Business West has teamed up with Bristol Media and the BBC Academy to give guests a unique opportunity this November.
As part of Digital Cities Bristol, between 26th and 30th November, creative and digital businesses across Bristol will be opening their doors to offer a behind the scenes glimpse of this exciting industry.
On offer are careers workshops, questions and answer sessions with experts, tours of premises and advice from the professionals.
Carole Sartain, Creative and Digital Business Skills Adviser at Business West commented, “The Open Doors programme of events is a great opportunity for students especially, to see what life is really like in this industry, to get a clear idea of whether it is for them and to see the range of jobs on offer. It could also be of interest to people thinking about a change of career but who want more information before they take the leap!”
20 companies are taking part this year, covering a wide range of the creative and digital industry, from marketing, recruitment, virtual reality and robotics, to TV and film production, post production and branding.
Nicky Williams, Head of Skills West at Business West commented, “We’re thrilled with the amount and range of companies who have signed up this year. It’s really important for students and young people have the opportunity to see how a business really works and to find out what skills, qualifications and experience they need to break into it. We can only ensure this happens with the support of businesses in the region who are willing to give up their time to put on events like these.”
Bristol Media Director Paul Appleby said, “Our industry is creating new jobs all the time, but it’s hard for young people to see the potential to work in creative agencies – careers advice is pretty poor, and if you don’t have a first contact, building that all-import network is a challenge. Bristol Media exists to connect people, and companies are happy to engage in the Open Doors programme to show what they do, what the work is like (it’s fun!) and the type of people that thrive. It could be the first step in building a network, and a career.”
The participating companies have all pledged their support to the future workforce by agreeing to take part in the Open Doors programme. If you’re interested in giving your time or knowledge to the next generation of workers, you can find out more about pledging and get involved here.
Spaces are limited at these events, so make sure you book your space early to avoid disappointment. You can view the whole list of events here.
Digital Cities Bristol 2018 is a week-long programme of free, inspirational learning and networking opportunities aimed at developing the skills of both the current and next generation of content makers working in the creative industries. The Digital Cities project has run successfully in Bristol for five years, bringing industry partners together to boost their region’s digital and production skills and acting as a catalyst for exciting collaborations within the creative sector.
The creative & tech (CreaTech) industries are bigger than Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Automotive sectors combined. They offer a great career, there are are plenty of jobs, the demand will grow, and Bristol is a key centre in the UK.
But what role is right for you? What interests, ambitions and qualifications do you need? How do you get in, and what’s it like in the first years?
This session brings together experts – Gabby Shaw – principal recruiter, Digital & Technology Adlib, Oli Ward – co-founder of tech training company Develop_Me , Ellie Cottrell – Talent Acquisition Manager at digital agency Zone and Stuart Dyer – Operations Manager at Films@59. – with some of their new employees, to provide an insight into the growth areas, people skills and employment potential across the whole range of local industry, from Graphic Artists to CRM Campaign Managers.
We’ll use the jobs advertised on Bristol Media’s South West Creative Jobs website as the guide to de-mystify the roles (what actually is a “middleweight back-end developer?”), highlight the opportunities to aim for, and what your pathway might look like.
After each insight talk, there will be the opportunity for some 1:1 advice from the team at Adlib specific to your ambitions – whether they are in marketing, creative production, data or technology.
So, whether you want to work in the industry, train or advise young people on careers, or have skills you want to transfer, this session is for you!
Date & Time: Monday 26th November, 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Place: BBC Broadcasting House, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LR
Booking is via Eventbrite
This is a Bristol Media People Forum event, with our special guest speakers Dan Foster of Triodos Bank, Nick Davies of Neighbourly.com and Sue Turner of Quartet Community Foundation. This session is kindly sponsored and hosted by Bristol Sport Foundation.
It increasingly matters to employees that their organisation does something good and socially responsible for the community and in what they offer customers. What’s more, a sense of purpose and values fit is particularly important to the millennial workforce.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can therefore be a strong enabler of employee engagement. So what is it, and how do you get it right?
