Marketing & Communications

Mission:

To assist the Cluster Opportunity Group in developing marketing and communication strategies, and in partnership with other agencies, enhance, develop and sustain the image of the region’s ICT businesses.

Purpose to:

  • provide a central point of contact for the media and other agencies with the COG.
  • actively promote and publicise the work of the COG as champion of the region’s ICT cluster.
  • actively promote and publicise the region’s ICT businesses to the region and beyond.
  • initiate, develop and co-ordinate a coherent programme of complimentary marketing and communication strategies with other regional and sub-regional agencies and bodies.
  • actively promote and disseminate knowledge of best practice within and across employer, partner and stakeholder organisations.
  • recommend strategic priorities and actions, both to AWM and other interested agencies, which will positively impact upon the development and sustainability of the cluster.

Meeting Arrangements:

As required to achieve successful actions and outcomes.

Composition:

COG Member (David Burden)

AWM ICT Cluster Manager (Stuart Webb)

LSC Cluster Skills Manager (Colin Biddulph)

Business Link Regional ICT Co-ordinator (Lynne Wroe)

HEI Innovation Manager (Pat Costello)

AWM ICT Projects Co-ordinator (Tony Blythe)

Additional participants to be invited on an on-going basis.