Creative Skillset’s Tick Talent Showcase – Monday 13th July
Skwigly
Monday 13 July 2015
8 Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, London
Industry Keynote speakers and networking: 5pm onwards
- Meet the best new graduating talent and see the work coming out of the Uk’s best VFX, animation and games degree courses.
- Keynote speakers ; The Oliver Twins, Philip and Andrew Oliver who have been at the mainstay of games development for over 30 years founding the Dizzy franchise. They now run Radiant Worlds.
- Amongst the many industry guests will be Sean Danischevsky, Visual Effects Supervisor whose many credits include, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
The best graduates from Creative Skillset’s ticked courses in VFX, games and animation will gather on July 13 to showcase their work and meet hiring managers at companies looking for the brightest new talent. Over 45 courses from universities including; Ravensbourne, the National Film and Television School, the Arts University of Bournemouth, and Bournemouth University will exhibit their work and attend a day of industry led workshops and masterclasses. You can see the work from last years event here
Andrew and Philip Oliver, Co-Directors, Radiant Worlds said: “We are delighted to present this year’s keynote address at the Tick Talent Showcase. The games industry has always attracted passionate and talented creative minds where entrepreneurialism and playfulness mingle. We’re glad to be playing a part in ensuring the bright future of games, and the wider creative media industries in the UK”.
Companies including Framestore, MPC, DNeg, Rebellion, Tiger Aspect, Sony Playstation, LUPUS Films and Fettle Animation will come to see the quality of 2015 graduates – selected by their course leaders to showcase their industry standard work.
Amy Smith Head of Recruitment at Framestore said:“The Tick Talent Showcase is a key date in the VFX calendar. At Framestore, we are always impressed by the range and quality of work produced by graduates from Creative Skillset Tick accredited courses. The Tick shows us, as employers, that these students have received an industry focussed education which will allow them to enter our industries ready and raring to go! I look forward to seeing what they have to show us this July”.
Every year since the first Tick talent showcase in 2008 graduates have been recruited to jobs directly as a result of attending.
You can see examples of graduates’ work which will be exhibited at the event in the swarm on the professional network for creative people Hiive.
The Creative Skillset Tick is the quality mark awarded to courses that produce work-ready graduates and apprentices.
Students from Ticked courses are more likely to be employed (89%) than those on non-Ticked courses (76%)*. They’re also three times more likely to be in a job relevant to their degree. *Source: Creative Skillset and HESA.