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School of Computing, Media & the Arts Sponsorship Packages 2 3 Who we are
The School of Computing, Media & the Arts has an outstanding reputation for delivering excellence in animation, games, computing, media, journalism, film and performing arts. Our undergraduate and postgraduate courses are accredited by Creative Skillset and the British Computer Society. We work closely with industry to design, develop and deliver our academic and professional programmes producing high calibre graduates who are snapped up by employers across the globe. Our programme of events showcase the expertise of students, academics and industry professionals and have helped us gain international recognition for the work that we do. We would love to collaborate on opportunities for you to be part of our courses and events; promoting your brand and accessing the top graduate talent produced at Teesside University.
Listed in the RANKED IN THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 50+ WORLD TOP20 years UNIVERSITY list of international in delivering RANKINGS animation excellence schools 2016-17 (Animation Careers Review, 2017) in computing http://bit.ly/2gzc0a8 http://bit.ly/2iYCB5B Graduates in work or further study within six months of graduation 2017 ANIMATION VX (W/O FY) 76.2%
COMPUTER SCIENCE 96.4%
The coverage of the FINE ART 93.8% Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey consists of all UK, GAMES 90.3% European Union and non- EU domiciled leavers for whom destinations data is INFORMATION SYSTEMS 90.2% expected and sought from UK HE providers in 2016/17. X UK and other EU leavers MEDIA PRODUCTION 93.8% responded from the target population of x, an overall response rate of xx%. MEDIA STUDIES 90.9% www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and- analysis/performance- indicators/employment- PERFORMING ARTS 87.5% summary [email protected] 4 5 Events: what we do and when we do it
Student Futures Week offering students from every year across all our January disciplines a diverse, flexible and interactive programme of employability STU DENT activities. Inviting employers and recruiters to come to Teesside to share FUTURES exciting developments and work opportunities within their organisations, plus opportunities to meet and network with our talented students and experienced staff.
March A showcase of our second year students’ talents to employers seeking to fill work placement opportunities or identity the rising stars entering into their final year. Exhibits range from digital creative and technical fields, media and the arts.
This annual computing conference is attended by girls from schools across the region to spend the day at university and engage with all aspects of April HELLO computing from creative to technical. Designed with the long-term goal of addressing the shortage of women in all computing areas, this conference WORLD destroys the myth that computing is just for boys.
An international festival of animation and games – a unique collection of May world-class speakers combines with exciting workshops. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with some exciting new editions to the programme this is a not-to-be-missed event for students, professionals and enthusiasts.
A final year exposition celebrating the next generation of expertise in animation, games, computing, journalism, film and the arts. Attended by industries seeking to recruit bright new talent to their organisation.
An annual computing conference aimed at industry practitioners and academics, focusing on a single theme. Previous themes have been data science and cybersecurity. By popular demand the theme for 2019 will be artificial intelligence. The conference is an excellent networking and knowledge-sharing opportunity. CONFERENCE
An exhibition of first year work from all subject areas within the School of Computing, Media & the Arts. Spot potential in these fledgling stars of the future.
June Our animation and games students from ExpoTees go on tour to exhibit at one of London’s prestigious studios (previously Double Negative, MPC and The Mill). This event is attended by recruiters in animation and games industries by invite only. The exhibition is followed by a tour of the London studios.
