Free stuff
Legal
- Understanding exemptions to copyright – best website I’ve found on explaining the UK law on fair use, quotation etc
Recruiting from under-represented groups
- Doubling Disability (UK) – Practical advice from Creative Diversity Network from getting from applications from disabled people
- Diverse Production Crew List (US) – Google doc listing diverse crew for various departments.
- MamaYouth (UK) in the past MamaYouth have forwarded adverts to their email list for me. Contact info@mamayouthproject.org.uk
- Creative Access (UK)- a not-for-profit social enterprise founded with the single purpose of providing young BAME people paid training opportunities in creative companies and supporting them into full time employment.
- Project Noir (UK) – Facebook group to support BAME creatives looking for work in the UK Film & TV industry. Email hello@projectnoirhub.com to advertise an opportunity.
- Women in Film and Television (UK) – have a jobs board in the members’ area of their website and also advertise paid positions at all levels via their weekly newsletter and social media channels. Send details to newsletter@wftv.org.uk
Email me at mail@brendanmiller.co.uk if you know of other places
Places to look for TV jobs (UK)
- Loving Your Work (Facebook group)
- People in TV: Jobs (Facebook group)
- People in TV: Available (Facebook group)
- The TV Watercooler website has this useful database
- Production Base
- Talent manager
- BBC Careers
- List of journalism grad schemes (including BBC, Channel 4)
There are also a number of articles about careers on the Learn Filmmaking page.
Software
- MASV.io – this is the website I use for transferring large files when a hard disk won’t work. It’s fast and pretty full-proof.
- Notion – this is the tool I use to make the video ideas lists (and generally organise my life)