece. So why not come along and have some fun?

If you would like more information about the course or to book a place, please visit the Creative Exchange Website

Free Enterprise Coaching networking event - 'Turn your passion into Profit'

The Quad on Wednesday 26th January 2011 from 6 pm to 8 pm


The event is open to existing and new Enterprise Coaching clients and promises to be a successful evening.

The evening will begin with drinks and a light buffet followed by a short presentation on how to network successfully. The evening will also include the opportunity for you to meet with other Enterprise Coaching clients to share ideas and experiences and speak to the Enterprise Coaching team who will explain other new services on offer to help you set up your business or develop it further.


We are expecting a high demand for the networking event and spaces are limited and must be pre-booked. For more information or to book your place today please call 0800 093 9954 or email ec@dncc.co.uk by Friday 14th January 2011.

Kelly Atkins

Enterprise Coach
Commerce House
2 Victoria Way
Pride Park
Derby
DE24 8AN
Tel: 01332 851 280
Mob: 07584 148987

Lloyds TSB Art of Nuture Competition

We are delighted to announce that for the fifth consecutive year we are holding our nationwide Art of Nurture competition.


The competition is designed to support and encourage UK creative talent and has been developed in partnership with Arts & Business, a national not-for-profit arts agency.

Our competition gives UK students and recent graduates the chance to gain national recognition for their work and there are cash prizes for the winners and matched funds for their colleges/universities. Successful entries are given the opportunity to display their work in prestigious galleries to members of the business world

Find the competition brief and entry form etc at http://www.artofnuture.co.uk/

Creative Boom Derby becomes Hatch'd. Meet the Hatch'd team and other Derby Creatives at the first Hatch'd Out event - details here.

HATCH'D is an online magazine & network which supports and celebrates creativity throughout Derby & Derbyshire. Website to be launched in the coming weeks. http://www.hatchdmagazine.com/
Hatch'd Out is an informal networking evening run once a month which provides a great opportunity for creatives of all types to meet and socialise!


The idea behind Hatch'd Out is to provide regular gatherings where like-minded creatives can get together, network, share and potentially win new business, as well as just having a good ol' natter!

The event is completely free and open to everyone from students up to established companies and freelancers.

The event takes place in QUAD cafe (Market Place, Derby) - just turn up & look for the Hatch'd editor Holly Booth and the team; Sharon Stevens-Cash, Chris Seddon, Samantha Eynon, Pete Salter and Debbie Longridge.

To find out more about Hatch'd, visit our twitter profile www.twitter.com/hatchdmagazine

QUAD FREE practical Creative and Media Training Courses in January 2011

QUAD is offering FREE practical Creative and Media Training Courses throughout January.




Each course will be delivered over two days at QUADs digital studio, with participants working to an event based brief, and are suitable for unemployed adults, graduates, people disadvantaged in training, education and the labour market or those working in the creative industries / freelancers... read more

Coming up... the Creative Garden Event in Derby, February 26th 2011

The ‘Creative Garden’ is a networking event and business exhibition which will bring together local creatives and businesses, spanning from students and graduates to established companies and freelancers. The Creative Garden will not only encourage conversations between creatives and businesses, it will also provide an opportunity for the two to connect and build working relationships.

The Creative Garden will be taking place in Derby on Saturday 26th February and in Leicester on Friday 23rd March.

For more information on the events, how to exhibit, or how to get involved, please contact Holly on holly@fd2d.com