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Discover creative career paths: our podcast for your career start

In our "Kreativstarter*innen" podcast, we take you on a tour of the Hanseatic city's successful creative companies. Join us behind the scenes at the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Oetinger Verlag, the Reeperbahn Festival and many more.

24. April 2024

Produced by Kai Sieverding

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Films with a Hanseatic backdrop, new campaigns on every street corner, print made in Hamburg: the local creative industry is diverse, innovative - and big. In our podcast, we take you on a journey of discovery through Hamburg's creative industries. We talk to exciting people, learn about job profiles and collect valuable application tips in the creative starter checklist at the end of each episode.

Listen in now: Kreativstarter*innen is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Deezer.

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How is AI changing the creative industries?

Artificial intelligence is here to stay - but what impact will it have on the work of creative professionals? And why is this development particularly interesting for young professionals?

Visiting the solo self-employed

Join us today as we visit three solo self-employed people in Hamburg. How do you get started and what tips do the self-employed have for the Hamburg scene?

A visit to the Elbphilharmonie

Today we are visiting the Elphi with the Kreativstarter*innen. How do you get your foot in the door of Hamburg's most famous concert hall?

A visit to musicube

The vision that artificial intelligence could change the way music is searched for on streaming platforms led two people to take a big professional risk. Today, the creative start-ups are visiting the founders of musicube.

A visit to the creative studio

Alternative working time models, regular team days for co-design and transparency, promotion of individual life models: Sounds like a major win. The owner-managed design studio does many things a little differently to other agencies.

A visit to the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Today we are opening our own doors in HafenCity. Welcome to the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft! What career opportunities are there at Germany's largest urban creative industries development organisation?

A visit to Snapchat

Join us today behind the scenes at Snapchat - and dive deep into the topic of AR. With us: the Snapchat Germany team.

A visit to Hadi Teherani

Dockland, Dancing Towers, Berliner Bogen, Europa Passage, Deichtor Centre - today we visit the office of Hadi Teherani, who has given the Hanseatic city a very special architectural signature.

A visit to Klein aber

Today we are visiting Klein aber. The video agency is located in the centre of Hamburg on Glockengießerwall and specialises in data-driven storytelling on YouTube.

A visit to MUTABOR

Formerly a design magazine in Europe, Japan and the USA, today Germany's largest independent design agency for brand consulting: Today we visit MUTABOR.

Urban design with JES

How do you plan lively places for people? And what happens to the spaces between the buildings? Julia Erdmann, architect and urban planner at JES, knows.

Programming at JUNO

Today it's getting technical with the Kreativstarter*innen: We're visiting the design agency JUNO and meeting Annika. She is a developer, speaks fluent code and programmes designs for websites.

Backstage at the Thalia

A painting room, a carpenter's workshop, a tailor's workshop, a locksmith's workshop: all under one roof? Welcome to the Thalia Theatre. Here we meet Nora Schott, responsible for fundraising and development.

Concept Artist at Goodgame Studios

From postman to concept artist at Goodgame Studios: Maik Fraisler takes us behind the scenes of the best-known producer of online gaming software.

Kolle Rebbe on good content that stays

Today's stop: Kolle Rebbe in the Speicherstadt. Here we meet Elena Bartrina y Manns, Head of KORELATION, a department for creative brand publishing.

Booking at the Reeperbahn Festival

Today we visit the Reeperbahn Festival, Europe's biggest club festival - and platform for young acts in pop culture. Find out how to start your career at the RBF.

Career at Oetinger Verlag

From Astrid Lindgren to Tribute to Panem: the Oetinger publishing group specialises in stories and narrative worlds for children and young people. What professions are represented in the company and how does entry work?

At 6 in the morning on NDR

Today we visit the 6 o'clock programme on NDR Kultur at Norddeutscher Rundfunk. What do editors do in radio and how does it work to start a job if you previously did something completely different?

A visit to brand eins

We spend a day with Stefan Ostermeier, head of the photo editorial department at the Hamburg business magazine brand eins, and ask: How do you get started?

A visit to Jung von Matt

Jung von Matt offers creative and efficient marketing communication across all channels and disciplines. In the podcast, we listen over the shoulders of a copywriter and a recruiter - application tips guaranteed.

A visit to the Hamburger Kunsthalle

Jasper Warzecha is an academic trainee at one of the largest and most important art museums in Germany: the Hamburger Kunsthalle. In the podcast, he shares his day-to-day work with us and gives us tips for starting your career.

A visit to the ZEIT

The ZEIT publishing group is one of the most renowned media houses in Europe. We meet Wencke Tzanakakis, Programme Director of Friends of DIE ZEIT, and accompany her through her day-to-day work.

A visit to Rocket Beans TV

Rocket Beans TV is the first German, independent and community-driven 24/7 web channel dedicated to gaming and pop culture. Johanna Streicher, editor in the show department, gives us exciting insights into her working day.

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