The Candidate Sponsor Native Creatives

As part of our commitment to supporting the marketing, digital and creative communities in the North West, The Candidate is sponsoring the MPA’s Native Creatives event at UK Fast on 14^th November 2018. The event will attract creatives from all over the North West including 6^th form students through to undergraduates, graduates, people returning to work and more.

We caught up with the MPA’s Cindy Simmons to hear where the event concept came from and what attendees can expect.

Cindy Simmons, Managing Director at MPA

Hi Cindy, thanks for chatting to us. So firstly tell us, where did the idea for Native Creatives come from?
Nurturing the next generation has been at the heart of the MPA for many years – we wanted to do something unique whereby the entire CDM sector is brought together, hence, Native Creatives was born.  BJL developed the name and branding by asking one of their younger creative teams to get involved. 

Who is it aimed at and how will they benefit?
Native Creatives is aimed at 6^th formers, Higher Education, Returners to work, parents and teachers. Basically, we want to reach out to anyone who may be our potential Native Creatives of the future.

What is the format of the day?  
The day is split into two the morning session for 6^th formers and the evening session for Higher Education etc – Zones have been created by sector and each Zone will have a workshop within it whereby delegates can interact with the companies that are representing the industry

There are some great workshops and sessions planned are there any that you are particularly excited about?
All the Zones will be exciting and very informative so hard to say which will be a standout – the companies participating have all gone the extra mile to make this a success

Have you anything else to add? 
Diversity is also important for Native Creatives and we will be embracing a wide range of schools from across the region

It looks like it is going to be a great event with lots to hear and see. If you would like more information on the event, click here. 

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