Marketing Company Crawl

Hop on, belt up, and kick off your marketing career!
You would like to get a better idea of various employment possibilities in the field of marketing and advertising and do not only want to visit one company per day, but three?
Then join our bus tour to three different marketing and advertising related companies in Rotterdam and Amsterdam on the 7th of May 2013.
The three exciting stops of the day are the international market research company SKIM and the two advertising agencies Blast Radius and Buutvrij. (See company descriptions below.)
Get to know the corporate culture of the three companies while visiting them on-site, catch a glimpse of their everyday working life, and establish contacts with potential future employers. The companies will offer you company presentations, showcase some of their recent work, show you around their office and present a mini-case study.
Program Outline
9:15 Meeting point ‘SKIM’, in front of Groot Handelsgebouw Weena 695, Rotterdam (near Central station)
9:30-11:30 Company visit SKIM
11:30-13:00 Bus journey to Amsterdam
13:00-14:00 Lunch (possibility to grab a bite to eat; on own expense)
14:00-15:30 Agency visit ‘Blast Radius’
15:30-16:00 Bus journey to ‘Buutvrij’
16:00-18:00 Agency visit ‘Buutvrij’
18:00 Return journey to Rotterdam
aroung 19:15 End of event at Rotterdam Central Station
If you would like to be part of this fun professional experience, reserve your seat by applying here: http://form.jotformeu.com/form/31025485391351
Participation fee: 4€ *
Participation based on CV selection
Application deadline: 24th of April
*In case you will not be selected by the companies for one of the limited spots, you will receive your money back.
Participating companies
SKIM is an international market research company with offices in Rotterdam, Geneva, London, New York and San Francisco. It provides quantitative and qualitative market research solutions to leading multinational companies involved in healthcare, consumer health, consumer packaged goods and durables, telecommunications and financial services. It also serves many leading international market research agencies with its research services and software.
Blast Radius is a global strategic digital agency involved in work ranging from global platform builds to campaign development, social planning and content creation. Founded in 1998 it is known for its delivery of global and pan-European campaigns for clients like P&G, Michelin, Nike, Nikon, NIVEA, Bacardi, Philips, Starbucks and Range Rover. Blast Radius has been recognized for its award winning work. Recently it has been honored for Best Use of HTML 5, Navigation, Interactive Video, and Mobile Innovation at the Lovie Awards. It operates offices in New York, Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto, Portland, London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Paris and Shanghai.
Buutvrij is aDutch marketing agency especially strong in brand activation, understanding of social media and creative campaign development. It devised, for example, a Facebook app for Bacardi’s 150th birth bash, moved an office with the help of its Facebook friends and made visitors of the ‘Sensation Asia’ party literally part of the show while promoting the Heineken brand.
"Work hard, play hard!"
Drinks and dinners
The Master Study Club aims to bring the MSc Marketing students in touch with each other. In order to do so, drinks, dinners and trips are being organized throughout the whole year. The past year we kicked off the academic courses with a free drink at the Smitse, had an awesome dinner at Concordia Cafe and a City Trip to Antwerp!

Events Agenda
Upcoming Events
1 December 2012: City Trip to Antwerp
6 December 2012: Sinterklaas Drink
19 December 2012: Post - Exam Social Drink
Beginning of May 2013: Trip to Walibi or Apenheul*
Beginning of May 2013: Startup Cycle (in collaboration with MSC Entrepreneurship)*
7 May 2013: Company Crawl
First Week of June 2013: Study Trip
*Events and dates can be subject to change



