ScreenSkills CEO Laura Mansfield on TV underemployment, skills gaps and supporting the industry through challenging times
Laura Mansfield sounds like a glass-half-full kind of person. Her body language is that of a can-do leader. This is just as well, as she has assumed the leadership of ScreenSkills at a challenging time for many of those seeking careers in the television industry.
Research published by the training body last month offered some stark statistics on the lack of jobs in the UK screen sector since the post-Covid production boom burst, forcing many to work elsewhere as they wrestled with rent or mortgage payments.