You Can't Make This Up

Want to make ads?

If you can come up with ideas, you’re already an advertising creative. But what is it all about?

Endless possibilities

A Creative comes up with ideas to solve various clients’ problems. Whether that’s a drumming gorilla or a piglet astronaut, there’s no knowing what you’ll be working on, and that’s where the fun is. 

So if that sounds like your kind of thing…

This page is a resource to help you understand more about what creatives do all day (aside from chatting movies and drawing on scraps of paper,) and give you resources to help you get started in advertising.

Just a few of the places you can find out more about the advertising industry, from resources to grad schemes and apprenticeships.

• Brixton Finishing School https://brixtonfinishingschool.org/ 

• Ideas Foundation https://www.ideasfoundation.org.uk/ 

• Creative Access https://creativeaccess.org.uk/ 

• D&AD Shift https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-shift/

• D&AD Course https://www.dandad.org/masterclasses/

• IPA https://ipa.co.uk/talent-diversity/careers-in-advertising 

• Livity https://livity.co.uk/connects/ 

• The Kennedys https://www.wk.com/news/the-kennedys/

• First Bite adamandeveddb.com/assets/_site/jobs_page/FirstBiteadamandeveDDB.pdf

• No Trace https://www.notracefilm.com/bame-initiative

• Channel 4 Content Creators https://careers.channel4.com/4skills/contentcreatives

• Jolt Academy http://joltacademy.co.uk/

• Marketing Debut https://theindustryclub.co.uk/marketing-debuts/

• Saatchi Open House https://openhouse.mcsaatchi.london/

• SampsonMay Internship https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/opportunitiesboard/4xex5m5wn

• The Good Internship https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/partners/otherway

•  Ogilvy pipe https://www.ogilvy.com/uk/careers/pipe 

• VCCP Stoke: https://vccpstoke.com/

• VCCP Table https://www.vccp.com/news/2021/dec/applications-for-the-table-2023 

• Leo’s Pathway: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oZ4s1SF8sUeCozOnSx90uERfsT4DxaZFm97Z8TjLP7NUOTdWTlpQWllISVYxMENGT0xCMFA4QUlYMS4u 

• Clean Creatives: https://cleancreatives.org/ 

• Cannes Challenge: https://www.thewomensassociation.com/thecanneschallenge

• (on hold) Glug http://glugevents.com/ https://www.instagram.com/glugevents/?hl=en

We are constantly updating this list, so do send any suggestion to hello@creaturelondon.com