DRAMA CAREERS SESSION What do Drama graduates do

DRAMA CAREERS SESSION What do Drama graduates do? www. kent. ac. uk/careers/ Tim Reed Head of Careers

Introduction • What is the Careers Advisory Service? • What skills do Drama graduates have? • What do Drama graduates do: the jobs they get their typical employers the further courses they study www. kent. ac. uk/careers/slides. htm

What is the best career?

The Careers Advisory Service • Location • Staff • Opening times etc • Services & facilities

Specific CAS facilities • Reception & Careers library • Options Leaflets & free careers literature • Reference files, books & postgraduate prospectuses • IT facilities - www. kent. ac. uk/careers/jobs/index. htm • Alumni careers network • Careers Employability Module (CEM) on Moodle • Quick Query • Careers Guidance Interview • Talks & presentations

Careers Presentations www. kent. ac. uk/careers/casevents. htm Examples of Careers Talks • Interview Skills, CV Workshop, Choosing a Career • Careers in Politics, Getting a job in the Media, Applying for Teacher Training • Journalism Workshop, T. E. F. L. Presentation, Using languages & Working in Europe • Postgraduate Study in the Humanities • Presentation by Deloitte • Presentations by BUNAC: (i) Work in USA & Canada (ii) Work in Australia & New Zealand • Presentation by Pearson (summer internships) • Presentation by NHS • Presentation by Pw. C: Commercial Awareness

CAS Resources Reference Information on Drama/Theatre & Related • Contacts {including Agents} (Stage, Television, Film, Radio) • Stage Management – a Career Guide (Stage Management Association) • Conference of Drama Schools – Guide to Professional Training in Drama & Technical Theatre Careers Reference Files • What can I do with my degree in. . Drama? (040/041) • Theatre (Y 7) • Drama, Dance, Music Courses (Y 7/8) • Performing Arts (Y 8) • Arts Administration (Y 9)

How to use the CAS Begin by doing some research Perhaps into yourself (ideas, interests, preferences) Then into your opportunities (use Directories, vacancy database) Use IT: CAS website & PROSPECT PLANNER Attend talks/workshops/presentations etc Quick Query at CAS 1: 1 careers interview

What skills do Drama graduates have? • Ability to work under pressure • Analytical & Problem Solving • Communication • Confidence • Creative thinking • Literacy • Negotiation • Planning & Organising • Presentation • Team work/collaboration • Time management

Employability skills www. kent. ac. uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu. htm CAS Moodle Resource www. kent. ac. uk/careers/moodle. htm Employability Points http: //employabilitypoints. wufoo. eu/forms/sign-up-for-the-employabilitypoints-scheme/ Graduate Skills Award www. kent. ac. uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsalectures. html CAS Employability skills exercise www. kent. ac. uk/careers/sk/skillstest. html

University of Kent Drama grads compared with all disciplines UK grads in 2010 (%)

Typical employers • Arts Organisations • Broadcasting organisations • Civil Service Departments/Agencies • Local Government • Media Production Companies • Museums & Heritage organisations • Publishing Companies • Theatres • Schools, Colleges, Universities

Careers related to Drama www. prospects. ac. uk • Actor/actress • Arts administrator • Community Arts Worker • Drama teacher • Dramatherapist • Journalist • Librarian, Special/Academic • Media Planner • Presenter TV/Radio • Programme Researcher • Stage manager • Teacher • Television Production Assistant • University/Further Education Lecturer

Employment option examples Advertising Armed Forces Arts admin Broadcasting Central & Local Gov’t Computing/IT Finance Fire Service Guidance/Counselling Info Management/Museums Journalism Law Marketing/Sales Management Consultancy NHS Management Personnel Police Production Management Public Relations Publishing Purchasing Retail Self-employment Social Work TEFL Teaching Tourism Transport

GRADUATE SALARIES 2011 § Arcadia – retail management £ 18, 500 - £ 23, 000 § Boots - brand/buying/marketing grad scheme £ 24, 000 + £ 1 k welcome! § Barclays Bank - future leaders development programme £ 36 k (+£ 8 k bonus!) § Civil Service - up to £ 27, 000 § Explore Learning - education management £ 21, 000 § Exxon Mobil - graduate schemes £ 34, 000 § Five. Ten Group - recruitment £ 20 -£ 25 k § GCHQ - defence research £ 25, 000 (+ benefits) § IBM - range of schemes £ 27, 000 - £ 32, 000 § Jaguar Land Rover – purchasing grad scheme £ 27 k § John Lewis - buying/retail management/merchandising graduate schemes £ 25, 000 § L’Oreal - management training scheme £ 28, 000 § Mc. Donald’s - trainee business manager £ 18, 500 -21, 500 § MI 5 - £ 24, 750 + benefits - varies by function! § Motability - £ 28, 500 (+ joining bonus!) § Slaughter & May - training contract £ 38, 000 § Waitrose - retail management £ 25, 000

