Good Growth Hub
Our vision is for a dynamic and diverse creative workforce.
Although London’s creative sector is growing, we have reached a critical tipping point where access to opportunity is impenetrable to those that don’t have experience, skill-sets and connections.
Below you will see all of our current opportunities.
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In partnership with the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), dRMM and JA Projects are seeking a talented and enthusiastic local student for a five week summer work placement.
dRMM
dRMM is an international practice of architects and designers with studios in London and Berlin. Founded in 1995, it’s led by directors Alex de Rijke, Philip Marsh, Sadie Morgan, Jonas Lencer, Saskia Lencer, and Judith Stichtenoth.
We are a medium-sized practice with a global team size of up to 70 members. Our studio is known for creating architecture that is innovative, high-quality, and socially useful and has won numerous awards for our buildings, including the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2017 for Hastings Pier. Our projects range from urban design scale to individual buildings for private clients. We work diversely with local authorities, charities, schools, and developers, and have been prolific in housing and education sectors. In recent years, our portfolio has increasingly included light industrial, co-location and mixed-use projects that respond to the changing urban conditions of our cities.
JA Projects
Founded by Jayden Ali, JA Projects is a London based practice working at the intersection of architecture, urban strategy, art and performance.
We work in culturally rich spaces, on projects we love, in places and contexts we care about. Our approach to architecture and city-making mirrors our social values – places should be diverse, supportive and enriching. Our work strikes a balance between playfulness and precision and is driven by a design ethos grounded in observation, participation and collaborative design.
Our ultimate goal is to weave beautiful stories and deliver exciting projects that speak to and for the people they serve. From ground-breaking exhibitions, through low-carbon buildings, to pioneering urban strategy, our projects intervene both socially and spatially to deliver a more sustainable and more equitable world.
Placement
We are excited to offer a five-week summer work experience placement that will see the successful candidate work with dRMM’s London studio for four weeks and spend one week with the JA Projects team.
Both practices are based in Southwark, London.
The placement is expected to take place between 29th July and 30th August and will be paid at the London Living Wage.
About you
Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:
· You are a recent graduate, or currently studying an undergraduate course of a built environment design related subject (such as architecture, urban design, landscape or engineering) and due to finish by summer 2024
· Candidates from related disciplines who are able to successfully demonstrate how they will benefit from this opportunity will also be considered
· You have grown up and attended school in Hackney, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets or Newham
· You are ambitious and engaged with a strong interest in the real-world application of design and critical thinking
· You have a collaborative mindset
· You are energetic, enthusiastic, proactive, and socially driven
· You are a good communicator, proficient in written and spoken English and eligible to work in the UK
· You have excellent graphic /image and physical model making skills
· You use Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator) and SketchUp as a minimum
· Revit, Vectorworks and/or Enscape experience would be beneficial, but is not essential
· You are able to attend dRMM and JA Projects studios in person for the duration of the placement.
How to apply
If you are interested, please complete the application form below.
You will be asked to submit:
- A CV (up to two sides A4)
- A short portfolio (maximum 5MB)
- Your answers to a few short questions about who you are and why you are interested in the opportunity.
We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; transgender people, people with disabilities, people who identify as working class and people who identify as being LGBTQIA+.
dRMM is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of their background. We would like to see an architecture industry that better represents the makeup of society as a whole.
For more information about dRMM and JA Projects, visit dRMMstudio.com and JA-projects.com.
A New Direction is recruiting a new group of ‘Advisers’. This is a paid opportunity open to 18-24 years and will run from October until the end of November 2023. We will work with the new group to learn about your experiences of our programmes and other programmes you have been involved in with creative and cultural organisations and co-produce our approach to youth governance going forwards.
This opportunity will involve 25 hours of work paid at £12 per hour; £300 in total.
The application has a few stages, please be ready to spend some time to consider and submit your answers.
- The first section is made up of short-form questions.
- There is an option in the second section of this form to upload answers to your application questions in written, video or audio format.
- To get advice on your application, including advice on recording video/audio answers, please get in touch via youthvoice@anewdirection.org.uk.
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Important dates - Recruitment:
- Applications will open on Thursday 20 July 2023.
- Applications will close on Friday 15 September 2023.
- If your application is successful, you’ll be notified by the end of September and you'll need to be available for an online appointment of 30 minutes, where you'll meet the team 1:1 and have a chance to ask any questions.
Important dates - Programme delivery:
All Advisors selected will be expected to attend all of the following six sessions;
- Creatives Advisers begins on Saturday 14 October 2023, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm.
- There will be four Tuesday evening sessions taking place on 17 Oct, 24 Oct, 7 Nov & 14 Nov at 5:30 - 8:30 pm.
- Creative Advisers ends on Saturday 25 November 2023, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm.
This equates to 25 hours of paid work in total.
Programme eligibility:
- You are currently taking part in a programme at A New Direction / Good Growth Hub.
- Or you have previously taken part in a programme at A New Direction / Good Growth Hub.
- Or you have taken part in programmes with other creative and cultural organisations.
- You are 18 to 24 years old.
Thank you for your interest in mentoring on our STEP programme and for taking the time to fill out this form. It helps us match the right mentees with the right mentors, which is what the mentoring process is all about.
To get guidance on your Expression of Interest Form or if you have any questions about the mentoring process itself, please email hannah.hedges@anewdirection.org.uk
Next steps
After you have completed this Expression of Interest Form, a member of our team will be in contact with you directly if we have a mentee/ mentor match.
Thank you for your interest in being a mentor and for taking the time to fill out this form. It helps us match the right mentees with the right mentors, which is what the mentoring process is all about.
To get guidance on your Expression of Interest Form or if you have any questions about the mentoring process itself, please email goodgrowthhub@anewdirection.org.uk
What is mentoring?
Our methodology is simple, we carefully pair up young creatives with a mentor who works in their chosen sector.
The role of a mentor
The role of the mentor is to be a critical friend to their mentee - to act as both a support and sounding board, but to also challenge when needed. A mentor gives tools and advice to their mentee to progress professionally, empowering them to make connections and to progress off their own merits.
They support, champion, encourage and occasionally challenge their mentee whilst creating opportunities for them into jobs and onto career progression in a fast-changing, competitive and highly networked workplace.
The pairings are encouraged to have contact outside of the facilitated monthly sessions in order to see real impact of the relationship.
We have found that by encouraging the building of relationships between our mentees and mentors, they develop bonds that stretch far beyond the programme, creating new networks and renewed confidence to proceed in a world that all too often is about who you know, rather than what you know or how well you do it.
Mentor training and onboarding
At the start of every mentoring programme, we provide training and a handbook for our mentors containing best practice and other things to bear in mind.
Access
There are options in the second section of this form to upload answers to the questions in video or audio format. But, please let us know if you would like this form in a different format by contacting goodgrowthhub@anewdirection.org.uk
Next steps
After you have completed this Expression of Interest Form, a member of our team will be in contact with you within 5 weeks to discuss your application and, if we haven't already, to ask for your third person bio and a headshot you are happy for us to use.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email fran.plowright@anewdirection.org.uk