Work Experience
Enabling creative businesses and interested individuals to find each other
Craft Central is keen to offer a real experience of what it is like to work in the creative sector. To achieve this Craft Central provides a variety of different work experience opportunities.
We offer local GCSE students short-term placements to help them think about what they want to do next. Or we offer longer-term placements for anyone with an interest in a career in the creative sector, this could include admin or project work such as working on our Craft Central Recycles scheme, making new products from designers’ waste.
Florence de Caires has been coming in to Craft Central since April 2010 and has used her work experience to gain a Bronze Arts Award. She is now busy preparing a portfolio for a Silver Award and had the opportunity to undertake work experience at Craft Central's Made in Clerkenwell Open Studios.
"I was lucky enough to get a chance to see all the jewellers' exhibitions and also to look after Faith Tavender's display. This gave me a chance to see how challenging it was to sell and talk about your work to customers. I really like Faith's jewellery and I got to find out about how she became a jeweller and where she sells her work."
Please contact Tessa Damer tessa.damer@craftcentral.org.uk / 020 7251 0276 to discuss a placement with Craft Central.