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The University of KentCareers and Employability Service
Digital Media Careers
You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm
Location of the Careers Service
• Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays including vacations.
• The Careers Web Site www.kent.ac.uk/careers is available 24/7
What can I do with a Digital Media degree?
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/multimedia.htm
Web Designer
Web Designers with HTML and multimedia skills - networking, HTML, Perl, CGI, Flash, JavaScript and Java skills in demand.
Web database skills very important
Lot of jobs are with small firms
Need to keep skills up to date
Starting salaries for Kent Multimedia graduates entering web design/development typically range from £18K to £22K, averaging about £20k.
Good area for self employment
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/selfemployment.htm
Games Industry
Very competitive - passion for games required.
Check the job adverts in publications like Edge
Send speculative CVs.
A portfolio is a necessity
Games Industry
• 30,000 people employed in the UK games industry
• Games tester can be a good starting point
• Programmers – C++/Java
• Creatives: design (e.g. graphics, building models), game play, audio and content.
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/computergames.htm
Animation
• Covers many different segments of the audio visual industries: TV, feature films, commercials, websites and computer games.
• There are about 2000 employees in UK.
• Often first job is as a production assistant or runner.
• Need to network and send out speculative CVs and need a quality portfolio
• www.kent.ac.uk/careers/multimedia.htm#Animation
• Prospects Occupational Profile for Animator
www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Animator
• Skillset www.skillset.org/animation/index_1.asp Excellent information on animation careers.
What can I do with a digital media degree?
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/multimedia.htm
Also
Computing Careers Web Page
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/computersci.htm
Media Careers
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sitesmedia.htm
Postgraduate Study
• About 15% of Kent Multimedia graduates continue to postgraduate study
• MSc – 1 year
• PhD - 3 years
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm
• Teacher training – 1 year(bursaries available)
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteach.htm
One third of graduate jobs accept any degree subject.
BECAUSE:
• Learn new skills quickly
• Analyse & solve problems
• Communicate well
• Open to new ideas, adaptable and flexible
• “Managers of change”
• Marketing and Sales
• Retailing
• Social Work
• Personnel
• Civil Service
• Accountancy
• Banking
• Computing
Choosing a Career
• Prospects Planner - powerful career choice program in Careers Service. Also cut down web version at www.prospects.ac.uk/links/PPlanner
• Choosing a Career pages
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm
Vacancy Sources
Kent Vacancy Database www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html
Prospects Web www.prospects.ac.uk
Careers Fairs
Careers Directories
Recruitment Agencies
Speculative CVs to IT Employers - see multimedia careers page
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/multimedia.htm
Need to be proactive to get entry level multimedia jobs – many smaller firms don’t actively advertise!
Summer Internships
• Broadbean Technology
• Natural Motion – Oxford/London
• 3D Artist
• Animator
• Character Artist
http://www.naturalmotion.com/careers/
Careers Talks and Employer Presentations www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm
VACANCY AND WORK EXPERIENCE DATABASEwww.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html
Apply for jobs in the first term – vacancy emails every Monday
Graduate Employer Directories are available in Careers Service
Final Year Action Plan
Apply now for jobs in large companies– closing dates are early.
Apply now for postgraduate study around December/January
We will help for 3 years after graduation.
Careers Fair12 - 3 pm. Tues Nov 4th Sports Centre
Meet employers from all sectors offering graduate jobs, placements and summer internships. Find out about the opportunities they offer and get first-hand advice and information. Everybody welcome, whatever your year or subject of study.
BAe, Accenture, Cummins, Fujitsu, Cisco, IBM etc. www.kent.ac.uk/ces/careersfair
Careers Employability Award on Moodle
Assessed by a range of quizzes and assignments
Will greatly improve your career planning and jobhunting skills, giving you strategies to make career choices and will increase your chances of getting a graduate level job.
Takes about 12 hours to complete
On completion you will get a University of Kent Careers Employability Award to add to your CV
Get 60 Kent Employability points for successful completion of the module.
DX_CEA
www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm
Bruce Woodcock
• Email: [email protected] - for enquires that I can answer BRIEFLY
• Duty adviser is available for 15 minute advice sessions 10.30 to 12.30 and 2 to 5 each weekday
The University of KentCareers and Employability Service
Digital Media Careers
You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm