Opening up the Creative Industries for young people

Mission Accomplished helps schools, trusts and education partners connect young people with real creative industry opportunities.

We design and deliver creative careers activity, industry encounters, work experience and teacher CPD that make creative futures feel visible, practical and achievable — not vague, distant or only for “other people”.

Why this matters now

Young people are surrounded by creative content every day — from film, television and games to music, theatre, animation, design, digital media and live events. But many do not see the creative industries as real career options for them.

At the same time, national and regional policy increasingly recognises the creative industries as a major growth sector — creating jobs, driving innovation and shaping the future economy.

Schools want to open these opportunities up for their students. They want young people to meet employers, understand different pathways, connect curriculum learning to future work and see creative careers as visible, achievable and relevant. But the breadth of the creative industries makes them hard to navigate and therefore access.

Mission Accomplished bridges that gap. We bring together creative industry knowledge, education experience and practical programme design to help schools give young people meaningful encounters with the people, places and pathways that make up the creative industries.

What we do

We work with schools, trusts and education partners to create practical, industry-led creative careers programmes.

Our work supports CEIAG, Gatsby Benchmarks 4, 5 and 6 as well as wider curriculum enrichment, inclusion and engagement strategies, student confidence, aspiration and progression.

We do not believe creative careers activity should be tokenistic, one-off or limited to a single inspirational talk. Done well, it enables young people to meet real people, explore real workplaces, understand real routes in and see how their own skills and interests could connect to future opportunities.

 

Our schools offer

Engaging creative careers activity that goes beyond the standard assembly or one-off talk. We help young people explore the breadth of creative industry roles and begin to see creative careers as varied, local, relevant and possible.

May include: creative careers days, industry panels, practical taster sessions, student challenges, themed workshops or employer-led sessions.

Best for: careers weeks, enrichment days, Gatsby Benchmark 5 and introducing students to a wider range of creative roles.

Meaningful encounters between young people and creative industry professionals, shaped around your students, curriculum areas, local industry strengths or careers priorities.

May include: classroom sessions, subject-linked talks, practical demonstrations, Q&As, creative briefs or visits from working professionals.

Best for: curriculum enrichment, employer encounters and helping students connect classroom learning to real creative work.

Structured work experience that helps young people understand what working in the creative industries is really like — while making the process manageable for schools and host organisations.

May include: workplace visits, whole-class industry encounters, supported three-to-five-day placements, preparation sessions, reflection activity and use of our Work Experience Toolkit.

Best for: Gatsby Benchmark 6, creative sector placements, employer engagement and structured workplace learning.

Practical and actionable CPD to help teachers and school staff understand creative industry pathways and make careers links more visible through subject teaching.

May include: sector briefings, curriculum-mapping sessions, transferable skills activities, local industry insight and practical examples of creative career routes.

Best for: Gatsby Benchmark 4, curriculum-linked careers learning, staff development and whole-school approaches to careers education.

Creative careers activity for young people whose strengths, interests or potential may not always be visible through traditional classroom learning and would benefit from practical, confidence-building support around engagement, aspiration and next steps. 

May include: targeted workshops, creative challenges, employer encounters, workplace insight, supported reflection and activities linked to preparation for adulthood. 

Best for: specialist provision, alternative provision, targeted cohorts, risk of NEETs, inclusion programmes and learners who need a different route into future planning. 

Who we work with

We work with primary, secondary, specialist and alternative provision settings, colleges, multi-academy trusts, careers hubs, local authorities and creative industry partners. Our role is to make creative careers activity easier to design, deliver and evidence — whether you need a one-off encounter, a targeted programme or a wider partnership.

Proven experience connecting education and industry

Through our recent “Next Generation Creatives” Work Experience Pilot programme funded by DCMS as part of Discover! Creative Careers, Mission Accomplished supported 430 young people into work experience placements across the breadth of the Creative Industries including film, television, games, animation, music, theatre and live events.

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Schools are busy. Employers are busy. We design programmes that are practical to deliver, clear to communicate and realistic for everyone involved.

We understand what schools need, what employers can realistically offer and what young people need in order to feel prepared, included and inspired.

Mission Accomplished brings together industry knowledge, education experience and practical delivery expertise. We know how to translate the creative industries for young people — and how to design programmes that work for schools, trusts, families, employers and partners.

Want to bring real creative industry opportunities into your school, trust or education programme?

You do not need to know exactly what you want before getting in touch. We can help you explore what is possible, what already exists in your area and what kind of creative careers activity would best support your students, staff and wider priorities.

We can help you create activity that is practical, purposeful and rooted in real creative industry insight.