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Above: Over @22to26 on Monday the startups got their first chance to meet with @cbsoutdoor, @cbsoutdoor, @BBCWLabs, @CreativeEngland and of course each other over a good meal and some wine from David's cellar.
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Above: The startups selected to be part of the Collider12 'Collision Phase' came to @PembridgePosts to hear more about their 13 week intensive collision with the brands. As well as this they got the chance to spend more time meeting all of the team and hear their stories, they got some help with legals from Will and Simon from Taylor Wessing and of course eat some pizza.
Blogger, Tweeter, Community Manager Required For Advisers To Entrepreneurial Startups
Pembridge Partnership Ltd provides finance and advice to startup and early stage mobile, internet, creative and technology firms. We seek a communicator to promote the firm and raise its profile more widely throughout the VC, small business and consulting industry.
Job Overview
We seek a rounded communicator to represent Pembridge and the work of its clients and investee companies to the outside world. The job includes writing articles, blog posts, presentations and speeches and liaising with magazines, newspapers and event organisers to help promote the Pembridge story. A very large part of the job includes looking after our social media and web properties and Community Management.
Job Detail
We would expect the majority of time in this role to be actively engaged with interested Parties on our blog, on Twitter and Facebook. We would expect you to be writing c. 100-word blog posts almost daily and longer articles or speeches at least once a week. The startup and entrepreneur community is very active after dark and we’d expect you to be attending at least two or three meetups/social events each week to represent the firm and meet clients, investors and investees and to be “the face” of Pembridge at such events. We also produce presentations and would expect you to oversee the production of these ensuring all our work is visually well produced, well-written and well presented. There is a strong PR element to the role in arranging media interviews and speaking opportunities for the Pembridge partners.
About You
You will have very strong writing or journalism skills. You will be very savvy with social media and its use in business. You will be a great communicator, gregarious and expressive but very comfortable with managing busy tasklists and getting jobs done on time. We would expect to see a portfolio of previous written work
About Us
Pembridge is an advisory firm for startup and early stage businesses, and providing finance and advice for growth and exit. We specialise in the mobile, internet and technology sectors and formed Collider12 in 2012, an accelerator for very early stage companies backed with £1m of investment.
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To apply for this position please do so via this LinkedIn ad.
As part of the Collider12 accelerator programme Unilever will put up an additional £100,000 stake at the end of the 13 week 'Collision Phase' in one company it believes has the most potential as part of the Unilever Challenge, investing enough to give that company a £1m valuation.
Read the full article here.
Collider12 today announces the first wave of Brand Mentors for its accelerator programme. They include Chris Whiteley from BBC Worldwide, Robin Chhabra from William Hill and Dan Cresta from CBS Outdoor. Collider12 is a Creative England initiative backed with investment from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund*.
JIM FARMERY, Director of Business Development at Creative England said: “The first three mentors for Collider12 are a good start and we welcome the announcement of more over the coming weeks.”
DAN CRESTA, Head of Client Strategy at CBS Outdoor UK said “CBS is constantly looking to pioneer the use of new technologies to engage consumers in out of home spaces. Our product and asset innovation programme will benefit from the insights, perspective and radical approaches which startups can bring.”
ROBIN CHHABRA, Head of Strategy and Corporate Development at William Hill plc said “Innovation is critical to the continued success of companies like William Hill. This is a great opportunity to bring innovation and experience together, by combining the energy and new thinking of the start-ups with the insights and practical application of well-established and high-profile brands.”
CHRIS WHITELEY, VP Digital Strategy & New Business Development at BBC Worldwide Ltd said: “BBC Worldwide understands that new technologies and changes in consumer behaviour will continue to drive significant developments to the media landscape. We are therefore increasing our engagement with the start-up community in order to better understand their innovation and share our global knowledge of the market. We’re delighted to share our experience with the start-ups on the Collider12 Programme”.
DAVID PRAIS from Collider12 said: “Brands are increasingly clear that their corporate innovation programmes benefit from direct engagement with startups. As England’s “B2Brand” accelerator, this is our speciality. We’ve seen incredible financial success in the US come from combining brands with startups and we’re expecting much more of this here in England”.
*The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is a £2.4bn fund operating across England from 2011 to 2015. It supports projects and programmes that lever private sector investment to create economic growth and sustainable employment. Please see www.bis.gov.uk/rgf for more information