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Our corporate sponsorship packages are designed to meet Corporate sponsorship package offers on postgraduate industry skills needs giving you an opportunity to design, and undergraduate programmes of study develop and deliver an exclusive course tailored to your skills needs OR provide exclusive access to our top students on an Talent Course Development Events and Brand existing course. Promotion All our packages are designed to help you promote your brand to our emerging talent, alumni and Teesside Gold • Exclusive recruitment • Development of a • Organisation branding (logo, video) on our web course future leaders. Each package offer also includes our sponsorship at all our events giving you the Corporate Course of 15-20 students on a scholarship version if an Sponsorship Package scholarship version of an existing programme (n% pages on TU website opportunity to promote your brand at all our recruitment and international festival events. existing undergraduate or variant of existing course – • Branding on all course and Sponsored scholarship postgraduate programme to be negotiated) module materials programme of 15-20 students • External organisation • Shared course delivery on a scholarship version of • Gold sponsorship events makes final decision at of content delivery of the an existing undergraduate package for Expo Series and recruitment process courses. (n% variant of or postgraduate programme Animex existing course - to be of study • Priority access to graduates negotiated • Networking dinner and for work on sponsored Exclusive course recruitment, events hosted by version and existing version • Guest speakers design and delivery of the Teesside University of the programme scholarship programme • Student site visits during Brand promotion and events • Priority access to ExpoTees the course and ExpoTalent – final and sponsorship package • Live projects and shared second year exhibition of all delivery £60k per course per year School student work
Teesside Silver • Exclusive scholarship offer • Contribute to curriculum • Organisation branding (logo, Corporate Course for 15-20 students on an development of existing video) on our web course Sponsorship Package existing course course pages on TU website • Exclusive access to 15-20 • Branding on all course and Recruitment Process for Gold Corporate Sponsorship Package Sponsored scholarship • Shared course delivery of scholarship students on module materials programme of 15-20 students final module mentoring programme on an existing undergraduate • Guest speakers • Gold sponsorship Events STEP 1: STEP 2: STEP 3: STEP 4: STEP 5: STEP 6: or postgraduate programme • Priority access to ExpoTees package for Expo Series and • n Student site visits during of study and ExpoTalent – Animex the course Sponsored Programmes Applicants Successful Interviews for Offers made final and second year Contribution to course design, • Priority access to Expo organisation marketed with apply applicants 15-20 places. for sponsored exhibition of all School • Exclusive access to 15-20 delivery and recruitment of Series events student work develops opportunity offered Sponsored course, existing course scholarship students on variant of for 15-20 opportunity organisation remaining mentoring programme • Networking dinner and Brand promotion and events existing students to go to apply for makes final students events hosted by sponsorship package Teesside University programme on sponsored scholarships decision register on course existing course £40k per course per year
• Priority access to graduates Teesside Bronze • Contribute to curriculum • Organisation branding for work Recruitment Process for Silver Corporate Sponsorship Package Corporate Course development of existing (logo, video) on our web Sponsorship Package • Student site visits during course course pages on TU website the course STEP 1: STEP 2: STEP 3: STEP 4: STEP 5: STEP 6: Sponsored course programme • Shared course delivery • Branding on all course and of existing course • Priority access to ExpoTees of 1 module module materials and ExpoTalent – final and Sponsored Programme is Applicants Successful Interviews for Offers made for Contribution to course design, • n Guest speakers • Silver sponsorship Events second year exhibition of all organisation marketed with apply applicants 15-20 places scholarships delivery and recruitment of package for Expo Series School student work supports opportunity for offered on existing existing course and Animex programme 15-20 students opportunity programme of Brand promotion and events • Priority access to Expo development to receive to apply for study sponsorship package Series events of existing scholarship scholarships £20k per course per year • Networking dinner and programme on sponsored events hosted by programme Teesside University 8 9 10 11
Animex Who
