Awards recognise graduate talent - graduate jobs

The best of Birmingham's graduate creative talent has been honoured by the B-Hive awards in front of an audience of the region's top agencies.

It is the first year that the B-Hive awards, which are the brainchild of marketing recruitment consultancy Pitch Consultants, have recognised the best of Birmingham's public relations and design graduates from the University of Birmingham, Aston University, Birmingham City University and Matthew Boulton College.

Katherine White, from the University of Birmingham, was named as the overall winner of the PR category while Glenn Tucker from Birmingham City University won the design title at the awards evening.

Both winners won membership to Midland marketing communications network PACE as well as support from Birmingham Future's mentoring scheme and a series of work placements at the agencies represented in the judging panels.

Contestants were asked to produce a campaign to support the expansion of Birmingham's Live and Learn campaign focusing on graduate retention.

The public relations brief asked entrants to devise a six-month PR plan that should include a promotional stunt, while those entering the design category were asked to create either an outdoor media and press element or a viral campaign or game.