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Courses offered by sector/discipline to businesses at Teesside include:
- business and public sector: media training
- filmmakers: final cut pro, motion 5, directing for green screen
- performers: acting for green screen
- photographers: fashion, portrait, product and wedding photography
- journalists, press and public relations: online video journalism.
We can also design and develop training and courses bespoke to your needs.
For further information please call the School of Arts & Media Workforce Development team on 01642 738089 or email sparkmedia@tees.ac.uk.
A spark of inspiration
Our Skillset Media Academy has a proven commitment to developing creative talent.
We want to work with you to build a vibrant and dynamic creative sector:
- growing your creative business
- expanding your creative portfolio
- accelerating your creative career
The School of Arts & Media's portfolio of courses and workshops will help advance your creative professional development and your business.
Our continuing professional development activities can range from one-day workshops to short courses and longer-term programmes which can offer a University qualification. Our partnerships and collaborations includes work with Apple, Endemol and Hyper Island - so we know our training and activities are current and meets the needs of the industry.
The University is a centre for excellence in television and interactive media and is one of 23 UK Skillset Media Academies. This status - awarded by the Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries - recognises Teesside's expertise, world-class facilities and exceptional track record of collaborating with industry.
We are also leading the way in Skillset's Build Your Own MA - an innovative programme where students can accumulate credits gained from courses taken at a number of Skillset Media Academies around the country.
CREATIVE Professional
Off the shelf or build your own
Whether you want to update your skills, explore new areas or gain accredited qualifications, we can help you. We have a course list, but are more than experienced and happy to expand our offer to support your ambitions.
CREATIVE Consultancy
Specialist knowledge and experience
Our media and business expertise across a range of disciplines and platforms can help you grow your business, and adapt to a changing media environment. Whether the challenges you face are technical, creative, financial or organisational, we can bring a new perspective.
CREATIVE Talent
Funded internships
A student or graduate internship can help you:
- complete a specific project
- manage a busy production schedule
- address new platforms and new audiences.
We'll match your needs to benefit from fresh talent.
CREATIVE Partnerships
Innovative projects
The company we keep includes local, national and international partners:
- Endemol
- Hyper Island
- Trinity Mirror Group
- FNA Films
- Time Out of the Box.
Talk to us about collaborating on a project, large or small, short or long term.
CREATIVE Enterprise
Support for start-ups and innovation
Over 100 new digital and creative businesses have been developed and supported by Teesside University in the past five years. Come to us for support in developing your new media business idea. We've got the expertise and the experience.
CREATIVE Exchange
Knowledge transfer projects
For a dynamic approach to research and development, access to new talent, established expertise and generous funding - all focussed on advancing your business, ask about our knowledge transfer projects.
Spark Media Murder on the trans-media express. (2 mins)
Spark Media Navigating the new landscape of film financing. (3 mins)
Spark Media The rise of social TV and the second screen. (2 mins)
