This document provides information about finding a dream job in the creative and media industries. It instructs students to research job opportunities in their local area by choosing an area of interest and finding a related company. One example job found is a runner at a local theater. The summary describes that this job involves tasks like greeting visitors, fetching equipment, and answering phones. The yearly salary for this entry-level position is £10,000 to £16,000. Qualifications include enthusiasm, communication skills, organization, and the ability to work well in a team. The document advises students to improve their skills in these areas to meet job requirements.

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
Student Book
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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 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? Runner
b) What does the job involve? What would you have to do if you were working in
this role? The person would have to be organised and be able to learn very fast. I
am very likely to spend a lot of time making tea and running errands. Runners may
be called on to do almost any unskilled task required to help the production go
smoothly. This could include: greeting visitors, ensuring that all team members
have up-to-date scripts, fetching and delivering equipment, tapes or other items,
answering the telephone and hiring props etc.
c) What would you be paid as a yearly salary if you got this job? Salaries for full-
time runners may start at around £10,000 to £12,000 a year and with experience
and further responsibility, earnings may rise to around £14,000 to £16,000 a year.
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2. Unit 1: Scene Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma
Unit 1: Scene
• d) What qualifications or abilities would you need to have to get this job?
• enthusiasm and energy
• initiative
Diploma Level 2 Information Technology
• excellent communication skills
• to be well organized
• a flair for building good relationships with all kinds of people
• a willingness to learn
• to be resourceful and good at solving problems
• to be effective in a team
• to work well under pressure
• physical stamina
• basic IT skills
• An awareness of food hygiene and health and safety issues.
• e) What should you do to get the qualifications and requirements of this job from
the point you are at now? I don’t need much qualification for this job as training is
likely to be on the job but I need to be have good IT skills therefore I might need to
learn more about computers. I will have to know all the health and safety rules. I need
to learn to communicate and work with others better.
Knowing what kinds of jobs are available to you in your local area will give you a good
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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