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Your future begins here

Do you dream about what your future could look like? Wonder what roles you might apply for? Or are you curious about what other industries your degree could prepare you to work in? We're laying it all out in our ultimate subject career guides. If you want to find out how we'll support your career prep with next-level opportunities, this page covers it all. 

Unlock your subject career guides:

Literature

Access the Ultimate Literature Career Guide [2024]

Film Studies

Access the Ultimate Film Studies Career Guide [2024]

Creative Writing

Access the Ultimate Creative Writing Career Guide [2024]

Journalism

Access the Ultimate Journalism Career Guide [2024]

Drama

Access the Ultimate Drama Career Guide [2024]
Explore different roles:
Editor
Cinematographer
Theatre Director
Playwright
Screenwriter
Investigative Journalist
Documentary Filmmaker
Content Strategist
Casting Director
Foreign Correspondent
Film Historian
You'll get access to:
  • Networking events with industry leaders across the creative sector such as Warner Bros, The Illuminated Film Company and Saqui books
  • Masterclasses led by Editors, Social Media Managers, Production Managers and many others
  • Showcase your entrepreneurship and pitch projects that solve real-world problems to businesses and local arts experts

Start-up stories

Start-up stories: Daniella Opoku-Acheampong
Through her YouTube channel, Town of Tawiah, BA Drama and Literature student Daniella Opoku-Acheampong explores intersecting identities within the black community.
Start-up stories: Noah Alfred Pantano
PhD Theatre Studies student Noah is driven by a love of theatre and using art as a vehicle to address societal issues.
Start-up stories: Madeleine Last
PhD Creative Writing student Madeleine founded Gaming Gone Good, a game design studio dedicated to developing impactful computer games that tackle real-world issues.
Amy Stephenson-Yankuba and Rio Montana Topley perform Nasty on a theatre stage. Rio is wearing a t shirt with "beach babe" crudely written on it.
From MA Theatre Studies to touring the UK: the Nasty girls reveal all

Amy Stephenson-Yankuba and Rio Montana Topley met at Essex where they both studied BA Drama and later, MA Theatre Practice. In this blog they talk about their experience of Essex and beyond after the completion of their Spring 2024 tour of the UK with their show Nasty: ‘Big' Girls Being Gross, Mean and Sexy.

Read Amy and Rio's story

Get ahead with CV-boosting opportunities:

For the intrepid travellers

Exchange Programme Spend your summer abroad Study across Europe with YUFE Placement year abroad International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)

For aspiring entrepreneurs

Essex Start-Ups Click Crowdfunding Innovation Centre University Enterprise Zone Angels at Essex

For gaining real-life work experience

Careers Services Preparation Programmes Alumni discount for postgraduate study Get up to £2,500 training funding with Proficio

For building your academic skills

Work placements and Work Based Learning Essex Interns scheme Frontrunners Essex For All: Skills for Life
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Dr Eirini Konstantinidou

Dr Eirini Konstantinidou

Careers and Employability Officer

Literature, FIlm, and Theatre Studies, University of Essex

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We totally get it, there's a lot to take in. If you've got any questions then our Careers Service are happy to hear from you. There's a great team at the other end ready to help you with all your questions. You can also connect with the Careers Service on LinkedIn.

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