Are you interested in developing your creative skills while getting paid to support a local charity? Apply to Talent Works!
Talent Works is a project run by London College of Communication which gives students paid creative work with Southwark-based charities, social enterprises and community groups.
Second-year students from LCC or Camberwell can apply to take part in this year’s Talent Works – which is supported by our partner Wix, a leading website development platform.
Together, student teams will work with the Wix team and UAL academics to design and develop new engaging, professional websites – that will help local community groups promote their work and increase impact in their community.
Participating students will gain experience in:
- Delivering industry-standard work
- Professional support from Wix experts in web design and development
- Live projects from concept development to launch
- Portfolio development
- Industry networking and team building
Talent Works will run as a hybrid programme, taking place in the UAL spring break between 20 – 31 March 2023, in addition to mandatory onboarding sessions.
Students will be paid at Arts Temps Task Rate 2 (£14.74 per hour) for a total of 30 hours.
Who can apply
Talent Works is looking to recruit diverse, multi-disciplinary students to work collaboratively in teams.
Students must be second-year Camberwell or LCC undergraduates and have an interest in developing skills in design for web.
You must:
- Be second-year Camberwell or LCC undergraduates
- Have an interest in developing skills in design for web
- Have either:
- A high level of graphic design skills (e.g. layout, typography, composition, colour matching) and understanding of graphic design software (e.g. Creative Cloud -InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator; Procreate)
- or: a basic level of graphic design skills, and other skills to bring to the team (e.g. Copywriting/editing; Photography; Art direction; Production or project management; Videography; UX/UI; Web design)
Talent Works aims to help create a more diverse cultural sector. We particularly welcome applications from the following groups, who have been identified within UAL’s Access & Participation Plan (APP) as ‘underrepresented’ in the creative industries:
- Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) students
- Students who have taken part in the UAL Insights programme
- Care Leavers
- Students with a disability according to the Equality Act 2010
- Students whose parent(s)/ guardian(s) have not completed a University Degree
- Students receiving the UAL bursary
- Students with caring responsibilities (i.e you are a parent, or are the primary caregiver for a disabled or elderly family member)
(Note: all students will undergo a Right to Work check with UAL’s recruitment agency Arts Temps)
All students must be UK-based for the entire duration of the programme, and be able to attend all in-person UAL and remote sessions as required.
How to apply and find out more
Full application information is available on the Talent Works student programme information document [PDF - 394KB].
Student information session
You can also find out more at an online Talent Works: student information session on Wednesday 1 February 2023, 2-3pm, where you will learn more about the programme, what’s involved, and hear from students who have completed previous versions of Talent Works.
Application form and deadline
To apply, complete the Talent Works online application form.
The deadline is midnight on Friday 17 February 2023.
Students are encouraged to apply early as we may need to close applications early if we receive an extremely high volume of applications.
