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VACANCY OF THE WEEK: Marketing and PR Executive - part of the University of Brighton Internship Programme
LOCATION: Arundel, West Sussex
SALARY: £6.00 per hour (reasonable travel expenses paid)

Edgecumbe Tea and Coffee Company Ltd are looking for someone to work on developing a PR campaign to improve the profile of the business. This will allow the company to pitch for larger volume contracts from private and public bodies. They are also developing a simple, retail-based website will allow them to market and sell their own products. Full details can be found on our Internship Programme page.
for details of other opportunities see the latest edition of Outline our fortnightly bulletin of graduate jobs and schemes, internships, work experience and voluntary opportunities, news and more.

University of Brighton Internship Programme - now accepting 2010 graduates!

We are pleased to announce we can now accept applications from anyone who graduated this summer. If you have graduated within the last few years you are also eligible for our new Internship Programme.
The programme offers 222 hours of paid. graduate-level work to keep your skills up to date and potentially help you into employment. There is also a one-day Employability Skills workshop where you will get training in CV writing, mock interviews and other workplace-related skills and job search techniques.
The programme is open to all graduates from any UK institution who have graduated within the last few years and who are unemployed or under-employed (i.e. not in graduate level employment).
To see what roles are currently available and for more information on the University of Brighton Internship Programme please visit www.brighton.ac.uk/careers/jobs-volunteering/internship-programme.html or contact Katherine Hope, Internship Officer at careers@brighton.ac.uk or on 01273 642855.