A Leading Edge for freelance producers
Skillset has partnered with Channel 4 and The Research Centre (TRC) to provide freelance television producers with the management and leadership skills needed to become Series Producers.
Ten experienced network producers have been selected to take part after a rigorous selection process. Six are from London and four are from the UK's nations and regions: Wales, Yorkshire and the North West.
The TRC's training programme, called Leading Edge, was selected after a tendering process by Skillset in swift response to an identified shortage of people in the workforce with the necessary skills to be Series Producers. With the converging digital landscape, people need to have a much wider set of skills to lead multi-disciplinary teams for multi-platform projects.
Leading Edge is the first nationwide training initiative of its kind. Training takes place in London and Manchester and includes diverse modules including multi-platform content, audience behaviour and financial management, as well as a unique opportunity to shadow a Channel 4 Commissioner.
The programme comprises a combination of masterclasses led by industry specialists, group work facilitated by qualified training professionals and hands-on workshops. Channel 4's exceptional offer to each producer to shadow a Channel 4 Commissioner for a week will provide for them an insight and perspective on the Commissioner's role and work, and help to build critical relationships.
The programme will be funded and supported in kind by the Skillset TV Freelance Fund, Channel 4, North West Vision and Media, Creative Business Wales and Screen Yorkshire.
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