Manchester calling to the faraway towns

 By Steve Downes, managing director, Juice Digital

“Manchester is the place where people do things. There, you don’t talk about what you are going to do, you do it.' That is the Manchester habit. And in the past through the manifestation of this quality the word Manchester became a synonym for energy and freedom and the right to do and to think without shackles."
One of the Oasis boys maybe? Ian Brown? Bit older maybe? What about Anthony Burgess?

Nope. It’s a hundred-year old quote from a book published in 1912 called “What the Judge Saw: Being Twenty-Five Years in Manchester by One Who Has Done It” by a chap called Edward Abbott Parry.

The place has kicked on a bit since then – it’s got better and better. But it’s stayed true to that attitude. Here’s a thing. Walk through cities like New York, London, Barcelona etc and who is wearing all the I    NY T-shirts? Tourists. Walk around Manchester and you’ll see them being worn by thousands of Mancs who are simply in love with their own city. Now I’m not even pretending to be un-biased, but for me it’s the greatest city on earth to work, live and simply fall in love with life.

Let’s just leave Manchester there for a moment and talk about some work stuff.

You chose a career in PR or Social Media. Why? Think back.

Was it to work on some of the biggest brands going? Was it to work in teams that come up with brilliant ideas that capture national headlines? Or did you always fancy picking up bucketfuls of awards at those glamorous award ceremonies?

Are you getting all those things?

Or maybe you’re one of those people who simply expect the best. “I’m going to work at the best PR agency in the UK: Full Stop”

You’re going to have to be in London to do that, right? Wrong. Guess where?

OK, now here comes the call to action. If you’re somebody who wants all those things and downright deserves them – we want you. We need quality people in all areas. Consumer and B2B. PR and Social media. And at all levels, from Director to account executive.

So you need to do a bit of research. First of all check out these websites: http://www.tangerinepr.com/; http://www.juicedigital.co.uk/
You might want to read what the CIPR judges said when they named us Outstanding PR Consultancy of the Year 2011:

“Tangerine does everything well! It is clearly an inspiring consultancy – for client and employees alike – with strong values and a consistent record of success, based on clever ideas, hard work and – in the judges' view – an exceptionally sincere relationship with its clients. The judges felt that Tangerine represented an outstanding showcase for UK PR at its very best!”
Finally. What’s with the beach?

Well, some time ago a certain Ian Brown of the Stone Roses said “Manchester has everything, except a beach”. It has now Ian. That’s Castlefield beach. It arrives every summer. And see that building behind on the left? That’s us!

Where else would you want to be?

Now the easy part. Want to chat? We make a good brew in Manchester too! Send your CV to: sue.pyatt@tangerinepr.com and we’ll do the rest!