School Children Show Design Flair for East Midlands Conference Centre

115 pupils from Dovecote Primary, Whitegate Primary and Milford Primary schools in Clifton, Nottingham visited the East Midlands Conference Centre on Tuesday 25th May to find out the winner of a competition to design a new logo to commemorate the conference centre's 25th Anniversary. The logos were designed by groups of year 5 children, following briefing sessions led by the Nottingham Conferences' marketing team in the schools in February this year.

‘Keiths Team' from Whitegate Primary School were delighted to accept the winners accolade for their design and will now join the marketing team to develop it further. The team comprising Keith Wong, Zoellise Nicholson, Olivia Anderson-Rayner, Ryan O'Malley and Shauna Bales were presented with a framed version of the logo and certificate from Chris Jagger, Chief Estates and Facilities Officer at The University of Nottingham. The new logo will be used on the website and on other promotional materials on the lead up to the official celebrations in November this year.

The judging panel; Lisa Owen, Primary Schools Engagement Manager, Community Partnerships, The University of Nottingham, Kirstie Danzey, Marketing Manager, Nottingham Conferences and Colin Zachara, Operations Manager, The East Midlands Conference Centre, assessed the entries according to the brief that had been set.


Colin said "We were astounded by the number and quality of the entries and there has obviously been a lot of time and effort put into this project. The winning design has been clearly thought through with great use of the existing brand colours and we felt that it really captures the spirit of celebrating 25 years of business at the East Midlands Conference Centre."

Leading the project, Kirstie Danzey Marketing Manager for Nottingham Conferences explains; "The East Midlands Conference Centre has played host to a number of events in 25 years, with all profits going back into the University, as well as bringing a significant direct economic benefit into Nottingham. We are delighted with the winning design which is bright and uplifting and we look forward to developing it and using it on marketing materials later in the year"