Creative Industry Placements
Upgrade Yourself - Creative Industry Placements 26/27
This placement offers five creative participants ages 18-25 with hands-on experience working in an arts organisation, building insight into how a creative business is run. Roles will range from day-to-day management through to programming and operations.
- Who are interested in learning about creative industries and want to forge pathways into the cultural sector
- Who want to develop networks, transferable skills, build a dynamic and creative portfolio
- Who want to nurture professional skills, creative confidence, and workplace readiness
Placement Structure
The structure of the five Creative Industry Placement pathways will be divided as follows:
- 1 x 6-month placement (Phase 1: April – October 2026)
- 1 x 6-month placement (Phase 2: November 2026 – April 2027)
- 1 x 12-month placement (Phase 1 + 2: April 2026 – April 2027)
Placement Pathways
Pathway One:
Phase 1with
Headlong Theatre
Phase 2with
Hofesh Shechter Company
Pathway Two:
Phase 1with
Marketing Team(Somerset House Trust)
Phase 2with
The Booker Prize Foundation
Pathway Three:
Phase 1with
Live Events Team(Somerset House Trust)
Phase 2with
Somerset House Exchange
Pathway Four:
Phase 1with
KitMapper
Phase 2with
Exhibitions Team(Somerset House Trust)
Pathway Five
Phase 1 + Phase 2with
Somerset House Studios
Who are the Creative Industry Placements for?
- Ethnically diverse and/or Global majority
- Differently abled or Living with a disability
- Working class and/or from a lower socio-economic background
- LGBTQIA+ and/or non-binary
- Neurodivergent
- Affected by a long-term health conditions or impairment
- Affected by homelessness
- Care-leaver/carer
- Unemployed and/or have received welfare benefits
- Migrant or refugee status
How does being on a placement benefit you?
- Workshops
- Monthly mentoring sessions
- Off-site visits to other arts organisations
Discounts & Offers:
- The list is endless and includes tickets to Somerset House events and entrance to other London Heritage sites including free access to a number of other galleries and museums
- Invitations to private Somerset House events
- Discounts in Somerset House cafes and restaurants
- Discount to local leisure centres
- One-year membership to the Exchange co-working space
Holiday:
- Enhanced annual leave – 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Birthday leave - additional day leave on or within a week of your birthday
- Celebration day - to celebrate anything of your choice
About Somerset House Trust
Somerset House is actively anti-racist and you can read about our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging
here. We are working hard to ensure our people, our onsite community and our sector reflect, represent and include all of society.
Our Commitment to Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging:
discrimination
in the initial screening stage of our recruitment process. This reinforces our commitment to focusing on the skills and qualifications of all applications from the start.
We're committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help you perform at your best. We're open to adjusting our process to accommodate your needs please email people.team@somersethouse.org.uk.
The Trust reserves the right to close a job before its application deadline.
Please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK; the Trust cannot currently offer sponsorships.
Somerset House Trust operates a hybrid working model which does not allow employees from working outside the United Kingdom
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Our Hiring Process
Don't worry if you don't see any roles you want to apply for now. Register your interest to allow us to contact you when a suitable role meeting your criteria comes along. Unfortunately, the Trust cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.