About WMG
Wessex Media Group is a trade association for creative media businesses in Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight.
We support the sector in a number of ways by:
• Providing networking opportunities for people to share and develop knowledge and expertise
• Hosting events that provide opportunities for professional develop and enable collaboration between members as well as with commissioners
• Supporting training and education to strengthen the region’s skills base
• Building strong links to national and regional agencies that support screen-based activities
• Encouraging investment in a creative cluster of individuals and companies capable of bringing the best out of each other
- free entry for one person per company for professional events (4 per year); with a 50% discount for other company representatives to attend.
- complimentary listing on the WMG website
- receipt of e-bulletins containing funding information, business opportunities & jobs
- discounted entry for training seminars
- PR on the website and by email of your news, events, job vacancies.
The fees are as follows:
Company £40 per annum
Freelancer £30 per annum
Student £10 (on production of a NUS number)
Membership Benefits
Apply for membership
An invoice will be sent to you upon application and in accordance with your status
Key speakers to date:
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall of The River Cottage Series
- Andrew Palmer, MD of Keo Productions
- Miles Bullough of Aardman Productions
- David Flynn, Creative Director of Endemol
- Jane Mote, Commercial & Creative Director of UKTV Lifestyle
- Ashley Pharoah, Scriptwriter of Life on Mars
- Chris Morris, Comedy Writer & Performer
- Paul Watson, Veteran Documentary Maker
- Greg Dyke, Journalist, Broadcaster & Former DG of the BBC
- Esther Rantzen CBE, Journalist & Television Presenter
- Alastair Stewart OBE, Journalist & Newscaster