Animex international festival of animation and games is the Animex attracts world-class professionals to the line-up of speakers and largest festival of its kind in the UK, offering a unique blend of workshop hosts. talks, workshops, networking events, exhibitions and screenings across a whole week in May. 2000AD • AARDMAN ANIMATION • ADI GRANOV • ANDY LOMAS • ANIMAL LOGIC Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year the Animex programme is set to grow with some exciting new • ATOMHAWK DESIGN • AUSTIN WINTORY • AVALANCHE STUDIOS • BARBARA additions which open the event up to a larger market. This is a unique opportunity to promote your organisation and brand to 600+ animation and games students, industry professionals and the general public. SLADE • BARRY PURVES • BBC • BETHESDA • BILL PLYMPTON • BIOWARE • BLACK Highlights of the Animex festival programme include: ROCK STUDIO • BLITZ GAMES • BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT • BLUE SKY • BLUE- ZOO PRODUCTIONS • BOLEX BROTHERS • BROWN BAG STUDIOS • CARTOON Animex Game and Animex AVFX Animex Awards Two days of 10 talks from leading experts in their The film festival arm of Animex attracting over 2,000 SALOON • CBEEBIES • CHARLES SOLOMON • CODEMASTERS • COSGROVE HALL fields for each programme. Full pass holders can submissions from more than 80 countries. The enjoy four days of 20 talks. shortlisted films are screened in bars, galleries, and • CREATIVE ASSEMBLY • CUBIC MOTION • CURTIS JOBLING • DAFFY LONDON theatres around Teesside. • DC COMICS • DISNEY • DOUBLE FINE • DOUBLE NEGATIVE • DREAMWORKS • Animexperience Animex LIVE A series of stop motion animation workshops for DUDOK DE WIT ANIMATION • EA VISCERAL • ED HOOKS • EIDOS • EPIC GAMES over 100 primary school children culminating in a A performance of music scores from popular films red carpet awards ceremony and screening of the and video games • ERIC GOLDBERG • ERNEST ADAMS • EUTECHNYX • EXODUS FILM GROUP • completed films for the children and their parents plus special guests. FOLIMAGE • FOUNDRY 42 • FRAMESTORE • FREESTYLEGAMES • GAIL SIMONE New to the programme: • GUERRILLA GAMES • IAN LIVINGSTONE OBE • INDUSTRIAL LIGHT + MAGIC • JAMES BAXTER • LAIKA • LIGHTWORX • LIONHEAD STUDIOS • LUCASARTS Animex Alumni Animex Comics Early career professionals and graduates from A Comic Con style event with exhibitions of original • LUPUS FILMS • MARK SIMON ANIMATION • MARVEL • MICROSOFT RARE • Teesside University return to provide career advice art and a marketplace selling games, film and and portfolio reviews. comics merchandise. MIDWAY • MOVING PICTURE COMPANY • NANCY CARTWRIGHT • NAUGHTY DOG • NINJA THEORY • PHIL TIPPET • TIPPET STUDIOS • PIXAR • POINTY Animex Indie Showcase of indie studio latest game releases. An HAT PRODUCTIONS • QURIOS ENTERTAINMENT • RAY HARRYHAUSEN • interactive exhibition open to the public. RHIANNA PRATCHETT • RHYTHM & HUES STUDIOS • ROCKSTEADY • ROGER DEAN • RUSHES • SCOTT JOHNSTON • SEED ANIMATION • SHAPES IN MOTION • SLINKY PICTURES • SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT • SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS • SONY SANTA MONICA • STUART SUMIDA • STUDIO AKA • STUDIO SOI • SUPERMASSIVE GAMES • SUSUMU MATSUSHITA • THAT GAME COMPANY • THE HOUSE OF CURVES • THE MILL • THE THIRD FLOOR • TT GAMES • UBISOFT MONTREAL • UBISOFT REFLECTIONS • UDON ENTERTAINMENT • USTWO • VALVE • VOLITION • WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS • WEEKLY FAMITSU • WETA DIGITAL
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Audience Reach
Animex is typically attended by college and university students from across the UK and 2,000+ 50,000+ Europe, academics, FOLLOWERS FOLLOWERS researchers, industry for Facebook groups of professionals, freelancers, 18,554 @AnimexFestival @AnimexFestival, writers, and lovers of Teesside University @teessideUniSCMA, students and animation and games. @AnimexScreenAwards @teessideuni, 2,396 @teessideuninews What they say Teesside University staff (2017) animex.tees.ac.uk Data for student numbers has been prepared based on the 2016/17 HESA student record If Animex were a superhero, it’d be Batman with Wolverine claws. 600+ 5,192 Ken Wong, Mountains, MEMBERS USERS Designer of Monument Valley of TALKS20 Animex to 300 LinkedIn group 8,617 There is nothing else like the Animex Festival anywhere in seated SESSIONS the world. theatre 1 April - Andy Lomas, 31 May 2018 Framestore CFC OVER
Animex in top 25 “Can’t-Miss Events” in the world! Animation Magazine FULL-DAY Top 250, 2015 80COUNTRIES WORKSHOPS UK and international 5 20 with up to Connect with us animation PARTICIPATING and games studios animex.tees.ac.uk www.linkedin.com/groups/3832843 IN ANIMEX AND 1,500 and/or independent ANIMEX AWARDS en-gb.facebook.com/animexfestival/ @animexfestival speakers capacity en-gb.facebook.com/animexscreenawards/ Information accurate at time of going to print.
