Strawberry expands team with the appointment of a PR Apprentice

Posted on Apr 14th, 2011 Tags: Strawberry Academy, PR

Following our successful intake of web and graphic design apprentices last year, we have recently appointed a new PR Apprentice to our growing team! Courtney Wood took up the role in March 2011 to help support the Internet Marketing and Online PR team, liaise with clients, provide social media support and learn all about marketing and PR. Alongside her job at Strawberry, Courtney will also work towards a level 2 NVQ Certificate in Business Administration at Hull Business Training Centre.

Jonathan Leafe, Managing Director of Strawberry takes up the story: “Apprenticeships are in the spotlight at the moment as more employers recognise the value of giving young people on-the-job training. We have always been committed to giving young people work-place experience and last year appointed our two most recent apprentices to full time positions once they had finished their courses.

“In fact, we have developed the Strawberry Academy to focus on giving young people a chance and to help them take their first step into the design and marketing industry. Courtney is already showing great potential and is grasping the skills she will need for a career in PR. She is already confident and we will help her to develop her career throughout her apprenticeship and hopefully beyond.”

The Strawberry Academy offers students aged 14 years and older an opportunity to gain work experience and kick-start their careers either through a school programme of work experience, an apprenticeship placement, a graduate placement or graduate traineeship.

Courtney Wood comments: “I chose to go down the apprenticeship route and to pursue a more vocational path as I prefer a more hands-on learning style. This is a fantastic opportunity for me to gain qualifications and work experience. I’m enthusiastic to see where my apprenticeship will take me and would recommend the apprenticeship route to anybody. PR seems like a very interesting industry and I’m thoroughly looking forward to learning lots more about it.”

Our PR team was set up as a result of clients recognising the importance of offline PR, online PR and social media, and it is becoming increasingly busy. Courtney’s help will prove invaluable in helping to grow the department further.