cJAM Textile & Fashion Design

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This virtual cJAM event will take place on Microsoft Teams and will last between 3-4 hours, depending on the number of attendees.

The event is free to attend and includes industry keynotes and an industry Q&A, where every student attending gets to introduce themselves with a 60-second elevator pitch and put a question to the industry panel. It presents a fantastic opportunity to virtually meet the talent of the future as well as other senior industry professionals.

cJAM is unique to UCLan and is designed for our students to share their skill sets, ambitions and creative ideas with employers who are looking to spot and nurture new talent. Our students know what sparks interest in young audiences, and we want them to pitch their ideas and themselves to you in exchange for an opportunity that will help them to progress their career ambitions.

As an industry professional, you will play an integral role in cJAM. We ask that you join us with the offer of at least one opportunity that you can award to one or more of the students you meet online at the event. The opportunities can include:

• PLACEMENTS - ideally lasting up to one week if unpaid or longer if paid

• SHADOWING - a day experiencing your working environment where they can connect with your colleagues or clients

• MENTORING - up to three one-hour online sessions or face-to-face meetings to give them support and inspiration to progress their career. This could include giving feedback on their university work or introducing them to one of your contacts

• TRAINING – so that they are eligible for paid work with you

• INTERVIEWS - for a placement or job

This is the first cJAM we have organised for fashion and textiles students, but over the last three years of cJAM events, students have secured more than 1,000 opportunities with a wide range of employers including the BBC, ITV, Curious Minds, Lancashire Encounter and Chief Productions.

It is so important that our students understand the pace of change within the sector they want to work in, how digital technology is affecting the industry, and the best career opportunities open to them. Through accepting our invitation to cJAM, you will help enormously in achieving this.

After you have registered, we will need your potted career history and a photo of you. This is so you are included in the A-Z booklet of industry professionals. Students receive this digitally in advance of cJAM to help them prepare. The photo should be a mid-shot of yourself (head and shoulders) and the bio 100 words max, written in third person. The A-Z will also include the social media links you provide when registering.

FAQs

UNITEplus funding: Your company might be eligible for funding from UNITEplus. This means you can give a 140-hour paid placement to UCLan students at zero cost to you. For further information and verification go to the UNITEplus website or contact Amine Melaine at: AMelaine@uclan.ac.uk or 01772 894097. The eligibility criteria are as follows:

- Have business premises from which the student can work

- Based in Lancashire

- Majority of revenue must come from Business to Business sales

- Employ 250 employees or less.

Which students are attending this cJAM?: This event is for final year undergraduate and postgraduate UCLan students studying: Fashion & Lifestyle Brand Studies / Fashion & Lifestyle Promotion / Fashion Design / Fashion Promotion / Surface Pattern and Textiles / Textile Design.

Online event logistics: In advance of the event date you will be emailed a Microsoft Teams joining link together with of batch of links that will give you the opportunity to view the work of the students attending. The first 30 mins will be for a tech check, briefing and introductions to the compere and other industry professionals. Following this the students will join, and the event will start with a welcome from the compere. Each industry professional will then be asked to give a quick 20 second introduction to themselves mentioning what opportunities they might offer. After this, two industry professionals will then give keynote addresses, where they have eight minutes each to share their personal career journeys – focusing on any highlights, top tips and lessons learnt. After the keynotes, the compere will then start the Q&A where you will be on the industry panel. Each student will be invited one at a time to turn on their camera and mic and introduce themselves to the industry panel with a 60-second elevator pitch. Their pitches will end with a question for the panel and the relevant member(s) of the panel will be invited by the compere to answer the question. Then the next student will be invited in to do the same, and so on. Following the Q&A, the compere will thank everyone for attending and ask all students to leave the event. This is to allow the industry professionals to deliberate privately as a group on which students you would like to offer your opportunity to.

Types of opportunities you can award: You don’t have to choose just one student to award an opportunity to. You can award multiple students an opportunity. It can be the same offer for each student, or something different for each. It would be fantastic if you could award a one-week placement (maximum of two weeks if unpaid or can be longer if paid). Or any of the following would also be super: shadowing, mentoring, training, or an interview for a job or paid placement.

Progressing the opportunities that you award: The students will be emailed a few days following the event to confirm details about what opportunities you have awarded them. This information is collected on the day of the event during the deliberation period. The students will also be given your email address and asked to contact you to firm up arrangements. We will also email you with the details we have provided students, along with their email address and mobile number. If you have awarded a placement or job shadowing opportunity, you will be required to complete an online Placement Provider Agreement. The link to this will be in the email.

Filming and photography permissions: There will be photography and filming throughout the event. During the online registration process, you will be asked to give your permission for filming and photography of you to be used by the University for marketing purposes including (but not limited to) University websites, on and offline publications, public relations messages and other advertising, such as social media, brochures, information leaflets, adverts, posters and other formats to promote the University and to promote University courses at its partner institutions.

Event hashtag: #UCLancJAM

General enquiries: Tania Callagher, TCallagher@uclan.ac.uk 01772 894106 or 07817 635045.