Early stage career professionals that need a bridge into the industry. Students, apprentices, mentees, trainees, or fellows. Most if not all career creatives face the dreaded “interview” at some point. We want to give them the playbook, help them avoid pitfalls, and give them the keys to success.

If you have actual decision making, hiring managers with decades of experience in the industry hiring creative positions for major media companies like Disney, ABC Television Network and A+E Networks, then kudos! You are in the minority. But if you do not, and want to help your students with truly rare insights into the most delicate and critical part of breaking into the industry, then you do need this!

The sessions are run by THE decision maker that has made the call in hiring hundreds of roles over almost two decades in New York and Los Angeles. This is not an HR professional, not an academic. This is “one of them” who is also a hands on creative that transitioned to executive management roles with the key responsibility of deciding who, and who not to hire. It is a structured yet free flowing session where future interviewees can get full access to the perspective of the decision maker.

No, this sits adjacent to any relevant curriculum. And need not be part of a curriculum. It can be for apprentices, mentees, or similar cohorts. It is not a lecture, it is an interactive, bi-directional session where students are actively engaged and coached. Active engagement and Q&A are a big part of the session.

These are live, remote video conference sessions with supporting visuals presented throughout. Students both on campus and online can access. We can conduct the session using your organizations preferred platform such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet or any other platform required. If there is no preference we will use Google Meet. We strongly recommend attending with a standard computer, or laptop, or at least an iPad / tablet. Phones are possible but limit the experience.

Ideally class sizes are roughly 15 students. This gives the expert a chance to get a sense of the class participants, and help them with custom tailored insights. Above 20 students we recommend splitting into additional session. These are meant to be provided once per a student’s tenure at your institution.

An average session is 1 to 2 hours long, however, we do not cap sessions. If there is an active dialog with many questions we welcome this! We will continue on reasonably as long as needed to make sure the students get the insights they need. The breakdown is usually: 45 minutes of dialog from the expert, 15 to 25 minutes of Q&A, and then open discussion and commentary.

First off: We care. We treat colleagues in the industry like family that we want to succeed with us. You can trust us for the same reason that many major media & entertainment companies put their trust in us with the responsibility of deciding who joins the company and who does not. This session has been successfully run for years with many sessions per year. Still not convinced? See what people are saying…

Important question. Not all. This session is specifically focused on hands-on creative roles in content creation industries. Roles such as Video Editor, Graphics Designer, Motion Graphics Artist, Audio Mixer / Engineer, 3D CG Artist, Visual Effects Artist, Videographer / Camera Operator, Illustrator, Compositor, Designer, Stylist or similar. It can be in ANY industry that employs this segment of creative to support their business.

We fully agree! We do not require any personal information be shared. Names in the session platform can be first name only, or nickname. We DO NOT RECORD sessions. We do not have have or allow ANY AI bots, agents or non-invited participants of any kind in the session. This is about your students getting insight and information from us. Not the other way around! Submit only what your organization and students feel comfortable with.

Absolutely! We want to make sure you have the comfort level and security you need. You can bring whoever you’d like from your institution to join the session. At your request.

These sessions are typically funded by the student’s or apprentice’s institution. Contact us directly to discuss institutional pricing that fits your organization. info@industrybridgeinsights.com

We are set up to work with publicly funded programs and can provide standard vendor documentation: W-9, certificate of insurance, vendor registration. For more information please email: info@industrybridgeinsights.com

Two words: Your Students. They will benefit from this. They will thank you. This is knowledge and insight that should not be kept in the dark. It should be utilized to help students thay are embarking on the most difficult, initial stages of the creative career path.