{"id":8322,"date":"2016-06-29T11:36:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T10:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonebridge-blog.positive-dedicated.net\/?p=8322"},"modified":"2020-11-26T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T15:41:22","slug":"start-working-in-a-creative-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/make-a-change\/start-working-in-a-creative-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Start working in a creative job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The creative sector is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK. There&#8217;s a huge number of creative jobs out there and many opportunities to work freelance. Having a creative job will give you higher job satisfaction, improve your communication skills and you&#8217;ll have the chance to build your own portfolio of creative&nbsp;work.<\/p>\n<h2>Find the right creative job for you<\/h2>\n<h4>If you&#8217;re looking for a new challenge, we have the courses to help you get started on a creative career:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Advertising<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; if you&#8217;ve got&nbsp;ideas and ambition, advertising could be&nbsp;right up your street. You&#8217;ll&nbsp;develop skills in marketing and communication and work with agencies and the media. There&#8217;s also&nbsp;plenty of opportunity for progression&nbsp;and travel.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/advertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Take our advertising course <\/a>and discover more about PR and how to advertise a small business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketing<\/strong> &#8211; do you like getting results and feeling like you&#8217;ve achieved something? Marketing is fast-paced, exciting and will give you the chance to put your ideas into practice. You could end up working&nbsp;in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, for an agency, or&nbsp;in many more&nbsp;sectors.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/search?keyword=marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Study with Stonebridge<\/a> and find out how&nbsp;to predict customer behaviour and how to promote your own business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writing <\/strong>&#8211; if you enjoy writing, then a creative career could be what you&#8217;ve been looking for. You can work in almost any industry, you&#8217;ll have the opportunity to be creative and develop your skills in different styles of writing. Choose from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/search?keyword=writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">our range of writing courses<\/a>, including business writing, novel writing,&nbsp;writing scripts and writing for children. Follow your passion and find out where a new career could take you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Web design <\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp; it&#8217;s a continuously developing industry and web developers are always in demand. You could be working for an agency, in-house, or on a freelance basis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/web-design-and-it\/web-design-and-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Study our web design and development course <\/a>and learn about topics including web technologies, internet security, HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. You can study with a&nbsp;19+ Learner Loan, so&nbsp;if you&nbsp;study now, you won&#8217;t have to start paying back your loan each month until you&#8217;re earning over \u00a321,000 a year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photography <\/strong>&#8211; start&nbsp;a flexible new career and become a photographer. You&#8217;ll be able to capture important&nbsp;moments in other people&#8217;s lives and you won&#8217;t be sat in an office all day. Get out and about with your camera and your career could see you working with businesses, journalists and celebrities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/digital-photography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join our digital photography course <\/a>and you&#8217;ll find out more about shutter speeds, lighting, how to take the perfect portrait and the best wedding shots.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png\" alt=\"A-Z book of courses\" width=\"690\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png 690w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creative sector is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK. There&#8217;s a huge number of creative jobs out there and many opportunities to work freelance. Having a creative job will give you higher job satisfaction, improve your communication skills and you&#8217;ll have the chance to build your own portfolio of creative&nbsp;work. 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