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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.
Apply
To apply for this position please do so via this LinkedIn ad.
Deadline Monday, 31 December 2012 at 23:59 GMT
The deadline for applications to Collider12 is today. If you have started an application or are considering it please complete it here now.
After today the process for deciding the final 10 startups selected for Collider12 is as follows: - 31st Dec 2012 at 23:59 - deadline for applications - 4th Jan 2013 - Screening Day 2 (15-20 startups come and pitch to the Collider12 partners in London (Screening Day 1 was held on 12th December)) - 18th Jan 2013 - Advisor Committee (Up to 10 from each Screening Day will invited back to pitch again with some investors and brands in attendance) - 22nd Jan 2013 - Acceptance Committee (The final 10 startups will be offered a place in Collider12)
If you have any queries, today's the day to email Matthew about them - matthew@collider12.com
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.