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Sponsorship opportunities
BRONZE SILVER GOLD LEVEL OF SUPPORT £1,000 £2,000 £5,000 ANIMEX
Delegate passes (Game or AVFX) 2 4 6 Animex dinner invites and VIP lunch for each day in attendance 2 4 6 VIP access all areas pass 2 4 6 Logo on the event programme (online and print), the animex.tees.ac.uk website (linked to your website) ✓ ✓ ✓ Logo on billboards, banners and promotional correspondence ✓ ✓ Marketing material placed in conference bags ✓ ✓ ✓ VIP passes to ExpoTees, annual showcase of exemplary final year student work 2 4 6 Your participation announced via University and Animex social media accounts ✓ ✓ ✓ The ExpoSeries (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook) Feature in one of our business newsletters to 1,000+ businesses ✓ ✓ Logo on badges, lanyards and on PC wallpaper within labs and lectern PCs during event ✓ ✓ Named within any press releases to regional and national press, ✓ ✓ copy placed on animex.tees.ac.uk and tees.ac.uk Thanked by name at the opening ceremony and Animex dinner ✓ ✓ Premium stand location at the venue for the duration of the event ✓ Opportunity to address the room at the opening ceremony ✓ 15-second advert to play at beginning of each day of the event ✓ Dedicated demo area to showcase your products and services for the duration of the event. ✓ Logo on conference bags ✓ Main venue for the Animex talks to be named after your brand, listed in programme ✓ and signposted at the event
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What Who
The ExpoSeries attracts a wide range of businesses and professions offering industrial placements and graduate employment, and is a rich networking opportunity.
ExpoTees is an annual exhibition of outstanding computing innovation, technology and design – and an opportunity to recruit bright, new talent. Employers get to meet the graduates joining industry in 2019, speak to them about their projects, view their portfolios and listen to their ideas. It offers an opportunity to network with industry professionals and practitioners, academics at the cutting-edge of research and AADVARK SWIFT RECRUITMENT • ACCENTURE • ACTIVE DOCUMENTS • ADAM international speakers and guests from the Animex festival. The three-day event closes with ExpoTees Awards with 15 award categories available for sponsorship. It’s a must-attend and highly interactive PREST FLOWERS • AMBERFILMS • AMINO COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED • exhibition for anyone interested in computer science, digital media and web, games, animation, film, TV, journalism, fine art and performing arts. AMPLIENCE • ANIMMERSION UK LTD • ATOMHAWK • ATOMHAWK DESIGN LTD • BEDE GAMING LTD • BERTRANDT • BETTER • BULKHAUL • CALM DIGITAL • CBEEBIES • CISCO SYSTEMS • CLOUDVIEW • CODE ACADEMY • COMPANY • CUBIC MOTION LTD • CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD • DAN PERRY PRODUCTIONS LTD • DIGITALCITY BUSINESS • DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS • EA GAMES ExpoTential is our showcase event for first year A unique, one-day exhibition which showcases • ELAMB • EVERYTHING IS MY DESIGN • FDM GROUP • FESTIBL LTD • FIRST FACE students of animation, games, computing, media, the next generation of digital talent from over journalism, film, fine art and performing arts, and an 100 second year students. It’s also an excellent opportunity for them to practice their professional opportunity for companies to recruit students for a TO FACE • FLASHTALKING • FLUID PIXEL • FRACTAL • GOSPELWARE • GREENLORD and communication skills while presenting their year-long placement or shorter work experiences, projects. putting organisations in front of students as potential STUDIOS • HAMMERHEAD INTERACTIVE • HAMMERHEAD VR • HEDGEHOG LAB • employers. Businesses are invited to deliver industry targeted talks and Q&A sessions. HOLOVIS INTERNATIIONAL • IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD • JAGEX GAMES STUDIO • KOMOTION LTD • KOOL KIDS CLUB • KURO DRAGON • LA LINGUISTICA • MABO MEDIA • MANASVIN TECHNOLOGIES • MICROSOFT RARE • MOMENTUM • MULTIPLOID • NEW HORIZONS CLC OF NEWCASTLE • NISSAN • NORTHSTONE WEB DESIGN • NRG • ONCE WERE FARMERS • PARTICULAR LEGAL • PEA SOUP ExpoTees London is our southern chapter of ExpoTees. Our animation and games students exhibit their work in London in the premises of one of the DIGITAL LTD • PJA DISTRIBUTION • POCKETWATCH GAMES • PURPLE CREATIVE industry studios (previously Double Negative, MPC and The Mill) to animation and games professionals STUDIO • RARE • REEDSCAR LIMITED • RENOVOO DESIGN • REWIND • REZOLVE from a large number of studios seeking to recruit high LONDON calibre graduates. IT • SABISU • SAPERE SOFTWARE • SCHLUMBERGER • SCHLUMBERGER GOULD RESEARCH • SIEMENS PROTECTION DEVICES LTD • SKY BETTING AND GAMING • SNAPSAVER LTD • SOCKMONKEY STUDIOS LTD • SPEARHEAD INTERACTIVE • The annual ExpoTees conference appeals to businesses, educators, industry practitioners and SPIRE HEALTHCARE • STUDENT LOANS COMPANY • SUMO DIGITAL • TASCOMP academics looking for an industry insight into topical computer science issues. It’s also an opportunity to LTD • TEAM 17 • TECH NORTH • TELEWARE PLC • THRIVE MARKETING LIMITED find out how to collaborate with Teesside University, to access staff expertise and knowledge, and • TOMBOLA LTD • TRACERCO LTD • TRADE INTERCHANGE • TWFIRE • TWO TAP CONFERENCE identify talented students and graduates. STUDIO • UBISOFT • VALTECH • VIA CREATIVE CONSULTANTS LTD • VIN DIGITAL • WATERSTONS • WE SCAN TICKETS • WEBAHEAD INTERNET LTD • WHITEWASH LABORATORIES • WOODS & WALKER • ZEROLIGHT
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What they say Reach
tees.ac.uk/expotees Being at ExpoTees was a fantastic experience. I spent two days 400 in awe of the people, students and facilities at Teesside University. exhibiting students 4,533 I came away excited that I had found my fourth CG Intern for 2018 (for 2019) unique page views – someone I’ve been looking for from institution all over Europe. The 18,554 Over a 12-month period level of talent at Teesside is world class and we are looking forward Teesside University to returning to ExpoTees in 2019. students Visitors Leanne Loughran, 44,000+ CGI Talent Recruiter, Aardman 2,396 FOLLOWERS across the whole Teesside University of ExpoSeries staff (2017) @scm_expotalent Data for student numbers has been prepared based on We have had a few candidates successfully placed into our the 2016/17 HESA student record @expotees current engineering, technology and commercial roles, and @teessideUniSCMA therefore as a business, we really enjoy being able to support @teessideuni and attend ExpoTees. @teessideuninews 200 individuals from Sarah Ashworth, Technology Recruiter, Tribe 1,300+ 80 companies MEMBERS registered plus the 116BOOKED public, students, of attending companies across colleges, alumni, ExpoTees is always the highlight of ZeroLight’s Graduate ExpoTees ExpoSeries events - 256 and academics Recruitment Calendar. With graduates appointed immediately LinkedIn group individuals (2017 data where after every annual visit, it has proved time and time again to be the ExpoTees was a two-day event) event to discover new technical talent. Information accurate at time of going to print. Erin Turnbull, Talent Development Manager, Zerolight
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Sponsorship opportunities
