The creative industries rank among the world’s fastest-growing sectors, providing high-quality employment, driving innovation, and supporting civic and social wellbeing. Specifically, the media make-up industry is exciting, diverse, and full of creative possibilities. It calls for artistic flair, attention to detail, and strong client consultation skills. No two days are ever the same, with opportunities to work on a wide variety of projects and collaborate with different people across fashion, film, TV, and theatre. It’s a career path that allows you to express your creativity while working to a project brief, giving you the freedom to develop unique looks and bring ideas to life.

If you’re passionate about creativity, love crafting unique looks for a range of styles and briefs, and enjoy bringing ideas to life, a career in Media Make-Up could be the perfect path for you. During this course, you will learn how to develop strong creative concepts from initial research, drawing and painting skills, illustration, prosthetics, CGI, special effects and sculpting using a variety of industry-based practical and digital techniques.

Careers can include:

• Media Make-Up Artist
• Theatrical Make-Up Artist
• Make-Up Designer
• Media Make-Up Lecturer
• Special Effects Make-Up Artist
• Media Make-Up Technician

As a student studying Media Make-Up at UCS College Group, you will be supported in your studies by excellent purpose-built workshop and studio facilities with a team of specialist tutors and technicians. You will also participate in real life projects linked to roles in the creative industries and the end of year exhibition.

If you love the idea of bringing characters and concepts to life with your skills, this is the ideal course for you.