On this course you will study the following units:

• Unit 1 - The Creative Entrepreneur
  This unit introduces you to the requisite enterprise skills that are necessary to kick-start a creative business venture. You will deliberate how you can position and brand your creative enterprise business in a fiercely competitive marketplace while gaining an appreciation of creative and cultural policy. Students will examine business models, and will develop their skills in project management,copyright laws, fundraising and budgeting, pitching proposals, marketing and social media. Students will also develop a secure working knowledge of health and safety standards and the associated legislations. The business focus of this unit will complement and support the students’ creative research and development work undertaken in Unit 2. Both units 1 and 2 work together to establish a solid foundationin order to inform and inspire students’ creative enterprise business models in Unit 3.

• Unit 2 - The Creative Practitioner
  This unit will provide the you with the opportunity to define your artistic ambitions by providing the necessary time and space to research and develop your creative ideas. Students will position and contextualise their creative concept within a distinctive area of contemporary practice and will conduct case studies in order to identify and distinguish market competitors directly operating within their chosen field. You willalso cultivate your networking skills and start building a database of contacts as you start to engage with the industry. This unit serves as a precursor to your final creative enterprise business plan and will provide you with an opportunity to enter into a more formal dialogue of personal interrogation and diagnosis to identify ambitions within a specific field, and to develop the requisite professional skills necessary for progression into your chosen industry. This unit will ultimately culminate with the student defining their creative enterprise aspirations

• Unit 3 - The Creative Enterprise
  This unit requires you to develop, formalise and present a sustainable creative enterprise business case. Students will take control of their own professional development by independently initiating a feasibility study, which will support and inform an in-depth creative enterprise business plan. The business plan will outline all the budgetary, legal, marketing and health and safety requirements whilst also contextualising the student’s own creative practice within the wider creative industries. On completion of the unit, students will have experienced business planning commensurate with both their own practice and that of other practicing artists within their specialised field. Iti s anticipated that you will be able to employ the knowledge and experience acquired from this unit to future projects in a professional and informed manner.

You will work with creative practitioners on the teaching team and identify opportunities to seek out professional mentors

The intended purpose of the qualification is to provide students the opportunity to fast track into employment or self-employment in the creative industries and may support progression into Higher Education.

There are no age restrictions for this qualification. The majority of students are expectyed to be 18+ when they start this qualification, with most having completed A-Levels, Level 3 Extended Diplomas or a relevant Apprenticeship.

They should be able to demonstrate a commitment to their identified creative practice and an understanding of the business opportunity they wish to pursue. they must be able to work independently.

If you would like to apply for this course, please click 'Apply' in the top right, follow the steps, and our Admissions Team will be in touch with you.

For more information, advice and guidance please phone Student & Learning Services on 01524 521385 or 0800 306306 or email advice@lmc.ac.uk

Course code: A64487