Develop Your Career

Marketing yourself as a writer

Donald Smith is Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Photo by Pete Dibdin.

Promoting yourself is crucial for a successful a career as a freelance writer. Three established writers each give a piece of advice on how to market yourself.

How to find work experience

Work experience makes a difference to your career prospects, but can be difficult to find in the competitive creative sector. Sharon Walpole, Moving On magazine, gives advice for getting relevant work experience.

How to be a gallery technician

Gallery technicians work behind the scenes to move artworks and ensure exhibitions are installed according to the artist or curator's brief. Find out the skills needed to pursue this career.

How to market your craft

As a craft-maker, what process of marketing is going to suit your work? Check out five pieces of advice on how, and where, you can market your craft.

How to represent artists

Looking to work with artists? An artist’s agent and artist’s producer describe how they developed their careers representing visual artists and helping them to promote, sell or exhibit their work.