We pair talented young creatives with industry professionals who work closely with their allocated mentee to help them get that bit further down the road in their chosen career path.
Since its inception in April 2016, we have worked with close to 300 inspiring and passionate mentors and mentees from across the creative industries from content production, photography, fashion and marketing, film, PR, television, digital and product design, to event production, architecture, journalism & script writing.
We have had some great outcomes from these pairings which include jobs and internships at The Face, Channel 4, BBC6Music, HBO, Somethin’ Else, King College London, Magnum Photography, Migration Museum, OnRoad, Little Brown Book Group, VCCP, Myrium (WPP), Untold Studios, Guap as well as freelance opportunities, events and exhibitions including The Guardian, BBC In Pictures, The Midnight Club, Sky London, BBC Introducing Live to name a few.
The format
Our methodology is simple, we carefully pair up young creatives with a mentor who works in their chosen sector over a four-month period. We work closely with our mentees and our mentors to make sure we create the best connections for everyone involved. This starts by working with our group of mentees for them to set their goals which they can work on during their time on Meet a Mentor. Once goals are set we pair our mentees up with a mentor who can best support them to achieve these goals.
Through a structured series of meetings, mentors offer mentees support, encouragement and advice on how to get that bit closer to employment in their chosen field in the creative and digital industries. Mentees offer mentors a chance to engage with a younger generation of creatives, impart valuable wisdom and learnings and holistically understand what the new generations bring and the challenges they face when entering the creative industries.
As well as the one-to-ones, each evening's sessions has a TED-type talk from an inspirational speaker. Our speakers are leading creatives who share their experience and expertise.
Past speakers include Leonn Ward, Meji Alabi and Dan Emmerson.
