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Enjoy dinner drinks and a chance to meet…
Jim Kite is Global Head of Partnerships at Publicis Media, the media hub for the Publicis Group, comprising of five powerful brands: Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Blue 449, Performics. Jim developed the UK NextTECHnow initiative, a fully managed service for clients to collaborate with emerging tech companies drawing on their scale, network, talent and activation expertise. Jim will be sharing all on how to best work with and leverage with agencies and brands to grow your business. To date, Publicis Media has partnered with over 100 startups!
This dinner is perfect for…
Business owners, CEOs and management level of tech companies looking to collaborate with agencies and brands.
If you'd like to join but don't fall neatly within the above categories, please email us at hello@tablecrowd.com to discuss whether this is the right dinner for you. Also feel free to check out our other dinners as another might match you perfectly!
The dinner conversation will be…
Jim has worked at the coalface of brand /agency and startup partnerships for a number of years so this is a great opportunity to find out more about:
✓ How to best work with and leverage agencies and brands to grow your business.
✓ Starting the conversation - how to best introduce your business to an agency or brand.
✓ How brand/agency and business collaboration should be a two-way partnership.
✓ The NextTECHnow initiative - what they look for in suitable startups.
✓ Examples of how Publicis clients have collaborated with emerging tech companies.
Who is Jim Kite?
Jim Kite has been the global head of partnerships and business transformation at Publicis Media, the media hub for the Publicis Group since 2016. Jim is responsible for building a network of innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities in the top 20 Publicis Media markets and initiating and maintain effective relationships with startups, accelerators and networks as well as global tech partners, academia, industry bodies and VC’s.
What’s included?
You get a private dining experience with a knowledgeable speaker, 2 course dinner with wine or 2 soft drinks plus highly curated and relevant crowd. This is a dinner, not a dropin event, so we ask that guests turn up on time and don’t leave until after the Q&A.
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P.S. TableCrowd are offering complimentary cab rides home (£15) thanks to their partner, Gett, on first download of the app. Download the app in advance.
Jim Kite has been the global head of partnerships and business transformation at Publicis Media, the media hub for the Publicis Group since 2016. Jim is responsible for building a network of innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities in the top 20 Publicis Media markets and initiating and maintain effective relationships with startups, accelerators and networks as well as global tech partners, academia, industry bodies and VC’s.
Jim’s current role builds on the NextTECHnow startup outreach program that Jim built at Starcom MediaVest Group in the UK which connects entrepreneurs and nascent mobile, content, social and data companies to active client briefs, which was then extended across all Publicis Media agencies, and globally.
A 25 year veteran of the media and marketing services industry, Jim has held senior roles at Universal McCann, BSkyB and ITV.
One of the TableCrowd hosting team will be on hand to make sure you are welcomed through the door and introduced to the most relevant people to you.
For any advance questions about this dinner, it is best to reach us at hello@tablecrowd.com.