About the session:
Our three speakers come from organisations where giving something back is at the core of their principles. Doing the right thing also contributes strongly to their employer brand and engages talent within their businesses.
This session will cover what good CSR looks like and offer tips on how to make it successful in your organisation.
You’ll leave the session with:
This seminar will build on Bristol Giving Day on the 10th of October. One day in the year when local businesses celebrate and showcase their charitable and volunteering efforts. But, as we’ll show in our seminar – it’s good to do this for more than just one day a year.
There will be an opportunity to have a guided tour of the Stadium after this event on 29th November at 12pm (optional).
About the speakers:
Sue Turner is the CEO of Quartet Community Foundation – the organisation that inspires philanthropy across the West of England to give everyone here a fair chance of a good life. Quartet gives over £3 million a year to support local charitable causes and Sue and her team created and delivered Bristol Giving Day to stimulate businesses and their staff to give to small local causes rather than always choosing a large, brand name charity of the year.
Dan Foster is Talent Acquisition Manager at Triodos Bank. Well known for their ethical stance, Triodos Bank believe banking can be a powerful force for good by lending exclusively to organisations who put people and the planet before profits.
Nick Davies launched Neighbourly.com in July 2014 to help forward-thinking companies find the right balance between value for shareholders and value for society. Neighbourly companies can work together to help communities address local needs – and together become a powerful force for good in the world.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Bristol Sport Foundation.
For further information:
Please contact Richard Roberts at en:Rich HR
Phone: 07941 201916
Entry Cost: £11.37 (includes breakfast)
Mastermind Group Taster event for Bristol business owners and managers
Solve business problems and be proactive with new business opportunities by enrolling in the Mastermind Group. Your own capacity for achieving results multiplies exponentially.
The Mastermind Group comprises like-minded business owners and managers from non-competing businesses. As a member you benefit from, and extend, the cumulative knowledge and experience of the group.
Achieving transformational results using this systematic approach to collaborative working was given a label Napoleon Hill’s book Think and Grow Rich (over 100 million copies sold). His “Mastermind Principle” is now being offered by Coaches and Consultants, Chris Kenber and Christophe Stourton.
The benefits of this Mastermind Group
What’s this got to do with the Bristol Creative Cluster?
For competing businesses, operating in the same sector, to work together in the promotion of Bristol as a world-leading Createch city is very challenging. The openness of The Bristol Mastermind Groups allows you to devote a regular proportion of Group time to address Bristol Cluster challenges and opportunities. The facilitators will feed the discussions into the Cluster via Paul Appleby, director and former Chairman of Bristol Media.
How to join the Mastermind Group
Explore the way the Mastermind Group Works at a Taster Meeting on 7th February from 08.00-12.00 in the Meeting Room at Bakesmiths’ Coffee Shop, Whiteladies Road, Bristol. To reserve a place: go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bristol-mastermind-group-taster-tickets-51377161473
For more information about the way the group works, contact:
Christophe Stourton: [email protected] Tel: 07703 209 223
Chris Kenber: [email protected] Tel: 07834 226 583
Digital Cities is returning to Bristol with a week-long programme of free, inspirational learning and networking opportunities aimed at developing the skills of both the current and next generation of staff working in the creative industries. The project has run successfully in Bristol for five years, bringing industry partners together to boost their region’s digital and production skills and acting as a catalyst for exciting collaborations within the creative sector.
Starting on Monday 26 November, Skills West, a project delivered by Business West and Bristol Media are coordinating a series of free events designed to help your business face a competitive digital future, called Open Doors.
Open Doors
Open Doors is a brilliant opportunity to see behind the scenes of this buzzing industry. Companies from around Bristol will be opening their doors to small groups of guests and sharing an insight into their business which is not normally on show.
This year we have 20 businesses on board who are offering various opportunities, from tours of their workspace and career advice workshops, to question and answer sessions with experts in their field.
All of the Open Doors events are listed here: https://www.businesswest.co.uk/grow/digital-cities-bristol-2018
Kerning the Gap, a network promoting gender equality in the design industry, is launching new regional chapters across the UK. This expansion will enable non-Londoners to get involved with activities and events that empower women and inspire change in their local area.
