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Sophie Downes has been appointed Graduate Recruitment Consultant at JFL Search & Selection. Sophie graduated with a 2.1 in English Literature with Drama from Royal Holloway, University of London and, after gaining work experience in PR and publishing joined JFL's graduate internship programme earlier this year. She has now successfully completed her trainee period and is joining JFL on a permanent basis.
"Sophie has quickly proved to be a great asset to our team," said Ros Kindersley. "Her enthusiasm and insight are infectious. We are delighted that she is joining JFL and hope she has a very happy and successful career with us."
Sophie will be responsible for recruiting junior level candidates for in-house and agency roles in PR and publishing.
Is bookselling a dying art?
The Big Green Bookshop's story is one of dedication, hard work and community. Since opening in 2008, the bookshop has been overwhelmed by the local support and enthusiasm of the people of Wood Green.
Despite the steep decline in national book sales, The Big Green bookshop have created a successful business with loyal customers and, incredibly, have thrived where the other booksellers have fallen.
Can something be learnt from how The Big Green Bookshop has managed to do well in these harsh trading conditions?
Please join us for book-chat, laughs, drinks and nibbles at The Big Green Bookshop on the 4th August from 7 - 8.30pm
Speakers confirmed:
Simon Key
Simon went straight into bookselling from school and now has almost twenty years experience. Simon was part of the management team of Waterstones Oxford St. when he decided that he wanted move away from big business bookselling and move towards move locally focused business. It was here that he met Tim West, his current business partner.
In 2008 Waterstones Wood Green closed and Tim and Simon decided that opening their own bookshop was the best thing for themselves, and for the residents of Wood Green too. So now, after two years of hard work and dedication, Simon Key's The Big Green Bookshop is now an established and growing business at the heart of the local community.
More speakers TBC.
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
Date: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Venue: The Big Green Bookshop
Tube: Turnpike Lane
Price for members: FREE
Price for non-members: £5.00
More information can be found on our website: www.thesyp.org.uk
Rebecca Maxted has been appointed Graduate Recruitment Consultant at JFL Search & Selection. Rebecca graduated with a First in English from Exeter University in 2009 and, after gaining work experience in PR and publishing, joined JFL's graduate internship programme earlier this year. She has now successfully completed her trainee period and is joining JFL on a permanent basis.
"We are delighted to welcome Rebecca as a member of our team," said Ros Kindersley, "she has proved to have an incisive mind, an empathy for people and is great fun to work with. Now that the market is picking up, she will prove a valuable addition to our core team."
Rebecca will be responsible for recruiting junior level candidates for in-house and agency roles in the PR and communications sectors.
The job market - opportunities ahead Suzy Astbury writes that doomy talk about publishing is misguided
After 18 months of unremittingly dire reports from the job market, with stories of redundancies, cut backs, recruitment freezes and doom-mongering forecasts of an industry in its death throes, I almost expected to see a relay of "The End is Nigh" sandwich boards at Frankfurt this year. None of this has been helped by the weekly calls I have taken from journalists who seem to relish the misfortunes of their subject wanting more bad news stories. Beleaguering your own territory does no-one any favours.
Digital, the most innovative and exciting development of the moment, has been portrayed as another "End is Nigh" threat, rather than the ground-breaking opportunity that the rest of the media sector is seizing with unashamed enthusiasm.
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Lucy Martinez, an Associate Director at JFL Search & Selection has now returned from maternity leave to head up mid to senior level in-house and PR agency briefs. Lucy now has over ten years' industry experience in PR and marketing communications, having first forged a career in PR before joining JFL Search & Selection in 2004.
Lucy can be reached on 0207 009 3503 or lucymartinez@jflrecruit.com