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Creative City, City of Greater Bendigo The City of Greater Bendigo's Creative City team, delivers arts and cultural services through an annual arts program that prioritises diversity and inclusion, encourages participation in the arts and promotes the health and wellbeing benefits of creativity and arts participation.

A current priority is to map education and employment pathways in the creative industries by providing information, capacity building and opportunities for local emerging creatives. This resource has been created as an overview of industry related information and links.

Employment & Workforce Trends There is strong evidence that creative skills are important to the economy now and will be in the future. Many of the industries that have grown the fastest—in terms of economic output—employ workforces with relatively high shares of creative qualifications.

The Victorian Skills Authority projected an increase of 2650 jobs in the cultural, creative and tourism economy across the Loddon-Campaspe Region between the years 2022 – 2025. www.vic.gov.au/loddon-campaspe-regional-skills-demand-profile To see what skills are in demand across the creative industries have a look at Creative Australia’s Creative Workforce Scoping Study: www.creative.gov.au/research/creative-workforce-scoping-study

Creative Industries Roles at the City of Greater Bendigo There are a diverse range of roles in the creative industries at the City of Greater Bendigo including: Curator, Director, Arts Administrator/Manager, Business Development, Events Officers and Manager, Finance Administrator, Marketing Professionals, Technician: Lighting, Sound, Audio Visual, Stage Manager, Production Manager, First Nations Arts Officer, Arts Officer, Producer, Venue Manager, Front of House.

People in the Creative Industries we work with The City of Greater Bendigo engages with a variety of creatives and creative industries through the work we do: Advertising Professionals, Costume Designers, Film makers, Editors, Event managers and producers, Graphic Designers, Gallery or Museum Curators, Public Artists, New Media Artists, Media professionals (print, radio, TV, social media), Illustrators, Musicians, Performers, Writers, Sculptors.

Opportunities at the City of Greater Bendigo Head to the Creative City page for information about subsidies, small grant programs and opportunities to present your art through initiatives including: Live on View, Artists on View, Exhibit B, Create Lab, Sprout Grants. www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/local-arts

Wages

The following information may be helpful to get an understanding of industry benchmarks for wages, and also what to charge if you are preparing a quote for services or freelancing.

Arts Support Arts Support has links for information on different rates for arts workers. www.artsupport.com.au/blog/industry-rates-for-australian-arts-workers

National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA) The NAVA Payment Standards provides a recommended benchmark for fees and wages and has been drafted by considering the visual arts, craft and design sector as a whole. www.code.visualarts.net.au/payment-rates/overview

Advertising, Digital, Design, Marketing, Media & Tech industries The Creative Store salary review is a guide on how the industry is performing - a gauge on the Australian market. Figures are based on the candidates we meet, their current salaries and their skills vs salaries. This combined with our client salary expectations gives an overall market expectation. www.thecreativestore.com.au/creative-talk/spotlight/the-creativestore-australia-salary-survey-2025

Education & Training There are many pathways and possibilities for training, education and qualifications in the Creative Industries.

Educations Pathways: There are loads of ways to build your skill set in the Creative Industries. Tafe courses offer qualifications and can also be approached as step towards further tertiary study. Bendigo Tafe list some of the pathway options here: www.bendigotafe.edu.au/study-with-us/pathways-to-university/ creative-and-design

Central Victoria: Bendigo TAFE: Diploma of Graphic Design, Certificate IV of Visual Arts, Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing Castlemaine Community House: Art Pathways is a comprehensive visual arts program. It is particularly beneficial for students who prepare a folio for entry into tertiary studies.

La Trobe University, Bendigo: Bachelor of Visual Arts - develop your art practice in a professional environment across a range of visual mediums.

Victorian Tertiary Options* Federation University: Visual Arts, Performing Arts AFTRS: Film, TV, Screen Victorian College of the Arts: Film and TV, Performing Arts, Production, Visual Arts

University of Melbourne: Creative Writing, Journalism, Architecture Monash University: Communications and Journalism, Architecture and Design, Visual Arts Deakin University: Creative Arts, Communications, Dance, Drama, Education JMC Academy: Audio, Film and TV Production, Animation, Game Design Collarts: Fashion, Film and TV, Animation, Sound and Audio Production, Entertainment Management RMIT: Fashion, Communication, Professional and Creative Writing, Visual Arts, Live Production and Technical Services SAE: Creative Media, Game Design, Creative Industries Melbourne Polytechnic: Melbourne Polytechnic: Live Production and Technical Services, Graphic Design, Creative Arts La Trobe University: Visual Arts, Art Therapy, Media and Communications *For a complete list of tertiary options see the VTAC website:

www.vtac.edu.au

Volunteering It is often really worthwhile volunteering for companies, organisations, on events or productions that you are interested in to build your skills, networks and experiences. You may have the opportunity to work with people you are inspired by and want to learn from. You can contact the Creative City team at: creative@bendigo.vic.gov.au

Mentorships Having a mentor can be an excellent way to test ideas and expand networks and learn from someone else’s experiences. If you are interested in developing a relationship with a mentor you can contact the Creative City team at: creative@bendigo.vic.gov.au

Internships Internships can have a formal qualification attached or be a way to immerse in a professional working environment, or develop a specific skills set.