Kerning the Gap has already launched in the South West, kicking-off with an event in Bristol last month, thanks to innovation and product development consultancy Kinneir Dufort.
Kerning the Gap’s next home will be the North West- driven by design and architectural agency Uniform– with a launch event in Liverpool on 15th November. Each new chapter will host events across their region in addition to a local mentorship scheme, which has been extremely popular in London.
Kerning the Gap was founded by Nat Maher, CEO, Pollitt & Partners, in 2015 to help support female talent in the design industry and encourage more women to reach leadership positions. Operating from London for the past three years, the group has brought both women and men together to tackle the gender gap through a variety of activity including panel events, podcasts and mentoring.
Nat Maher said: “Kerning the Gap is here to support all women in the industry so being London-centric won’t cut it. The gender gap exists outside of our capital, so it’s only natural that Kerning the Gap does too.”
“Our launch into the South West and North West is just the beginning of an exciting journey. Through our network of determined women from a range of sectors, roles, disciplines and locations we will create change that allows women to grow, encourage one and other on their journey, and provide inspiration to the next generation of leaders.”
Would you like to launch a Kerning the Gap chapter in your local area? Get in touch with [email protected] to see how you can help.
To receive updates on future regional launches and activity sign up to the Kerning the Gap mailing list here: http://www.kerningthegap.com/newsletter/
If you’d like to attend the North West launch in Liverpool you can find more information and book your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kerning-the-gap-the-north-west-conversation-tickets-51633025770
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About Kerning the Gap
Kerning The Gap is a collective of like-minded people who want to see more women in design leadership roles, hear their voices and be inspired to create change.
Whether you’re an aspiring leader, or one of the few that has pushed through the gap, we want to build a community to provoke discussion, provide inspiration and, more importantly, turn it into positive action.
Kerning the Gap is ran by Pollitt & Partners, (https://www.pollittandpartners.com)
Central press contact:
[email protected] – Shona Williams, Marketing Manager, Pollitt & Partners
North West contact:
[email protected] – Sarah Leech
South West contact:
[email protected] – Vicky Walker: Head of Marketing, Kinneir Dufort
Help raise vital funds for two Bristol homelessness charities
Hark. The sound of Christmas-not-too-distant-future. Frightening, right? But not as frightening as the thought of being homeless on the streets at Christmas. At any time of the year.
A few months back, a few of us got together and had a simple idea: to put on a bloody great gig and have the money from it go to homelessness charities. And lo, the BEAK> Give A Sh*t Xmas Party was born.
Yes, BEAK> – Bristol’s finest purveyors of musical rolling thunder – are throwing a (now SOLD OUT) one-off hometown Christmas party on 10th December in support of two of the area’s homeless charities: The Wild Goose and Feed The Homeless. These two vital charities and their dedicated volunteers go to incredible lengths to offer the homeless much-needed support.
The now SOLD OUT gig takes place at Fiddlers and features live sets from Beak>, the mighty PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs and Slagheap, energetic post-punk nonsense from four women in their pants (their words, not ours.) Plus DJ sets and a raffle and an auction of donated prizes (hosted by Martin Roberts from Homes Under The Hammer fame). All proceeds from Give A Sh*t Christmas will be shared between the two local charities.
So instead of ye traditional comms/digital/marketing/design agency Christmas campaign or e-card, how about doing something different this year. Like:
Sponsoring a sold-out gig?
Sponsoring a band or three.
Putting Mr Geoff Barrow in a tee-shirt of your choice.
Funding a hotel room for roadies. (A riskier option, admittedly.)
Or sponsoring a coach to get Pigsx7 from Newcastle to Bristol.
Yes, we’re looking for creative suggestions as well as cash donations. Because the more costs we can cover (transport and accommodation for bands and their crews being the biggies), the more money goes straight to our two charities. Two very important charities who receive ZERO regular funding.
