Tips for Content Marketers & Writers to Advance their Careers in 2020

Business & Professional

New year…. New content job?

Join ContentUK & Stopgap for an evening filled with tips for content marketers and writers to advance their careers! We’ll have a range of short talks to help you stand out in the growing field of content marketing.

From CV, interview and writing portfolio tips, to how to build a ‘personal brand’ and position yourself as a content expert. There will be plenty of networking time to get to know other content and writing folk :).

Food is kindly being provided by the Stopgap team and drinks will be available in WeWork’s kitchen.

Agenda

Date: Tues 14th Jan

Time: 6:15 - 8:45 PM

Location: WeWork NorthWest House, 119 Marylebone Road, NW1 5PU

6:15pm: Arrivals
6:45pm: Introductions to Stopgap & ContentUK (Tom and Christina)
7pm: How to carve a career in Content Marketing - Christina Pashialis
7:15pm: CV and interview tips for Content Managers - Sarah Windsor
7:30pm: Break
7:45pm: Portfolio and interview advice for Copywriters - Nicky
8pm: Q&A
8:15 - 8:45pm: Networking, wrap-up

About the speakers:

Christina Pashialis: I run the ContentUK community and am a content manager for the FinTech Soldo. Having worked in content roles for 5 years across startups, content agency-side, and in-house, I’m always keen to support others carving content marketing careers.

Sarah Windsor is a Lead Consultant for Stopgap, specialising in marketing recruitment for tech businesses and startups.

Nicky Pearson is a Senior Creative Consultant for Stopgap, specialising in recruiting creative roles (design, UX, content) across all sectors and within the agency sector.

Tom Johnson is a Marketing Manager at Stopgap, responsible for their entire marketing function. With a broad range of experience, from arts and creative marketing to working agency side on clients such as Fuller's Brewery and Nationwide, before making a move inhouse. An all-round marketer, he is passionate about branding, creative campaigns and content.