M&C Saatchi launches ‘Growth Sessions’, a series for junior and mid-level industry professionals looking for change
M&C Saatchi has launched a free online event series to help junior and mid-level industry professionals enhance their careers and tackle the challenges presented by the coronavirus crisis.
Redundancies have hit hard across a lot of industries, and the advertising industry hasn’t been spared. According to online classified site SEEK, job ads for the advertising sector are down 60% April compared to March.
With COVID-19 accelerating the change in how we live and work, the M&C Saatchi Inspire – Growth Sessions is a seven-part program of actionable insights to guide tomorrow’s leaders to long-term career success. M&C Saatchi invites the industry to ask questions, receive guidance, and absorb key information from top industry talent.
From CEO to strategist, attendees will have the chance to discover what skills will be required to thrive in a post-coronavirus world. Speakers include Bohemia Group general manager Sev Griffiths, and Re: global CEO, Patrick Guerrera.
“We’ve got an incredibly diverse mix of people within our business, so it’s been brilliant to see how many of them want to get involved and help anyone who has been displaced during the last few months, or simply looking for a change.” Justin Graham, Group CEO M&C Saatchi said.
“Now is a tough time for many, but what it does enable is a focus on self that we are not often allowed, Sev has pulled together a great panel of industry leaders to kick off the Sessions next week so I encourage people to jump in on Thursday – or on any of the sessions following.”
Passionate about developing talent to be cross-functional and able to navigate the new world of work in 2020, Griffiths will be hosting a panel of extremely talented, brave and experienced people in our industry who have demonstrated individual strength, passion and resilience.
Panelists include Natalie Harvey, network sales director, Network 7, Kate Richardson executive coach and mentor and Ellie Rogers Facebook agency director, ANZ. They will discuss their personal experience around reinvention, and the challenges they’ve faced by switching gears and tackling new career paths.
The free program will be hosted on Zoom and is open to anyone who wishes to join. There will be a chance for attendees to ask questions directly to the speaker throughout each presentation.