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Bachelor of Creative Arts
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This is a unique course for students who want to fill key creative roles in the theatre, film, television or digital media industries, as writers, researchers, editors, actors, directors or producers.
BA (Screen Studies, Sociology, and Drama Major) gained employment as a Freelance Production Assistant on TV Commercials.
I work on small to large TV Commercial productions. The work varies from making tea and coffee to time coding and writing down shot lists and working a video split. It is important to network and ask people who are working in the industry how they got started. Focus on a specific area in the industry and be prepared to start down the bottom, i.e., camera assistant. One of the best things you can do is to try to get work experience on a film, TV commercial or in television. |
Where can our graduates go?
Creative Writing
Graduating creative writing students will be able to demonstrate a range of skills and will have a portfolio of their creative achievements that will make them attractive to a wide range of employers in the arts and communication industries.
Drama
Drama Centre graduates have made a significant contribution to the entertainment industry both nationally and internationally. They include Academy Award Nominee Scott Hicks; award winning director of theatre, musicals and opera Gale Edwards; award winning actors Nick Hope and Noni Hazelhurst; and award winning playwright Melissa Reeves. Flinders graduates have been founding members of numerous companies, music groups and arts organisations including Circus Oz, Redgum, The Angels, Doppio Teatro, Red Shed, and Brink Productions.
Digital Media Studies
Digital Media Studies gives students a solid base in a range of digital media developments that are affecting work practices in many fields. The exciting future of media in the 21st Century allows graduates to work in Film, Radio and Television Work, Arts Administration, Communications, Business, public service, education etc.
Screen
Equipped with the basic professional skills of screen production and a broad knowledge of screen media, they will be highly desirable candidates for entry into the film, television and digital media industries. Graduates will have the opportunity to form emergent production companies capable of project development, to compete successfully for funds for short production and industry training, and to exploit the expanding opportunities created through new media arts and business. Your practical skills will be complemented by generic skills such as independent thinking, critical evaluation and research abilities that will widen your employment prospects in the arts and communications industries.
Cadet Journalist Program, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - News and Current Affairs
The successful applicants will be offered a one-year training contract and will be trained as journalists for radio and television news.
- Applicants should have appropriate tertiary qualifications or have substantial practical experience in journalism.
- Applicants must have initiative, well-developed research and writing skills and good communication skills.
- A broadcast quality voice is essential.
- A demonstrated interest in news and current affairs is required as is a familiarity with all ABC News and Current Affairs output.
- You must also be able to work well in a team and take direction.
- Persons of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged to apply.
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Some Occupations
These include examples of specialized and generalized roles positions in creative arts areas - such as artistic & creative roles, technical roles and administration positions.
- Actor
- Administration/Production Assistant
- Advertising Account Executive
- Animation Director
- Announcer/Broadcaster/Presenter
- Art Gallery Assistant
- Arts & Cultural Development Officer
- Arts Administrator
- Author
- Broadcast Monitor
- Community Development Officer
- Copy Writer
- Corporate Writer
- Director
- Director of Photography
- Editor
- Editorial Assistant
- Festival Coordinator
- Film and Television Camera Operator
- Film and Television Editor
- Film and Television Lighting Operator
- Film and Television Producer
- Film and Television Producer's Assistant
- Film and Video Archivist
- Film and Video Editor
- Film, Stage and Television Director
- Freelance Performer
- Graduate Administrative Assistant
- Journalist
- Junior Animator
- Junior Production Assistant
- Lighting Assistant
- Marketing Officer
- Media & Communications Coordinator
- Media Production Manager
- Media Sales Cadet
- Online Producer
- Online Writer/Editor
- Policy / Program Officer
- Production Coordinator
- Project Officer
- Promotion Officer
- Publications Coordinator
- Publicity Assistant
- Publishing Assistant
- Sound Recordist
- Sub Editor
- Vision Mixer
- Web Producer / Content Manager
- Writer
- Youth Development Officer
Journalist, Network Ten Adelaide
- 12-month traineeship
- National commercial television broadcaster
- Encourages an "ideas culture" environment
Network Ten's Adelaide news room is seeking a highly motivated person to undertake a 12-month traineeship as a journalist. Applicants will need to demonstrate a thorough understanding of news and current affair issues and a high standard of general knowledge. They should also have the confidence to develop an on-air presence and show an ability to articulate clearly. Only those with a genuine interest in news and an understanding of the unique working demands of journalists should apply. An example of your writing skills should be included in an application. |
Potential Employers
- Commercial Film Studios
- Television Broadcasters
- Film and TV Production Companies
- Film Companies
- Production Houses
- Arts Funding Bodies
- Community Arts Centres
- Galleries & Theatre Companies
- Festival Organisations
- Local, State and Commonwealth Government
- Pay TV
- Movie and TV Companies
Examples
- Adelaide Festival Centre
- Advertiser Newspapers Limited
- Arts Projects Australia
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australian Film Commission
- Australian National Playwrights' Centre
- Brink Productions
- Carclew Youth Arts Centre Inc.
