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Ware Anthony Rust adds marketing weight to The Pitch East

We are pleased to announce our support of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) The Pitch East, accepting a coveted place on the judging panel and providing sponsorship for the competition ceremony.

Philip Preston, regional director, CIM said: “The Pitch East promises to be an exciting and fiercely fought competition and we’re very proud to welcome the head of the region’s leading integrated marketing agency as a judge.”

The competition is aimed at CIM members studying for the Professional Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma, as well as university students studying a higher level Marketing degree, across the East of England.  Teams of CIM students will be briefed using a real-life business scenario to develop a marketing solution, which will then be Pitched to the judging panel.  The brief will be provided by Bernard Matthews.

The event will take place from 2pm on 5^th April 2011 at the AirSpace Conference Centre, Imperial War Museum Duxford, with a final prize presentation at 6.30pm that evening.

Alison Meadows, managing director said: “we value the enormous contribution that the CIM makes to the professionalism of our industry and many of our 40-strong team are CIM members.  So, it is an honour to be invited to join the judging panel at The Pitch East and I know the quality of team entries will be superb.

“For the winning team, we will be offering the most valuable prize of all in this day and age, a week’s intensive work experience at the agency.”

Winners of The Pitch East will also receive membership of the CIM, the CIM Shield for a year and a CV health check from co-sponsor Cooper Lomaz.