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Posted on April 24, 2013 by Caroline

The unabridged version of my Argus article (23/4/13): Employment growth in the local digital, media & technology sector

Employment growth in the local digital, media & technology sector Caroline Morris of Wired Sussex Working for Wired Sussex I’m at the heart of the local digital, media and technology hub. It is my job to help our member companies find the right people with the right skills to grow their businesses. The digital sector is all about talent and it is one of the strengths of Brighton that talented people do want to be here. Most of the digital companies that Wired Sussex supports are small and many of them are start-ups. They are driven by people who are passionate about …

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Posted on January 15, 2013 by Laura

Interface – some background on the initiative

On 29th January Brighton is hosting Interface. If you don’t know about the event, Wired Sussex got together with Shakespeare’s Globe to offer our members a unique opportunity to pitch to and network with 10 of the UK’s most prestigious arts and cultural organisations. Together, we are bringing the Barbican, the National Theatre, the Tate, the Royal Albert Hall, the Imperial War Museum, the Unicorn Theatre, Penguin Books, the V & A and the Rambert Dance Company to Brighton to meet with some of the most interesting, exciting and creative digital companies that the city has to offer. The event …

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Posted on January 8, 2013 by Kieron

Last year at Wired Sussex…

The New Year is a time to take stock and reflect on the year gone by, so with that in mind, I’d like to take a moment to look at Wired Sussex; some of the work we’ve undertaken and what we have achieved together in the last 12 months. So without further ado here’s a short, but juicy list of the highlights from our year. Cue wavy TV flashback effect… ripple, ripple, ripple … A new team – Last year we saw big changes within the Wired Sussex camp; Rebecca, Laura and myself arrived fresh faced to take on projects, events and membership. We also had help from …

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Posted on September 17, 2012 by Phil

Fighting for Better Broadband for Brighton

Today (17th September) Brighton & Hove Council submitted the city’s bid for government funding to improve our business broadband infrastructure – The Ultra Fast Broadband Bid. Wired Sussex has put a lot of time into supporting and collaborating on the bid – we have met with the head of UK broadband strategy at the Government (twice), with those who have submitted previously successful bids at Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham, with the senior management at Virgin and BT and with the Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey. We have spoken about the bid at the Westminster Forum and last week Wired Sussex …

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Posted on August 8, 2012 by Caroline

Au’Guest’ Blog post – The talented other joint University of Brighton digital project winner tells us of how she came to build Brandwatch’s mobile app!

Written by Alena Ruprecht, a joint winner of the Wired Sussex prize for ‘best final year digital media project’ as part of the Wired Sussex guest blog month Seizing the great opportunity that globalisation has presented, eight years ago I set off to explore the world. After an awe-inspiring and incredible journey that took me across 30 countries in 6 continents, I finally decided to settle into a more stable life, enrolling at the University of Brighton to study Digital Media Development in 2009. Like so many of my peers, managing my budget as I worked through my first year was something …

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Posted on August 6, 2012 by Caroline

Au’Guest’ Blog post – Words from joint University of Brighton winner of the Wired Sussex prize for ‘best final year digital media project’

Written by Danny Daley, one of the student winners of the Wired Sussex prize for ‘best final year digital media project’ as part of the Wired Sussex guest blog month Danny on the left alongside his ‘business brother‘ How I came to be part of the project During the third year of my degree I was given the opportunity to undertake a placement year in London. I was placed within the marketing team of Axis Europe and one of my responsibilities was to liaise with digital agencies. One of the problems that I discovered when seeking digital agencies was finding …

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Posted on July 1, 2010 by Phil

>To Pay or Not To Pay? That is the Question!

>The debate has been raging on since last Summer around internship programmes being cancelled and, more recently, whether interns should be paid This final discussion came to a head this week when the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) released their report and recommendations on whether internships should be paid or not. The report recommends that interns working in long-term internships should be paid a “training wage” of £2.50 per hour to bring it in line with the hourly rate that apprentices are paid, this recommendation has been made as there is a fear that if the companies offering internships …

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Posted on April 23, 2010 by Phil

>Wired Sussex Members Meet-up Lewes

> Last night the Wired Sussex team headed to the Elephant and Castle in Lewes for our monthly members meet up. This was my first time in Lewes and my first members meet-up, so I wasn’t sure what to expect but I met some interesting, friendly people and I really enjoyed myself. Thank you to everyone who attended. A real mix of people came along from various digital and content creation industries, to get to know each other and Wired Sussex better. There was talk of new projects, collaboration and digital news and issues. The night ended with a nail …

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Posted on April 23, 2010 by admin

>Wired Sussex Members Meet-up Lewes

> Last night the Wired Sussex team headed to the Elephant and Castle in Lewes for our monthly members meet up. This was my first time in Lewes and my first members meet-up, so I wasn’t sure what to expect but I met some interesting, friendly people and I really enjoyed myself. Thank you to everyone who attended. A real mix of people came along from various digital and content creation industries, to get to know each other and Wired Sussex better. There was talk of new projects, collaboration and digital news and issues. The night ended with a nail …

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Posted on October 1, 2009 by Phil

>Read All About It!

>As a member of Wired Sussex, you can post your news on our site, for free. That’s right, for free. We receive over 35’000 unique visitors to our site a month: with the news section on the home page, that’s a lot of potential views for your new product launch, recent business win or your latest award. The Argus have created a specific Digital News section on their website, which combined with our newsletter and twitter feeds means your story could be getting some great exposure. Simply head to the members section, log in and add your news. If you …