Art and design is all around us and though it might seem like a pipedream to work in the film, television or music industries, someone has to do it – and with an art and design apprenticeship, that someone could be you!
Art and design apprenticeships can take many forms. You could work and train in anything from digital media, to design … even to video game testing. Whichever apprenticeship you take on, it will be your stepping stone to a fabulous career in an exciting industry.
Interested in cinema? Does fashion float your boat? Is music your muse? You’re not alone. In fact, you’re so not alone you’d face a lot of competition for a job in one of those sectors. But when it comes to getting a job in whatever field you fancy an art and design apprenticeship would give you the edge over all those other hopefuls. So here are some of the apprenticeship options on offer, and what you can expect from them.
If you’re after a creative digital media apprenticeship, you’d be learning how to operate a TV camera and use an editing suite. And while you’re picking up that knowledge you could be working as an editing assistant or a production runner.
An apprenticeship focused on design would see you training to hone your design skills to go into a diverse jobs sector. You could go on to work as a designer in fashion, construction, commercial design or multi-media.
If nothing gets you going more than sitting in front of a screen and slaughtering aliens – or playing any other kind of video game, you could always get a games tester apprenticeship. It won’t all be fun and gore, though – you’d be looking for glitches, bugs and other errors before a game goes on general release. So, what do you think? Is an art and design apprenticeship worthwhile or not? New technologies are springing up every day – so it seems – and as an apprentice, you’d be getting hands-on experience of those new technologies – and that make you very valuable indeed. That’s because with that type of knowledge and experience you’re exactly the kind of person employers are calling out for. Worthwhile, then? Absolutely.
You should of course have a keen interest in one of the creative industries, but you’ll also need to be a dedicated person who isn’t put off by long hours and you’ll need to be eager to learn new skills if you want to do an art and design apprenticeship.