Employment examples THEATRE - RELATED Bill Kenright - Assistant Producer Creation Theatre Company - Technical Stage Manager Glyndebourne Productions Ltd - Box Office Customer Service Administrator Glyndebourne Productions - Education Assistant Gulbenkian Theatre - Marketing Assistant Hamilton Hodell - Assistant to Actor's Agent Lyceum Theatre - Theatre Administrator New Wimbledon Theatre - Assistant Stage Manager Polka Theatre - Communications Officer Roundhouse Studios - Lighting Technician Royal Court Theatre - Stage Management Intern Royal Shakespeare Company - Dresser Symphony Hall - Marketing Assistant Tell Me a Tale - Drama Workshop Facilitator Theatre Company - Dramaturge Theatre Royal - Projects Co-ordinator Theatre Royal Brighton - Marketing Officer The Barbican - Marketing Assistant The Engine Shed Lincoln - Technical Crew The Marlowe Theatre Development Trust - Fundraising Campaign Assistant Warford Palace Theatre - Administrator

Employment examples MEDIA - RELATED AMA Consultancy - Events Co-ordinator Avalon TV Productions - Production Runner BBC Children in Need -Team Assistant; HR Assistant; Runner: Post Production Blackwell Publishing - Editorial Assistant Chapters Digital TV Ltd - Production Assistant Donmar Warehouse Theatre - Office Administrator Editworks (TV Post Production) - Runner/Assistant Emerald Publishing - Assistant Editor Film London - Receptionist Flare PR - PR Account Executive Fusion Post Production (TV) - Runner GE Fabbri - Editorial Assistant IPC Media - Advertising Executive ITV plc - Compliance Administrator National Magazine Co - Editorial Executive Oxford University Press - Journals Production Editor Penguin Publishing - Picture Researcher Rod Hall Agency - Assistant Literary Agent Round Midnight Ltd - Arts Worker Street PR - Contract Manager Tatler Magazine - Fashion Journalist The Independent - Intern Advertising & Editorial Assistant Tiger Aspect Productions - Comedy Runner Treasury Today - Editorial Assistant

Employment examples EDUCATION Briary Primary School - Teaching Assistant Capital Education - Recruitment Consultant Dept of Education & Training N. T. - Tutor EFL Teacher English Teacher Essex County Council - Drama Teacher/GTP English Language Teacher Great Walstead School - Teaching Assistant Halsford Park Primary School - Teaching Assistant Hogeschool - Asst English Teacher Kent County Council - Teacher Language Link Russia - Intern EFL Teacher Longhill High School - Teaching Asst Maidstone Grammar School for Boys - GTP English Teacher Oxley Park Primary School - Teaching Assistant St. Peter's School - Teaching Assistant Student Support Officer - University The Chumleigh Community College - Maths Technician Varndean School - Teaching Assistant Vayu Naidu Co - Education Project Organiser Woodfield School - Arts Development Officer

Employment examples OTHER Achievements - Genealogist Amos & Dawton - Negotiator/Estate Agent Arnold Deacon Greene & Co - Archive Manager British Airways - Cabin Crew Codor Digital - Administration & Production Assistant Confetti & Lace - Bridal Consultant/Assistant Manager Curtis Brown - Talent Intern Debenhams - Trainee Buyer DMG World Media - Sales Executive English Heritage - Events Assistant Fandango Heartbeat - Fundraising Director Faversham House Group - Production Assistant HMP Cookham Wood - Trainee Prison Officer KCC Kent Youth Service - Youth Worker Kinnleigh Folkard Hayward - Letting Negotiator Launch Group PR - Junior Account Executive Lionhead Studios - Games Tester NHS - Finance Officer PRJS - Researcher Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity - Wish Administrator Smiths News - Distribution & Stock Control Administrator The Butters Group Ltd - Creative Product Developer The Maltings - Youth Leader

Further study examples Canterbury Christ Church (PGCEs) - Citizenship, Post Compulsory English/Drama, Primary (x 3), Secondary English Circamedia, Bristol - Circus Skills course Central Lancashire Univ/Radio Lancashire - Pg Dip Broadcast Central School of Speech & Drama (x 3) - MA Acting for Screen, MA Acting, MA Speech & Drama Coastal SCITT - PGCE College of Law, Guildford - Legal Practice Course (LPC) International House - TEFL Kings College London - MA in Shakespeare Studies & Playhouse London Institute of Education - PGCE Secondary English Oxford Brookes University - MSc Digital Media Production RADA - BA Acting RADA & King's College London - MA Text & Performance Studies Rose Bruford College (x 2) - MA Theatre Practice, Pg Dip Acting Skills Plus - Certificate in Community Volunteering University of Cumbria - PGCE General Primary University of Hertfordshire - PGCE Primary UNIVERSITY OF KENT - Certificate in Law & Society, MA Creative Writing, MA Cultural Study of Cosmology & Divination, MA English & American Literature, MA Theatre Dramaturgy, MPhil Drama, MSc Management University of Reading (x 3) - MSc Marketing & International Management, PGCE Secondary Drama (x 2) University of Wales Cardiff - Pg Diploma Magazine Journalism University of Warwick - MA Television & Theatre Studies UWE - LPC

DRAMA CAREERS SESSION What do Drama graduates do? www. kent. ac. uk/careers/ Tim Reed Head of Careers