1. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Digital Media Careers You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

2. 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 www.kent.ac.uk/careers

3. What can I do with a Digital Media degree? www.kent.ac.uk/careers/multimedia.htm

4. 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

5. Games Industry  Very competitive - passion for games required.  Check the job adverts in publications like Edge  Send speculative CVs.  A portfolio is a necessity

6. 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

7. 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.www.skillset.org/animation/index_1.asp

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Choosing a Career Prospects Planner - powerful career choice program in Careers Service. Also cut down web version at www.prospects.ac.uk/links/PPlanner www.prospects.ac.uk/links/PPlanner Choosing a Career pages www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm

12. Vacancy Sources  Kent Vacancy Database www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html  Prospects Web www.prospects.ac.ukwww.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!

13. Summer Internships Broadbean Technology Natural Motion – Oxford/London 3D Artist Animator Character Artist http://www.naturalmotion.com/careers/

14. Careers Talks and Employer Presentations www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm VACANCY AND WORK EXPERIENCE DATABASE www.kent.ac.uk/ces/vacancies.html www.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

15. 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.

16. Careers Fair 12 - 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/careersfairwww.kent.ac.uk/ces/careersfair

17. 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.Kent Employability points  DX_CEA  www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

18. Bruce Woodcock Email: bw@kent.ac.uk - for enquires that I can answer BRIEFLYbw@kent.ac.uk Duty adviser is available for 15 minute advice sessions 10.30 to 12.30 and 2 to 5 each weekday

19. The University of Kent Careers and Employability Service Digital Media Careers You can download a copy of this presentation at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm