Women in CTRL, AIM and Amazon Music have partnered to launch new apprenticeship scheme Amplify. Aimed at improving access to music industry careers for women and non-binary people, Amplify will allow businesses to attract high quality talent and diversify their workforce.
The scheme will benefit from a contribution from Amazon's £2.5m apprenticeship fund to enable six independent labels to hire a label assistant apprentice for 15 months from Spring 2023. AIM Rightsholder member businesses that actively release music, have at least three UK-based full-time members of staff and have the capacity to support an apprentice full time can apply.
Applications are now open, and will close on Wednesday 14 December. More information is available here.
Nadia Khan, AIM chair and the founder of Women in CRTL, says, ‘I’m honoured that Women in CTRL, Amazon Music and AIM are uniting to break down barriers to entry in the music industry. It’s something I’m very passionate about and thanks to the generosity of Amazon Music, this scheme will provide paid roles to future talent, taking a step towards equitable access to music industry careers.’
