1. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 1: Scene
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
1.2.1 Your dream job
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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
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square
Stratford
London
E15 1BN
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?
Administrative Internships
b) What does the job involve? What would you have to do if you were working in this
role?
You’ll get the opportunity to work with the Operational, Marketing Development
and Educational departments, gaining invaluable experience and learning how the
whole organisation works.
c) What would you be paid as a yearly salary if you got this job?
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d) What qualifications or abilities would you need to have to get this job?
It is an experience so there is no need for qualifications just determination.
e) What should you do to get the qualifications and requirements of this job from the
point you are at now?
Knowing what kinds of jobs are available to you in your local area will give you a good
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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.
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