The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency said Thursday they will recruit 300 trainees through April 15 for the 2026 Creative Content Talent Companion Program.
Now in its 15th year, the program is a flagship effort to develop talent across the content industry. Past graduates include Hong Bichira, creator of the webtoon “Severe Trauma Center: Golden Hour,” director Jang Jae-hyun of the film “Exhuma,” and writer Moon Ji-won of the drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo.”
KOCCA said it selected 15 platform partner organizations in March, centered on four areas: video and animation, webtoons and story, games, and music and performance. It said this year’s support system covers a wider range of content, including dramas, variety shows, documentaries, films, animation, webtoons, comics, games (analog and digital), K-pop and musicals.
Each platform partner will select trainees tailored to its field and provide close mentoring from planning through production. KOCCA said the mentor pool includes 150 experts such as producer Kim Se-hoon (“Master of the World”), variety writer Shin Yeo-jin (“Heart Signal”), producer Han Kyung-soo (the documentary “My Love, Don’t Cross That River”), Redice Studio CEO Jang Jeong-sook (producer of the webtoon “Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint”), and producer Kim Do-hoon, a hit songwriter for BTS and Hwasa.
KOCCA also said it will run follow-up support for projects by graduates from the past five years. Five organizations in video, webtoons and story, and games are expected to select and support about 30 projects.
Details and application instructions are available on KOCCA’s website. Applicants can apply online through each platform partner’s recruitment page through April 15.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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