BRONZE SILVER GOLD LEVEL OF SUPPORT £225 £1,000 £3,000 EXPOSERIES EXPOTENTIAL, EXPOTALENT, EXPOTEES, EXPOTEES CONFERENCE, EXPOTEES LONDON Logo on the event programme (online and print) and on the four websites of ExpoSeries – ✓ ✓ ✓ tees.ac.uk/exposeries (linked to your website) Your participation announced via University and ExpoTees social media accounts ✓ ✓ ✓ (Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook) Company stand at ExpoTalent industry marketplace ✓ ✓ ✓ VIP lunch for each day in attendance 2 4 Logo on billboards, banners and promotional correspondence ✓ ✓ Half page advert in ExpoTees brochure ✓ ✓ Marketing material placed in the delegate packs ✓ ✓ Video interview displayed on the website, social media networks, living wall and venue plasma screens ✓ ✓ ExpoTees Award sponsor and thanked by name at awards ceremony ✓ ✓
Full page advert and company profile in ExpoTees brochure ✓ Dedicated demo area to showcase your products and services for the duration of the event ✓ Premium stand location at the venue for the duration of the event ✓ Your own room at ExpoTees and ExpoTalent – ideal for companies wanting to recruit placement students on the day (academic support is available) plus a student runner to support you ✓ Feature in one of our business newsletters to 1,000+ businesses ✓ Logo on PC wallpaper within labs and lectern PCs during event ✓ Press releases to regional and national press and on tees.ac.uk/expotees ✓ An exhibition room named after your brand, listed in programme and signposted at the event ✓ Full passes to ExpoTees conference 4 Promotion of job vacancies, products services and your brand via the ExpoTees LinkedIn group ✓
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Small donations and 11th hour sponsorship Hello World
Many of the sponsorship packages on offer require early confirmation to Hello World has been attended by girls from schools across the region for ensure we can place your branding on our printed materials, but we do also over a decade, to spend the day at university and engage with all aspects offer a smaller sponsorship package which can be agreed right up to the of computing from creative to technical. date of the event. We aim to address the shortage of women in computing related careers, by Audience encouraging and enthusing the school girls enough to consider selecting computing based subjects at GCSE or A-level, and to consider a career ExpoSeries/Animex Donor in cybersecurity, IT, networks, animation, web development, mobile phone £100 sponsorship for your logo to be placed on our websites which will link to a URL that you provide. Each year up to 300 girls from 30 software, games development or something else. Your logo will be in place for at least 12 months regardless of when the sponsorship commenced. schools across the region attend What they say this event. The age of attendees Details ranges from 13-16. We all thought it was the best conference so far, and that is an impressive feat – well done. We had a brilliant day and I have 10 girls who all say they are going to study computer science.
Shaun Martin, Teacher at Selby High
The students thoroughly enjoyed the day. The girls particularly enjoyed the Q&A at the beginning of the day, in particular finding out what the guests’ greatest achievements’ were. Connect with us Leanne Swalwell, Details Assistant Head of ICT, Acklam Grange School tees.ac.uk/helloworld @helloworldCC
BRONZE SILVER GOLD LEVEL OF SUPPORT ‘In-kind’ £200 £500
HELLO WORLD Logo on the event programme and website ✓ ✓ ✓ Female ambassador from your organisation to attend Q&A panel event ✓ ✓ ✓ Marketing merchandise from your organisation for the conference bag Optional Optional Optional Prize voucher in your name to winning school £50 prize £100 prize 2nd place 1st place
Logo on event banners at the event ✓ ✓ Logo on conference bag ✓ Feature on school and university social media channels ✓
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