DIGITAL ACCELERATOR - January #1

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The Digital Accelerator is a free digital skills diploma, worth £2600 delivered by Creative Process.

It will equip you with an essential tool kit of digital and creative skills that employers demand, helping you to create an impressive portfolio of work that will make you the stand-out applicant for any hiring manager, help you to develop your freelance skills or give your start up a rocket powered digital boost.

Places are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis subject to eligibility - we can prioritise your place on the course if you are in receipt of any state benefits or are on a low wage

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The Digital Accelerator at a glance:

• A 3 week full-time course, 10:00am to 17:00pm, Monday to Friday from January 6th - 23rd (Check out our other dates if this month is already fully booked)

• Completed in person at our Mac Training Centre in central Brighton

• Achieve a nationally recognised Digital Skills Diploma valued at £2,600 but free to the participant

Course content at a glance:

• Fine tune your networking, pitching and presentation skills

• Build your own website, online portfolio and stand out C.V.

• Practice using design and marketing software used by professionals: Wix, Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator

• Understand what local opportunities are available in what sectors

• Secure interviews for exciting new jobs with great employers

Eligibility and how we like to work:

The Digital Accelerator is an intensive, 3 week full time programme. Participant feedback is excellent but it is designed to challenge and stretch. To be accepted onto the programme:

• Aged 19 or above as of 31st July 2024

• Able to commit to a full-time, 3 week course

• Resident in the UK or EU for the last 3 years (to qualify for the funding)

• Priority confirmation of a place on the course if you are in receipt of any state benefits or are on a wage of less than £25,000 per year (payslip or benefit claim evidence required)

• Motivated and ready to secure a job and/or develop new digital and commercial skills

• Basic to good level of IT and digital literacy and be mac or PC proficient

• Minimum C1 level of English language proficiency

• Able to work in a team, on a collaborative basis, under pressure and to deadlines

• Good people skills and be mindful and respectful of how others learn (as well as an awareness that this may be different to how you learn)

• Respectful of people from different backgrounds, race, religion or gender orientation

• Prepared to take part in a way which contributes to the positive experience and enjoyment of the rest of the group

• Tell us about any additional learning needs you may have so we can assess if the accelerator is suitable for you

If you meet the above criteria and are ready to progress your career then register and we will call you to confirm the final details and secure your place.

If you have any questions, please call us or email Natalie: [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE:

• Registration for this event is registration of your interest in doing the course. Your place is not confirmed until we have completed a screening phone call and email confirmation. This will happen shortly after you register.

• If you have a cough or any flu or cold like symptoms you should stay at home. In line with Government health and safety guidance we reserve the right to postpone your training and ask you to leave at any point should we deem this to be necessary.

About Creative Process

Creative Process supports employers and individuals to develop the digital skills they need for the 21st Century. We do this via our Digital Accelerator and the UK’s first ever Digital Apprenticeship programme that we launched with Government at Apple’s London HQ. We provide digital talent and training for hundreds of great companies including local authorities, the third sector and organisations such as Warner Bros, BT Sport, ITN, University of Sussex, Brighton Festival and Dome, Natives and many more SMEs. We will help you to secure an exciting new digital apprenticeship, take your business to the next level or develop your freelance career.

Host or Publisher Creative Process Digital