Employment and Skills

Transforming London’s creative workforce

We are passionate about diversifying and addressing under representation in the creative industries.

A New Direction delivers training, mentoring, career support and advice, events and networking opportunities for diverse and talented young creatives in London – connecting them to the best employers and opportunities in the cultural, creative and digital industries.

A New Direction runs the Good Growth Hub in east London, where we deliver a range of programmes, including: STEP, Creative & Cultural Opportunities Programme, Creative Connect, Freelance Exchange and Flipside - as well as events, seminars and networking opportunities.

Our other programmes include: Creativity Works and Moving On Up. We are also a certified Kickstart gateway, working with employers from across the creative, cultural and digital industries committed to fair pay and inclusive working cultures. We also run Create Jobs – our online platform for connecting our pool of alumni with peers, partners and opportunities.

Good Growth Hub

A creative hub in East London connecting local businesses with new, diverse talent

Blogs

Stories and content from our Employment & Skills programme
  • What's happened to Create Jobs?

    Since 2011, A New Direction has delivered its Employment and Skills programme under the name 'Create Jobs', this is probably how you know us. However, from January 2022 we will no longer be using the Create Jobs name or logo in this way.

    Instead, we will simply use 'A New Direction' when we talk about our organisation and team, and our 'Employment & Skills programme' when we talk about the work.

  • What next for the Create Jobs brand?

    The Create Jobs brand itself will continue in a new way online, becoming our exciting new online platform for networking members of our alumni with opportunities, employers and their peers.

  • Create Jobs

    Create Jobs is a free online platform sharing jobs and opportunities from across the cultural, creative, and digital industries. The platform is designed to connect young people with the best creative employers London has to offer.

    Young creatives

    Whether you’re looking for a full-time role, a freelance opportunity, an apprenticeship or an internship, Create Jobs is your one-stop shop for all this and more.

    The platform allows you to filter and search by industry and type of opportunity, and you can set up email alerts to ensure you don’t miss out.

    Start your search

    Employers

    If you're currently recruiting for a junior or mid-level role in the creative, cultural, digital or tech sectors and would like to share it with our network of diverse, creative young Londoners, please add details to the Create Jobs platform.

    Post your opportunity

    Please note: we don't believe in free work and know exposure doesn't pay the bills. That's why we only list roles paid at London Living Wage or above.

For young creatives

Creative Connect

Personal & tailored support for young people taking their first steps towards a creative career

Create Jobs

Our online platform connecting talented, creative young people with employers & opportunities

Training - live opportunities

Apply for the latest opportunities - programmes run by A New Direction's Employment & Skills team

Subscribe to our Employment & Skills Newsletter

Receive regular round ups of the latest jobs & opportunities

For employers

Become a STEP partner

Pairing creative, cultural & tech organisations with talented young Londoners

Become a Mentor

Building relationships between emerging & established professionals across the creative, cultural and digital sectors

Building the Creative Workforce of the Future

Report exploring how the potential of the creative economy can be realised

Disruptive Futures

The young people who are changing the face of the future of work and entrepreneurship