We warmly welcome our next guest speaker, the lovely Aimee Anderson from DDA.
In true Tweetup style we are keeping things interesting. In the month of August our guest speaker will join the UK Actors Tweetup and talk about all things PR related for industry professionals. Aimee has a wealth of experience, heading up DDA’s International Brand Publicity team. Her focus is and specialisation is in the business of film, and managing international PR campaigns for global entertainment companies.
The tweetup begins promptly at 6.30pm for an hour during which time guests can ask Aimee any questions they have about PR and branding for themselves and festivals. Aimee is truly a pro in this department. Guests are then invited to join everyone downstairs for an informal networking night of fun and discussion.
BOOK your place for the Q&A here: http://tinyurl.com/TweetupAug2012
How much? £10 for the hour, or 2 of you for £16… so why not tell a friend and bring them along.
Details: Aimee Anderson from 6.30 – 7.30pm
Date: 1st August July
Place: Jewel Bar, Piccadilly Circus, 4-6 Glasshouse Street London, Greater London W1B 5DQ
Want to know more about Aimee:
Aimee works specifically with senior executives of DDA’s top level international clients – from film festival sponsorship brands including Electrolux and Hewlett Packard to entertainment brands such as Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Movie Channel through to established Government Bodies such as Roskino and Singapore MDA. In addition she provides producers, financiers, distributers, sales agents and exhibitors with strategic advice and counsel overseeing their brand’s annual consumer and corporate PR campaigns with support from her carefully hand-picked team.
From Chairmen, Presidents and Chief Executives to high profile producers including Hamish McAlpine, Carole Siller, Nadja Swarovski and Colin Vaines, Aimee also provides her clients with festival and market support, attending the Cannes Film Festival, the European Film Market/the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the Dubai International Film Festival as well as the TV markets MIPCOM and MIP TV. Aimee ensures her clients gain maximum exposure at these industry events through strategic speaking opportunities, press conferences, corporate events, servicing news announcements and liaising with international and trade media.
Aimee has worked with a variety of large global brands and personalities in numerous industries throughout her ten year career, including launching the British Film Institute’s (BFI) digital archive with Academy Award-winning® Director the late Anthony Minghella, the then Chairman of the BFI, media training Disney executives, positioning Carlsberg as the major sponsor of the England Football Team for the World Cup 2006 and promoting Gillette where she worked with Thierry Henry, Tiger Woods and Roger Federer internationally running the Gillette Champions campaign 2006-2008. Prior to joining DDA, Anderson worked for global PR agency Porter Novelli where she was responsible for managing strategic international PR campaigns.
Recent past and present clients include: Black Hangar Studios, The Russian Film Commission – Roskino, The Dubai International Film Festival, Momentum Pictures, Swarovski Entertainment, Singapore MDA, MOFILM, Variety – the Children’s Charity, China’s Harvest Seven Stars Media Fund, Disney, Icon, Focus Films International, Brilliant Films, Reliance Big Entertainment, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, DTS, Hewlett Packard and RealD.
A member of Women in Film and Television, Anderson graduated with a BA (Hons.) in Communications and Mass Media from Glasgow Caledonian University.