Goldfields Local Learning and Employment Network offer work placements which you can read more about here: www.gllen.org.au/work-placements Creative City are working with partners to offer paid, short term, entry level contract roles on projects, that will help develop experience and skills across event producing. Contact Creative City for more information.

Looking for work?

The Creative Store The Creative Store is a specialist recruitment agency, for Freelance, Contract and Permanent roles across the Advertising, Digital, Design, Marketing, Media & Tech industries. www.thecreativestore.com.au

Arts Support Australia A paid member-based service focused on offering artists access to opportunities across: employment, grants, mentoring, professional development, residencies, call outs and expressions of interest. www.artsupport.com.au

Arts Hub Membership based site, but with a whole heap of free content across jobs, opportunities, news, education for the creative industries. www.artshub.com.au

Screen Hub Sister site to Arts Hub with screenbased jobs, opportunities, news. www.screenhub.com.au

Show Biz Jobs Free Membership Trial with access to free job listings. Membership based site with job listings across entertainment industry. www.showbizjobs.com/jobs/location/country/au

Careers Pages at State Government Arts Agencies Arts Centre Melbourne: www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/about-us/careers Australian Centre for Moving Image: www.acmi.net.au/about/careers Dockland Studios Melbourne: www.dsmelbourne.com Federation Square: www.fedsquare.com/careers Geelong Arts Centre: www.geelongartscentre.org.au/about-us/careers Melbourne Recital Centre: www.melbournerecital.com.au/news/?type=job-vacancies Museums Victoria: www.museumsvictoria.com.au/careers National Gallery of Victoria: www.ngv.vic.gov.au/about/people-and-careers/join-the-team State Library of Victoria: www.slv.vic.gov.au/interact-with-us/careers VicScreen: www.vicscreen.vic.gov.au/about-us/work-with-us The Wheeler Centre: www.wheelercentre.com/about/careers

Resources Creating a CV Arts Support have really helpful templates and information: www.artsupport.com.au/blog/artist-cvs-guide

Creative City, City of Greater Bendigo Calendar of grant deadlines, expressions of interest and opportunities for artists and creatives: www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/programs-artists

Residencies If you are interested in artist in residence opportunities in Australia or overseas Res Artis is a fantastic resource. Some opportunities require the applicant to fully fund their residency, others have expenses paid, or some have a stipend involved. www.resartis.org

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Member based organisation, but with heaps of free content, resources, and information for independent artists and arts workers. www.visualarts.net.au/guides

GLLEN Career events and work placements calendar: www.gllen.org.au/events

Regional Arts Victoria Member based organisation, also with heaps of free content. This link takes you straight to a list of jobs, grants, professional development and other opportunities for creatives: www.rav.net.au/jobs-grants-opportunities-2

Government Arts Agencies The following government agencies deliver research, policy, funding, opportunities, resources, trends, industry information.

Creative Australia: www.creative.gov.au Screen Australia: www.screenaustralia.gov.au Creative Victoria: www.creative.vic.gov.au

Industry Newsletters The following newsletters are full of opportunities, grants, and job listings: Creative City, Arts E-Bulletin: Email arts.info@bendigo.vic.gov.au to subscribe Theatre Network Australia: www.tna.org.au/our-work/news-media/e-news Auspicious Arts: www.auspicious.com.au/contact Regional Arts Victoria: www.rav.net.au/news

Ulumbarra Foundation Devoted to supporting the performing arts in Central Victoria, the Ulumbarra Foundation facilitates grant and mentoring programs. www.ulumbarrafoundation.org.au

Videos Mapping Pathways in the Creative Industries: Creative City Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVihse68v-Q Bendigo Art Gallery: What I do at Bendigo Art Gallery series www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqBW41isn5NoQHKOTJ82-q13E_dymfHMp

Contact Follow Creative City on Instagram: @creativecitybendigo For enquiries please contact the Creative City team: creative@bendigo.vic.gov.au

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