- Cirkidz Inc
- Community Arts Network
- Country Arts SA
- Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- Film Australia
- Fox Studios Australia
- In the Chair Pty Ltd
- Media Resource Centre
- National Film and Sound Archive
- National Institute of Youth Performing Arts Australia
- National Library of Australia
- Network Ten Adelaide
- Office of Film and Literature Classification
- Penguin Group (Australia)
- Performing Lines
- South Australian Film Corporation
- State Theatre Company of South Australia
- Vibewire.net
Marketing & Events Officer, South Australian Film Corporation
The South Australian Film Corporation is seeking a Marketing & Events Officer to coordinate special events & projects, newsletter production, website maintenance & development, as well as marketing and locations services support. The successful applicant will have demonstrated project/event management skills and sound organisational and communication skills with the ability to create "print ready" copy. |
Some Web sites:
The following sites have profiles of people in artistic and creative occupations:
Allen & Unwin's Writing Centre - provides information on getting published
Arts Hub Australia - the online home for Australia's Arts workers with jobs, news and resources. All subscribers receive Arts Hub's creative jobs classifieds and creative trade news.
Arts SA - this site includes links to Arts and Cultural organisations
Ausfilm - a one stop shop for film makers
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Cultural Network Culture and Recreation Portal
The Australian Film Commission - news, information on marketing your film, extensive links and more
Australian Film Institute - has promoted Australian film and television for over 46 years and is responsible for producing Australia's premier film and television awards, the annual AFI Awards
Australian Society of Authors
Carclew Youth Arts Centre
COMjobs - a weekly email bulletin which advertises job vacancies and other opportunities for professional communicators in Australia and New Zealand
Community Arts Network-SA
Film Australia - Film Australia is one of the nation's largest producers of television documentaries and educational programs
The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) - is the Australian Government's principal agency for funding the production of film and television in Australia
Graduate Careers Australia - this site has Industry Career Profiles for: All Graduates, Film & Theatre, Journalism, Teaching and more
Screen Hub - the online home for Australia's Screen Professionals with jobs, news and resources. There is an annual subscription.
Media, Entertainment and Arts
Alliance
Media Resource Centre
Myfuture - comprehensive Australian career information
Omnibus Books
Openbook Publishers
Ozlit - a great source of links
SA Writers' Centre
Seaview Press - Self-publishing
Society of Editors (SA)
South Australian Film Corporation
Wakefield Press
Graduate Program, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
DCITA provides strategic advice and professional support to the Australian Government on a wide range of exciting and rapidly changing policy areas, including telecommunications, indigenous programs, information and communication technology, information economy, broadcasting and online regulation, the performing and the visual arts, intellectual property, post, sport and Australia's heritage collections. DCITA also administers a number of regulations, grants and incentives to Industry and the wider community.
Are you a graduate with outstanding analytical capabilities and communication skills, superior teamwork skills and initiative, flexible and action oriented qualities and a desire to learn and develop? Then the DCITA Graduate Program can give you exposure to a diverse, challenging and exciting portfolio. DCITA recruits Graduates from all disciplines, who have strong conceptual and analytical abilities, effective communication skills, sound research and team work skills, initiative and an interest in information technology, arts, sport and communications issues. |
Australian Graduate Survey
Graduate Careers Australia's (GCA) annual Australian Graduate Survey ( AGS ) is a study of the activities of new higher education graduates around four months after the completion of their qualifications. New graduates are surveyed regarding their major activities, including full-time study, full or part-time employment, seeking employment or their unavailability for work or study.
2007 Graduates at a glance:
- Of bachelor degree graduates who were available for full-time employment in 2007; 95 per cent were employed within four months of completing their degrees
- One-fifth of respondents (20.0 per cent), were undertaking further full-time study after completing their bachelor qualifications
- The typical (median) annual starting salary for new Australian resident bachelor degree graduates aged less than 25 and in their first full-time employment in Australia was $43,000
Source: Australian Graduate Survey, Graduate Careers Australia (GCA)
Additional information from: GradsOnline
More information
For more detailed information check out the Careers Fact Files in the Careers and Employer Liaison Centre Resource Room.
Graduate Opportunities lists major graduate programs. Copies of these are available at the Careers and Employer Liaison Centre or can be viewed online. Search our online recruitment links for other graduate recruitment sites.
The Centre has a number of programs that can assist you:
- graduate employment services including recruitment fairs, employer activities
online vacancies and our graduate email vacancy list;
- information and assistance with your job search;
- graduate skill development programs;
- opportunities to gain industry experience including vacation work and work
experience; and
- career development services
For more information explore this website.
This material has been produced from the Graduate Destinations Survey, Flinders
University and Graduate Careers Council of Australia materials, Graduate Opportunities,
Professional Associations and Careers and Employer Liaison Centre research.
Journalist / Editor, The Law Society Of South Australia
If you are a Journalism, Arts or Communications graduate with skill or experience in the production of journals or newspapers within a major organisation, this part time position (approx 0.6 EFT) with the Law Society may interest you. The major responsibility of this position will involve the monthly production of the Society's journal - the Bulletin. Applicants must have strong computer skills, particularly in Pagemaker and excellent written and verbal communication skills. |
Coordinator - Reception / Facilities / Volunteer & Work Experience Programs, Carclew Youth Arts Centre
The Coordinator is responsible for the first point of contact for clients and visitors to the centre, bookings of facilities, coordination of the Volunteer and Work Experience Programs, and general administrative duties. |
Agency Communications Assistant, Department of Transport and Urban Planning
The Communications Officer is accountable to the Principal Media Adviser, Media and Communications Unit for: provision of a range of media liaison, publicity, editorial, research, analysis and communication services; ensuring high quality, responsive administrative services and support is provided to senior staff within Media and Communications Unit by monitoring administrative support and records management; actioning and assisting with strategic communications including -implementing marketing and communication plans, undertaking research and analysis, preparing communication materials, providing reports and briefs, coordinating special events, launches, and training courses, progressing media inquiries; which contributes to the Department's communications objectives and to the effective management of the Media and Communications Unit. |
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