Creativity Works: Podcasting

Free 6-week training programme for young Londoners (Deadline: Wed 22 June)

Power up your podcast skills, build your network and get job-ready in one of the fastest-growing media industries out there.

Creativity Works: Podcasting is a full-time six-week blended, immersive training programme taking place between Mon 04 July 2022 - Fri 05 August 2022.

Over six weeks you’ll learn everything you need to know about production, from storytelling to editing & presenting to growing a following and how to keep putting out exceptional content.

You’ll receive training from leaders in audio and broadcasting production. The programme will combine online and in-person sessions at our physical space in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the Good Growth Hub.

Find out more

  • What will the programme include?

    The course will include:

    • A live industry brief to produce your own 5–10 minute podcast
    • Use of a Macbook Pro and the Adobe Suite for the duration of the programme
    • Access to industry leaders and mentors
    • Industry talks and masterclasses as well as practical workshops

    The curriculum will include:

    • Editorial: Finding Your Story
    • Development: Perfecting an idea and standing out
    • Recording and Editing (Sound & Quality)
    • Storytelling through Sound
    • Producing it & How to be a host
    • The Independents & The Big Platforms
    • Podcasting with Sensitivity
    • Brief to Broadcast: How to Make Ideas into Top Podcasts
    • Money & IP: Making it Pay - owning your ideas
    • Press, Artwork & Promotion
  • Who will I be working with?

    We'll be working with:

    • Sony Music Entertainment Global Podcast Division
    • Migration Museum
    • The Podcast Show
    • Dialled In – the award-winning art & culture festival celebrating and showcasing the South Asian community

    We will also be working with award-winning freelance producers from:

    • Jessie Ware’s Table Manners
    • Who We Be Talks
    • Vice
    • BBC Radio 4
    • BBC Radio 1Xtra
    • Apple Beats
    • 6Music
    • Renowned sound designers like Axel Kacoutié, broadcaster/journalist
    • East London’s Dutchie Studios founder Nicole Logan
  • Requirements 

    We don’t mind about qualifications or past paid experience - we just want to see your passion and interest in the industry as well as a creative can-do attitude and desire to learn.

    Other than that our only requirements are:

    • You must be 18-24 years old
    • You must be from a London borough
    • You must not be in full-time employment, education or training
    • You must be free on some weekdays during the programme:
    • Participants will also need to be available on Thur 8 Sep (listening party) and Fri 5 Sep 2022 (final session)
  • Key dates

    Programme dates: Mon 04 Jul - Friday 05 Aug 2022 (weekdays / full time)

    Participants will also need to be available on Thu 08 Sep (listening party) and Fri 05 Sep 2022 (final session).

Why apply?

There are over 1 million published podcasts globally and half of all young people in the UK listen to a podcast every month. It’s a media powerhouse and it's only set to get bigger. We want to help young people tap into this opportunity and discover the jobs available.

Let participants from the previous Creativity Works programme tell you why you should get involved...

Film credit: Cieron Magat

Previous participants have gone on to full-time paid roles in content agencies and production companies such as Somethin’ Else, Bauer Media, Sky Creative, Oglivy, received mentoring by Capital Xtra's very own Robert Bruce, and worked on original content for their own independent podcasts as well as BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts Series.

Sound good? Don't miss out...

Apply now via Submittable

Please note: applicants must be...

  • 18-24 years old
  • From a London borough
  • Not be in full-time employment, education or training

Need help with submitting your application? Watch this instructional video.

Application deadline - Wed 22 June

Creativity Works is a Mayor’s Fund for London programme.

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Current partners include:

Sony Music Entertainment Global Podcast Division

Migration Museum

The Podcast Show

Dialled In Podcast

Axel Kacoutie

Nicole Logan