Live
Briefs
Leeds Arts Union aims to give all students the opportunity to expand their creative practice and gain experience as a professional artist by sharing call outs for paid design work throughout the year. From creating the branding for our annual Summer Ball, to photographing our events, designing the next LAU merchandise and crafting promotional posters and social media content for our
focus campaigns, there's always paid design work for all students offered directly by the Students' Union.
Usually each live brief is opened via a PDF document or Instagram call out with all the details and information on how to submit your work. The final submissions are taken to a panel of Student Executive Officers who decide together their chosen designer and that student is then offered the job. It's a fantastic way for students to see their designs come to life and provides a taste of what it's like working as an employed artist in a real life scenario.
If you every have any questions regarding live brief limitations, email us at: student.union@leeds-art.ac.uk
Some tips for applying to our Union live briefs
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Please read the brief document/call out thoroughly
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Make sure your work is sent over in the correct format as set out in the brief
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When sending your work across, make sure it is sent from your student email address and labelled with who’s work it is
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Do get in touch with the Careers Team should you have any further questions regarding applying to live briefs, whether that be University briefs or external ones
If you’re interested in applying to one of our current live briefs, Terms and Conditions can be found on the Your Union page.