{"id":7063,"date":"2016-06-03T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/about.35.197.208.187.nip.io\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:04:24","slug":"necessary-creative-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/insights\/necessary-creative-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Creative Skills Are Most Essential For Survival?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Zealous X talk, a\u00a0panel addresses the current creative landscape\u00a0and the most essential\u00a0creative skills needed to succeed. They also\u00a0address the role that\u00a0employers can play in empowering creatives to further their education in collaboration with existing formal education systems. Hosted by Neha Lakhanpaul (Contributor, Arts Award Voice) with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.framestore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Smith (Global Head of Recruitment, Framestore)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dandad.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Drake (Co-founder and Creative Director, D&amp;AD)<\/a>, Richard Dennys (Programme Director, Digital Business Academy, (TechCity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zealous X Talks Day 5: Mind the Skills Gap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mind the Skills Gap  | Panel Discussion | Zealous X Talks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5NfnO6JZx8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/zealous.co\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ZealousCo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> for more stimulating talks and a weekly dose of creativity!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Zealous X Talks<\/strong> is a weekly video podcast of all the talks, panel discussions and keynotes, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/zealous.co\/wpadmin2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Zealous X Festival<\/strong><\/a>, where the UK\u2019s leading thinkers, artists, policy makers, marketers, technologists and museum professionals, (and more!) come together to explore, challenge and debate on the current state of our creative industries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group au_row is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-527f440d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border au_img\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44104 lazyload\" style=\"border-radius:40px;object-fit:cover;width:80px;height:80px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/mused.co\/wpadmin2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/guy-armitage-zealous-1.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group au_txt_block wp-container-content-9dbf05af has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c4ee154b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/team\/guyarmitage\/\" title=\"\">Guy Armitage<\/a> is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/?utm_source=guy_armitage&amp;utm_medium=blog_footer&amp;utm_campaign=founder_insight&amp;utm_id=founder_insight\" title=\"\">Zealous <\/a>and author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/everyoneiscreative.org\/?utm_source=guy_armitage&amp;utm_medium=blog_footer&amp;utm_campaign=founder_insight&amp;utm_id=founder_insight\" title=\"\">Everyone is Creative<\/a>&#8220;. 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