First blog post from Theresa!

OK, I'm a newbie - go easy on me....

I thought I'd start out by just talking about my role here at tOm (our nickname for the OTHER media) and my day in general. My role is a varied one, something that can be frustrating - because you can get pulled in so many directions at once - and at other times enjoyable. It does mean that I don’t ever get that ‘same old, same old’ feeling.

One half of me is the project manager for 2 of our most interesting clients, BAFTA (British Academy of Film and television Arts) and Action for Blind People (well I think so at least). And the other half heads up the mini marketing team and spends her time looking at ways to improve our service offering to clients.

Our office is pretty busy most days and there was a real vibe of 'getting things done' today. Sometimes it can feel as though you're never going to be ready to launch a project or wrap up that proposal, but somehow, today - it all seemed to be coming together.

The new BAFTA search interface (the project that launched today) is an interesting piece of ‘beta’ functionality that’s been created with the intention of engaging visitors and drawing traffic through searches on movie and tv trivia - film stars name etc…
The first release contains basic records of all BAFTA winners and nominations, the next phase planned is hookup with IMDB and provide a bigger scope of information.

The site only launched in November last year and it was a pretty big step for BAFTA. It’s their first real communication channel with the public and over the next few months, those public conversations will hopefully develop into something that film and tv buffs really enjoy. I’m finding it really interesting - they are keen to experiment and actually understand the whole concept of one to one communication and engagement.

Ok, that wasn’t too bad for a first post.
I’m going to skive off over Easter but I’ll post something next week about the new and shiny OTHER media website – coming soon to a monitor near you :)