Demystifying Contracts: Keep Your Business, Team, and IP Safe with Gemma Woodhead - Episode 5
In creative industries, contracts can be a perplexing field, but they’re an essential part of keeping your project safe, along with all those working on it.
That’s why we share the helpful guidance of Gemma Woodhead in this episode of WorkWise for Screen, simplifying the world of contracts, and pointing us towards the support available to creatives.
The WorkWise for Screen podcast is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery Funding.
This episode covers:
The unique challenges of contracting in the creative industries, considering freelancers, last-minute hiring, and non-standard contracts
The importance of having clear, simple contract templates and onboarding processes to streamline contracting for small businesses
Engaging and understandable contract styles for creative workers, such as visual or gamified contracts
Complying with international contracting requirements
The critical role of policies to set standards of behaviour and provide support for employees
Keith Arrowsmith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keitharrowsmith/
Tacita Small
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tacitasmall/
BFI
https://www.bfi.org.uk/
National Lottery
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/
Gemma Woodhead
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-woodhead-0b2794b4/
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Upskilling the Industry: Finding Time & Budget for Training and Mentoring with Perri Lewis - Episode 4
Whether you’ve a long-standing team or you work with freelancers, mentoring your teams is a vital step to creating a better screen sector for all.
This much is clear to Mastered’s Co-Founder and CEO, Perri Lewis, whose experience with mentors encouraged her to enable the same for as much of the sector as possible.
Join us on WorkWise for Screen this week to explore the opportunities available for mentoring support, and the incredible effect it’ll have on your next project’s success.
The WorkWise for Screen podcast is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery Funding.
This episode covers:
The evolving role and definition of mentors in the creative industries
Specific career development needs and challenges of small, project-based creative businesses
Which skills are currently most in demand
The value of a collaborative, user-centric approach to training and development
Local funding opportunities available, and accessibility of training resources for creative professionals, both as employees and freelancers
Self-employed creatives can apply to take part in Mastered’s free 8-week business Skills Bootcamphere Employed creatives - or employers who want to upskill their mids, seniors and leads with up to 90% funded training can find out more about Mastered Skills Bootcampshere.
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Making the Screen Industry a Workplace for Everyone with Stacey Carr - Episode 3
There’s a simplicity in the word ‘Diversity’, but there’s so much surrounding it which needs a nuanced, considered approach from every one of us in the screen sector.
From Stacey Carr’s experiences with Nickelodeon, Endemol Shine, the Oprah Winfrey Network and now Donmar Warehouse, she’s seen how EDI as a ‘way of life, not a set of rules’ creates better, more inclusive workplaces.
For those looking to make their projects and businesses as welcoming as possible, join us on Episode 3 of WorkWise for Screen to learn how best to engage with diverse voices throughout the sector.
The WorkWise for Screen podcast is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery Funding.
This episode covers:
Current challenges facing the UK and US in embracing diverse content
Intentionality and creativity in diversifying your worldview
Celebrating EDI as an opportunity to attract new, exciting talent
Developing innovative new ideas
How to engage with different generations to bring diverse perspectives
Keith Arrowsmith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keitharrowsmith/
Tacita Small
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tacitasmall/
BFI
https://www.bfi.org.uk/
National Lottery
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/
Stacey Carr
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-carr/
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Managing Freelancers: Guidance on Treating Contracted Roles with Samantha Kingston - Episode 2
Freelance support is essential to so many productions in screen industries, but it can be a challenge knowing how to first bring them on board, and then managing them at scale.
Samantha Kingston has been a freelancer herself, and works wonderfully with them in her business, Virtual Umbrella.
This episode of the WorkWise for Screen podcast poses as the perfect starting point for those looking to hire and manage freelancers, offers guidance on how to maintain compliance, and dives into whether they’re right for your project over full time staff.
The WorkWise for Screen podcast is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery Funding.
This episode covers:
Overcoming challenges with hiring and managing freelancers
Legal and ethical considerations with freelance employment
Sources of information and advice on freelance contracts
Keith Arrowsmith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keitharrowsmith/
Tacita Small
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tacitasmall/
BFI
https://www.bfi.org.uk/
National Lottery
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/
Samantha Kingston
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-kingston-a4811686/
Virtual Umbrella
https://www.virtualumbrella.marketing/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/virtualumbrella/
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Beating Burnout: Building Resilient Workplaces for the Screen with Netspeak Games’ People Director, Katie Nurse - Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of WorkWise for Screen, the podcast bringing support and advice to professionals in the screen industries to better look after all the people their business depends on supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding.
Joining hosts Keith Arrowsmith from WorkWise for Screen and Tacita Small from The Small HR Company for episode 1 is Netspeak Games’ People Director, Katie Nurse, whose focus on wellbeing in the team is perfect for an episode rooted in welfare.
We hear how to identify early signs of burnout within your team, the cost of not addressing them, and what you can put in place to keep on top of your team’s wellbeing.
This episode covers:
How to define burnout at all stages
The problematic rise of crunch culture in game development
Comparing the impact of burnout in differing industries
How to measure wellbeing and burnout within your teams
The true cost of burnout
Best practices for handling burnout
WorkWise for Screen
https://www.workwiseforscreen.org.uk/en
Keith Arrowsmith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keitharrowsmith/
Tacita Small
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tacitasmall/
BFI
https://www.bfi.org.uk/
National Lottery
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/
Katie Nurse
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-nurse-a4a071b8/
Netspeak Games
https://netspeakgames.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/netspeak-games/
In the UK we have fantastic talent working across our industry from film to production, animation, VFX, gaming, distribution and exhibition. But as you know it's not an easy business to be in. We all grapple with complex questions around production and our working practices. On the WorkWise for Screen Podcast we’ll get the lowdown on all your legal and people management concerns from industry experts. The programme is an initiative to improve good working practices in the screen industries with the support of the BFI awarding National Lottery Funding. https://www.workwiseforscreen.org.
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