For Creatives
Build real experience.
Grow your portfolio.
Leiden SCA brings together student creatives who study at Leiden University, across both the Leiden and The Hague campuses, and connects them with clients who need photography, video, design, and strategic work. Many projects are voluntary. In return you get real-world briefs, published credits, and the portfolio that opens doors to paid work.
What you get
Real client briefs, not mock exercises
Work on genuine commissions from student organisations, events, local businesses, and institutions. Projects you can talk about in interviews.
Verifiable portfolio credits
Delivered work is published to our curated portfolio under your name (with client permission), giving you a public record of real output.
Agreed scope, no surprises
You sign off on the brief before you start. No scope creep or surprise revision requests after delivery.
Professional delivery platform
Upload once to our platform. Clients access their private gallery — no Dropbox juggling or WhatsApp file transfers.
A community of creatives
Connect and collaborate with photographers, videographers, and designers across both the Leiden and The Hague campuses.
A path to paid work
The experience, client credits, and portfolio you build here are exactly what clients look for when hiring professionally.
Who we're looking for
Photography
Event, portrait, editorial, commercial, reportage.
Video
Short-form, promo, documentary, motion graphics.
Graphic Design
Branding, print, digital, social media.
Other disciplines
Illustration, copywriting, and more — get in touch.
How to join
01
Apply through the form below
Create an account, select the type of work you do, and share a portfolio link if you have one.
No portfolio yet? That is fine. Tell us what you are working on and what you want to do. We are building a team, not just a list of credits.
02
We review and get back to you
The board reviews your application and invites you to a short coffee chat, where we talk through the type of work you do (or want to do), the kind of work Leiden SCA takes on, and how you would fit into the team.
03
Get matched to projects
When a brief comes in that fits your skills and availability, we reach out with the details.
Apply
Ready to join?
Applying takes an account so we know how to reach you and so you can track your application.