Locate in Kent Business Areas, Sectors, Industries. Major Economic & Specialist Areas

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Click on the sectors below for further information about each one:

Financial services, insurance

Logistics

Life Sciences

Environmental technology

Defence industry

Creative industries

Creative industries

Key Reasons:

Kent is rapidly developing its offer in this area:

Alternative and cost effective solution to production in other regional hubs.
State of the art environments for production.
Expertise in Kent and a ready supply of graduates to work in the production and media field.
Quick access to London (17 minutes by high speed rail), where many additional professionals in this field are located.
Cluster of over 170 companies in media and production.
Academic excellence - University College for Creative Arts has courses with disciplines such as Animation, Film Production and Digital Screen Arts. University of Kent has a School of Drama, a Theatre and Visual Arts centre, with courses in Film Studies and Production. Canterbury Christchurch University has a course on TV and Film.
Research focus- The Maidstone campus of the University of Creative Arts offers research in media arts and communication design.
Assets for TV and radio production - The Maidstone Studios, which boast a wide range of production facilities and broadcasting clients, as well as the largest production studio in the UK.
MediaTree is a Kent based creative networking organisation aimed at strengthening and encouraging collaboration across all areas of the creative and media industries.

Take a look at Invest in Kent website to learn more.

Sub-Sectors:

Motion Picture and Video Production, News Agency Activity, Radio & Television Activities, Motion Pictures and Video Distribution

Skills:

Skill Area: Producer
Skill Salary: Up to £45,000

Skill Area: Lighting engineer
Skill Salary: Up to £35,000

Skill Area: Production assistant
Skill Salary: Up to £25,000