Breakthrough is a 6 ‑month employability programme designed as a stepping stone to get you workplace experience and all-important employment skills. This short placement gives you insight into afuture career in the Creative Industry, supporting your confidence and professionalism in the workplace, and helping you to break through into acareer that matters toyou!
This placement offers an opportunity to gain hands-on experience within acontemporary ceramics studio and creative business. Working closely with the studio technicians, the Breakthrough candidate will support the day-to-day running of the studio while developing practical skills in ceramic production, studio management, retail, marketing, and creative practice.
The role is designed to provide insight into the operation of aprofessional artist-led studio and will include dedicated time for the candidate to develop their own creative projects. This role will include assissting with:
- Studio maintenance and organisation.
- Recycling and processing clay for reuse
- Cleaning, maintaining, and preparing tools and equipment.
- Assisting with ceramic production, including preparation, making, glazing, packing, and other studio tasks as required.
- Preparing work for exhibitions, events, and deliveries.
- Managing stock and maintaining an organised studio and shop environment.
- Assisting with community classes e.g after school club etc
- Assisting with the day-to-day running of the studio shop and welcoming visitors.
- Creating content for social media platforms, including photography, video, and written posts.
- Supporting marketing and communications activities.
- Research and administrative tasks related to studio projects.
- Developing and working on their own creative projects with support and mentoring from the studio team.
Location and working pattern: The role will be based at Common Clay studio in Bexhill. The placement will be structured as 4 days per week in the studio Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday.
Who weare:
Common Clay is acommunity ceramics studio in Bexhill-on-Sea, offering ashared, inclusive space for people to explore clay. We run artist memberships, classes, residencies, exhibitions, and an extensive outreach programme that supports diverse participants, including people with complex needs, young people excluded from school, people from low socio-economic backgrounds and refugees. At the heart of our work is the belief that creativity should be accessible toall.
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