Working through sheets on jobs (1.1; 1.2)

I am working through the (help) sheets we were given on researching creative&media jobs before I go to research in detail about more jobs.

What kind of performance art venues are there? (local area)

Producing Theatre - A theatre that produces it's own shows in-house, with usually mainly the same team of in-house staff/actors, e.g the Octagon

Receiving Theatre - A theatre that does not produce its own shows and puts on shows from touring theatre companies, e.g the Lowry

Art Centre - A community centre with focus on the arts, holding things like theatre spaces and workshop areas, e.g Spectrum arts

Concert Hall - A cultural building with a hall for concerts, usually classical e.g the Bridgewater Hall

Where is the media? (in your local area)

Newspapers - Manchester Evening News, Bolton Evening News, (Daily Mail, The Guardian/Observer)..

Radio - BBC Radio Manchester, Bolton FM, XFM, Classic FM, Galaxy Manchester, Heart, Rock Radio, Tower FM, BBC Radio 1 2 3 and 4..

Television - BBC..

Video and audio - Studios, DJs, film producers/editors in BBC etc..

Photographers - Professional photographers shooting for things like Sports Direct and some TV etc, and also some doing simple wedding photos etc..

Where can you see visual arts? (local)

Venues -

Galleries - Manchester Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, Tate Liverpool, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Bolton Museum and Gallery..

Museums - Blackburn Museum, Bolton Museum, Bronte Parsonage Museum, Imperial War Museum North, International Slavery Museum, National Media Museum, Salford Museum..

Exhibition Spaces - Manchester Conference Centre, The Lowry, Cornerhouse, Manchester Central Convention Complex,

Production -

Filmmakers - film studios, or independent - Liverpool film studios, IQ Media, BBC

Advertisers - advertising companies, working with other companies - D-room, Design Devision

Painters - independent, spaces in galleries, theatre set production, interior decorating - Royal Exchange Theatre, The Lowry, Bolton Gallery, various interior decoration places

DJs - independent, performing at local clubs, mobile DJs - Roadhouse, Mobile disco hire

Stage Management - performance venues, art centres - Octagon, Royal Exchange Theatre

Graphic Designers - advertising, posters for venues, website design - Design Division, IM design

Sound Engineers - theatres, clubs, music venues - MEN arena, Manchester Academy

Sculptors - independent, spaces in galleries, theatre set production - Royal Exchange, Bolton Gallery

Actors - theatre, promotion, TV/radio, in museums, art centres - Octagon theatre, BBC, Imperial War Museum

Curators - museums and galleries, Imperial War Museum, Manchester Art Gallery

Photographers - independent or for companies, shops or TV - D-room, various independent photographing companies

Set Designers - theatres e.g Octagon, Royal Exchange

Producers - TV/radio, theatre - BBC, Royal Exchange

Fashion Design - for shops, costume design in theatre - various independent fashion design shops, theatre

Digital Illustrator - promotion, advertising, posters for theatres etc, editing, website design