STUDENTS aiming to shape the future of music, film and media will be given a glimpse of the world of the creative industries during an event at Warrington.
A conference entitled “Inside the Creative Industries” will be held at the North West Media Centre at the 
Warrington Campus of Chester University on February 6
The event will give current students and graduates of the university an invaluable insight into this fast-paced sector.
Experts from the music, media, advertising, events, PR, business and marketing sectors will be on hand to give advice and information on how to get into the creative industries.
A panel of media experts will give advice, tips and experiences of the industry.
They include: Jim DeWhalley, owner, Project Sounds (record label/studio); Phil Roberts, head of region, BBC North East and Cumbria; Chris Arnold, creative director, Creative Orchestra; Simon Adderley, assistant director, Centre for Labour Market Development, University of Chester; Simon Fuller, from advertising agency The Raft; David Powell, reporter, Chester Leader and Chester Standard (NWN Media); Jane Harrad-Roberts, consultant director, Marketing Projects; Callum Reckless, managing director, Reckless New Media; Graeme Goulden, senior product manager, Monster/Co-ordinator WACreative and Kieron Collins, managing editor, BBC Entertainment Production North.
The event is part of the “Media Professionals” week taking place at the university. The aim is to help students increase their chances of getting into the creative and media industries after their course.
Students have been getting involved by producing marketing materials to publicise the event.
Lauren Barlow, 21, from Warrington, Tom Parker, 20, from Wirral, Arran Critchley, 21, from Chester and Michael Gardener, 24 from Liverpool, have been working on the publicity material for the event.
Career consultant, Julie Bhagat, who is organising the event, said: “The conference brings together a range of experts from across all disciplines of this sector to share their knowledge with the talent of the future.
“We’re really pleased we’ve been able to use our own graphic design students to design the publicity materials to give them a taste of the sort of work they will be doing when they work in this sector.
“The information and tips from our panel of creative industry insiders will give the students a real idea of how they could improve their knowledge of the sector and increase their chances of breaking into this competitive area of work.”
Pictured – left to right – Arran Critchley and Thomas Parker.
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Gary Skentelbery
Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Trustee Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
