POSTED ON: Sunday, 5th April 2009

News - PACE helps launch B-Hive initiative

Marketing Birmingham launched a very exciting initiative with the help of some industry heavyweights to engage with the universities creative, design and PR students. They ran a competition and involved some of the industryʼs most experienced professionals to judge the entries and candidates so that the lucky winners could secure work placements at some of the regionʼs best agencies. Participating agencies included: McCann Erickson, RBH, One Black Bear, Unsuitable, Golley Slater, Seal Communications, Trimedia, Leader, and Rewired.

The initiative was supported by Birmingham Future and PACE played its part as well by giving the lucky winners a yearʼs free membership to PACE. We are now trying to implement a strategy for students that involves creating a PACE-specific student network, which could mean introducing a student blog and involving them in the training programme with both mixed and student specific events included in the calendar. For more information on B-Hive and the PACE student strategy please contact Ollie Purdom at ollie@pitchconsultants.co.uk.

Find out more about B-Hive at www.bhive-creative.com