Digital Training

Cross Creative

Cross Creative 2018/19 cohort

Catalyst137: Waterloo's Hub for IoT

Silicon Valley Field Trip

Visiting Facebook

'Fireside' chat with Mark Logan, Start-up advisor

Reception at Facebook HQ

Visiting Shopify's Canadian offices

Jo Roach spoke to Cross Creative delegates about her startup journey

Pixar Studios, San Francisco

Cross Creative is TRC’s transformative training and development programme for senior tech / creative professionals in Scotland’s digital media sector.

Cross Creative offers an exciting opportunity to achieve essential professional growth and gain a competitive edge. It is aimed at creative/tech professionals with strategic influence within a commercial creative business in the digital sector in Scotland. The six month programme comprises five monthly in- house sessions plus an international field trip, giving participants the unparalleled opportunity to gain access to some of the best digital companies in the world. Previous delegates have visited Silicon Valley in San Francisco and Canada’s famous Toronto-Waterloo Region Corridor.

Am I eligible for this course?

Cross Creative is open to senior creative/tech professionals with strategic influence within a commercial creative business in the digital media sector in Scotland. For guidance, this includes digital design, agencies, games, animation, mobile apps, publishing, augmented/virtual reality, technology and platforms/software.

We welcome applications from candidates who will use this opportunity to drive their business forward.

Selection on Cross Creative is a highly competitive, with candidates chosen on the basis of talent, need and clearly articulated business goals.

Session Dates

- Wednesday 14th November 2018

-Thursday 6th and 7th December 2018

-Wednesday, 23rd January 2019

-Wednesday, 13th February 2019

-Wednesday 20th March 2019

-Saturday 27th April - Friday 5th May 2019 - International Field Trip to Canada

Funding

Cross Creative is heavily subsidised by our partners Scottish Enterprise, Creative Scotland, Channel 4 and BBC Nations and Regions. There is a company fee of £500. Please note that Cross Creative is subject to De Minimis Aid.

Applications closed

What's on offer

Sessions will be delivered by leading trainers and industry experts. Topics covered will include:

Creative company culture
Powerful negotiation
Creative processes for problem-solving
Effective messaging and elevator pitches
Benefits of collaboration
Attitude to risk
Financing and Scaling-up

I feel like I’ve taken something really valuable from each session, and the whole experience had been transformative. I genuinely feel like a different person to when I started. I hope Cross Creative runs and runs – it is an incredible opportunity.

Anne Ward, Newspaper Club

The course has genuinely changed the way I think. Even if I wanted to go back to the way I was I couldn’t. The positive knowledge has been burned into my brain cells.

Charlie Bell, Whitespace

Cross Creative has enabled me to tackle real personal and business issues and take action. I've come away inspired with new visions
and actions.

Angela Prentner-Smith, This is Milk

Cross Creative offered unparalleled access to companies like Facebook, Pixar, Dropbox and Google. I’ve come back with great connections in Silicon Valley, renewed enthusiasm and confidence, and many ideas to grow our company to the next level.

Marcus Fields, School Cloud Systems

The field trip is an incredible experience and a rare opportunity to think about doing business abroad and understand business in other countries.

Daniel Rae, Hydrogen