SCOTSIN - SCOTLAND: School Pupils competing for title of Marketing Apprentice 2008 to respond to Homecoming

SCOTLAND: School Pupils competing for title of Marketing Apprentice 2008 to respond to Homecoming

Written by Homecoming Scotland

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

The Marketing Society Scotland promotes marketing excellence acrossScotland at all levels. At their annual conference on 18th September,teams from three Scottish schools will compete for the title ofMarketing Apprentice 2008.

The Marketing Society Scotland promotes marketing excellence acrossScotland at all levels. At their annual conference on 18th September,teams from three Scottish schools (Airdrie Academy, Greenwood Academyin Irvine and Kinross High School) will compete for the title ofMarketing Apprentice 2008.

The participating school teams will respond to a brief provided by theHomecoming Scotland 2009 team and present their strategies and conceptsto a panel of marketing experts at the conference.

Ewan Fairweather, a Marketing Manager for Homecoming Scotland 2009 said:

Participating in the Marketing Apprentice gives us a greatopportunity of getting schools excited about Homecoming and we alsohope that the pupils will give us some fresh insights intocommunicating the Homecoming message amongst their peers

The Marketing Apprentice session is being organised and run by Space Unlimited, a pioneering social enterprise which brings fresh thinking to businesses from our young bright minds.

The Conference is being held on 18th September at Our Dynamic Earth inEdinburgh with the Marketing Apprentice Session taking place between9.30 and 11.00. For more information about the conference, click here.