If you’d like to get involved with Give A Sh*t Christmas, if you have any ideas on how we can raise money for these two charities, please, please, please email [email protected] or [email protected]
The Wild Goose Drop-In Centre provides free hot meals, shower facilities, clothing and toiletries four days a week and six nights a week for those in extreme poverty and need.
Feed The Homeless has been going since February 2016 and has been a registered charity since October of the same year. Volunteers cook and provide hot meals, sandwiches and snacks, while walkers distribute the food along with any warm clothing, blankets and sleeping bags that have been donated, directly to the needy on the streets of Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare.
We are delighted to welcome Dr Eve Poole to Bristol to deliver a keynote on Leadersmithing. Eve’s book was described by Joanna Lumley as ‘inspirational, practical and fascinating’ and was Highly Commended in the 2018 Business Book Awards.
Leadersmithing is a method of developing leaders that rediscovers the craft of leading, and takes seriously the need for leaders to acquire ‘muscle memory’ for leading well under pressure. In this session, Eve will demystify the neurobiology of leading, and give each delegate a pack of Leadersmithing cards, with which to curate their own leadersmithing journey.
This Vision Keynote will take place on Thursday 8th November in the beautiful riverside office of one of our approved legal suppliers, Foot Anstey, 2 Glass Wharf, Bristol BS2 0FR from 1230-1430. Tickets are priced at £55+VAT for members and £80+VAT for non-members. A buffet lunch and a pack of Leadersmithing cards are included in the ticket price. Booking is via Eventbrite.
About Eve Poole
Eve is the Third Church Estates Commissioner for England, and Chairman of the Board of Governors at Gordonstoun. She has a BA from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a PhD in theology and capitalism from Cambridge. She is the author of several books. For 15 years she taught leadership at Ashridge Business School, where she pioneered her new approach to the accelerated development of leaders, using ground-breaking neurobiological research into how leaders really learn. Before she joined Ashridge, she worked for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management for the Financial Services sector. She is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day for BBC Radio Scotland. You can follow Eve on Twitter @evepoole and she blogs at http://evepoole.com/
BRISTOL is recognised as a centre of excellence for factual production, with a great talent base and a global profile – and the world is changing as new commissioners enter the field, commercial brands are looking to “show their character” rather than just sell their products and new distribution opportunities are opening up with the FAANGs.
HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
Join us on Wednesday 31st October from 6-8pm in the Lower Deck Cocktail Bar at The Square Club on Berkeley Square, Clifton. With clips, inside stories and ideas on building your business, this session brings together 3 stories from the new landscape :
Matt Crocker & James Dean of Level Films make adventure travel / action sports films with funding from corporate clients, and now their feature The Endless Winter is scheduled on Channel 4 this October. Starting as a self funded passion project, it was pitched to, and subsequently fully funded by, Ford Motors. Since then it’s won awards and reached an audience of millions through online episodes, a 7-part Tv series and 2 feature films.
See the Endless Winter 2 TRAILER
Steve Gear from Calling the Shots was the key producer for the Random Acts series, funded by Channel 4 and Arts Council England. From telling the story of Australian sex-workers to giving a voice to people with autism, short-form films are the way to develop new talent, tell bold new stories and open up conversations. Steve will show some of the films, show behind the scenes and look forward to the role of short film in the future of Bristol itself.
The portfolio of Evelyn Timson’s company Aspect Film & Video has grown from short corporate films into a wide production portfolio including fully-funded, full length documentary. She’ll talk through the contacts, opportunities and talent base that has driven the growth.
How could your range of projects develop?
Tickets are £5+VAT per person which includes a drink on arrival. Please book via Eventbrite.
Every year, BIMA’s Digital Day links industry professionals with schools across the country. It’s an opportunity to inspire the next generation of digital and tech talent, and of the 20,000 young people who have already taken part, 90% said they would consider a career in digital as a result.
This year, BIMA has seen interest from more schools than ever, and now they need the support of even more professionals to ensure none of them miss out.
It’s great PR. It’s great development for staff. Most off all, it’s an enormously fun and rewarding day.
Could you or your agency help? Find more details at: https://www.bimadday.org.uk/companies
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