The Cultural Marketplace

Tuesday 3 July 2007

Static Page Launch

Greetings.

It's been a while in the making, but I'm very pleased to say that the Mesh static pages are now live.

Mesh is an invite only network for creative young business professionals. We are currently in pre-beta phase; if you're interested please subscribe to our newsletter via the website.

All Work and No Play...

Mesh was built to provide a portal for young professionals who are loathe to abandon their creative pursuits on accepting a job amongst the City elite. In today's fiercely competitive recruitment market it's ironic that many feel they have to. They study so hard to get to the City and sell themselves as well-rounded individuals, but when they are accepted they wrongly believe they have to relinquish all these interests to focus on their jobs.

In fact, creativity and commercial awareness often dove-tail: arts inspire business and businesses support the arts. The skills and connections that can be built through creative projects can only help bolster an employee's commercial acumen. Many firms are becoming aware of this and are keen to partner with the arts to highlight the City as a cultural hub to attract the best talent. For example, the Tate Gallery's online arm, Tate Online, has been working with BT to create a series of interactive video installations. In particular, Arts and Business is a network that helps foster partnerships between arts and business.

Currently, Mesh is busy collating a list of Founding Members who will help provide feedback and direction to our network. We're looking for dynamic young professionals who have a flair for the creative: a lawyer, banker or consultant by day; a DJ, writer or musician by night. If you are interested in being selected for our beta phase, please drop us an email at join@meshminds.com.

Mesh: Connecting Young Business Professionals.