Two new recruits fly into V Formation

Nottingham marketing and PR agency V Formation has added two graduate interns to its team as part of the University of Nottingham Internship Scheme.

Alex Hammond, History graduate, has been appointed as marketing assistant and Lucy Wharton, English graduate, as a PR assistant. Both graduated from the University of Nottingham with first-class honours degrees. Hammond will assist with digital marketing, campaign fulfilment and social media management and Wharton with copywriting, digital PR and marketing and social media and database management.

Hammond said: “I am really excited to begin working at V, where I’m hoping to gain a great deal more experience within the marketing field, and work on a number of new ambitious projects with V’s clientele, helping wherever I can.”

Wharton said: “I am delighted to be completing a PR internship at V Formation and I am excited to develop my skillset by learning from the experienced and specialist team here.

The ICL programme will also help me to generate and implement new ideas for the business and play a key role in ensuring that V are employing the most innovative practices in terms of their PR strategy.”

V Formation director, Sue Carr said: “We are delighted to welcome Alex and Lucy to the team. We have found the University of Nottingham’s internship programme hugely successful in terms of finding talented marketing and PR professionals looking to gain experience and set out in their new careers. We are also proud to be able to attract such high calibre graduates to our growing team.”