Tag: The Pitch

Leeds Beckett University team wins ‘The Pitch’ national marketing competition to be named ‘Marketers of the Future’

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced a student team from Leeds Beckett University as winners of its national student marketing competition, The Pitch. This year, the competition was sponsored by Samsung UK with student teams challenged to find creative ways to market its new foldable mobile phone category to Gen Z. Jessica Rolph, Hannah Napier and Georgina Tordoff from team ‘Brains of Beckett’, beat teams from across the UK to be crowned ‘Marketers of the Future’. Due to Covid-19, the live final of the competition was held virtually…

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University of Strathclyde team wins ‘The Pitch’ national marketing competition to be named ‘Marketers of the Future’

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced a student team from the University of Strathclyde as winners of its student competition, The Pitch. This is the third consecutive year that students from the University have triumphed at the competition. Thomas Cooper and Adam Dickson formed their team Cooper & Dickson, to beat 28 teams from across the UK to be crowned ‘Marketers of the Future’. Due to Covid-19, the team were told of their award win by video call. Thomas Cooper and Adam Dickson who study BA Hons in…

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Shortlist revealed for Nationwide Student Marketing Competition

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced its shortlist of ten teams from across the UK going through to the final round of their student competition, The Pitch. Now in its eighth year, The Pitch sees students from leading universities compete to respond to a live client brief in a bid to win the title of ‘Marketer of the Future’. This year, teams put forward ideas to support Hawaiian Tropic’s drive to help young women feel confident and protected in the summer months. The judging panel this year includes…

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