Motion design agency Flow Creative has announced an official partnership with The Manchester College.
Students on the College’s Motion Design and Animation Diploma will have work experience placements at Flow’s new Northern Quarter studio and lectures are also scheduled to be delivered from the agency’s team in college.
Senior creatives at Flow worked closely with the college’s media department to set live briefs, agree the name of the course and advise on its content. The new formal agreement will mean more students can access studio experience.
Karl Doran, creative director at Flow Creative, said: “There’s a huge gap between education and industry that can make it hard for students to progress well when they leave. We’re trying to help ease that transition by making the course as industry relevant and contemporary as possible.”
“Having studied animation myself at TMC, I appreciate the challenges for the students as well as the course leaders, and understand the value of work experience in real creative studios. Now that I’m in a position to collaborate with the college and help the current learners I’m very happy to do that. Becoming an official business partner of theirs fills us with pride and we look forward to meeting more future creatives.”
Katy Rushton, an animation course tutor at The Manchester College, added: “Flow has been massively insightful to work with – they’ve been a big help in making the course the best it’s ever been. To be shortlisted for an award for our partnership bears testament to the great work we’ve been doing together.
“We’re over the moon to make the partnership official and the students and future students are super lucky to have a studio like Flow as mentors and advisors. Many of our students are not from backgrounds where they would know anyone working in the creative industry in Manchester, so this provides them with invaluable experience, and a foot-in-the-door that they wouldn’t be able to have otherwise.”
