{"id":16333,"date":"2023-03-17T14:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=16333"},"modified":"2023-03-20T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T16:07:44","slug":"campaign-talent-management-team-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/news\/2023\/mar\/campaign-talent-management-team-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"VCCP&#8217;s DE&amp;I Collective named Campaign Talent Management Team of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-video-2j11HL wp-block-lazyblock-video\"><section class=\"fullwidth\">\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n    <div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 \" data-component=\"video\">\r\n      <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/808999842?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=6cbef1&amp;playsinline=0\" class=\"lazyload\" allowfullscreen title=\"\"><\/iframe>          <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-text-full-width-2rJaK wp-block-lazyblock-text-full-width\"><section class=\"fullwidth text-center\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    \n    \n    <p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>VCCP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">\u2019<\/span><b>s DEI Collective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"> have won Campaign magazine\u2019s Talent Management Team of the Year for the second year running.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Judges said that VCCP offered \u201cinitiatives that contribute to the industry, not just the company: strategically well thought through, creative and magnetic\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">The DEI Collective was set up by Sonia Gilchrist in 2020 when she was appointed into the role of Head of DE&amp;I for the VCCP Group. The purpose of the Collective is to ensure a joined up approach to DE&amp;I across VCCP\u2019s global network, with the key objective of encouraging a culture of inclusivity at its heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">In 2022, the team set out to change the narrative surrounding conversations on Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion. The fact that it can often become a tick box exercise or something that is avoided for fear of people getting it wrong needed to be addressed and that\u2019s when Different, Exciting &amp; Interesting was born. With this new approach, the VCCP DEI Collective has proved that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is exciting. It\u2019s about embracing the world around us and the differences which make life interesting, encouraging people to also think about the various exciting possibilities that can come with acknowledging and celebrating these differences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">To help reframe the conversation internally and launch their new approach, the DEI Collective worked with talent right across the Group to create a spoken word film. Written and performed by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Samira Seini, the film sets out the BRG\u2019s mission statement and heroes people from every department right across the global network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">In the last three years, the DEI Collective have been responsible for delivering multiple events, bespoke training, new recruitment principles and changes to production processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Some of the initiatives that the DEI Collective has led within the Partnership include: diversifying entry level schemes, with members of the Collective integral parts of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignlive.co.uk\/article\/our-industry-becoming-monoculture-vccp-opens-stoke-academy-efforts-recruit-diverse-talent\/1731288\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">VCCP Stoke Academy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"> work, establishing a new approach to education through the \u2018Celebrate\u2019 series that focuses on different cultures, which help to foster a happy, integrated and understanding agency culture, and continuing to embed DE&amp;I into staff development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Julian Douglas, International CEO at VCCP Group<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 300\"> said: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">\u201cWe are incredibly proud of the work that Sonia and The DEI Collective have done and continue to do. They are relentless in their passion and drive to change the narrative, and the way we do business and the industry as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Sonia Gilchrist,\u00a0 Head of DE&amp;I at VCCP <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">added: \u201cWe want the agency to live and breathe DE&amp;I in everything we do and ensure that our principles are baked into all of our talent management initiatives from recruitment, retention, learning and development, to agency culture, and the work we produce. We couldn&#8217;t be more thrilled to have been recognised for a second year running.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":61,"template":"","categories":[191],"class_list":["post-16333","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-agency-news"],"acf":{"author":false,"capability_ids":[],"client_id":"","hero_video":"","hero_image":{"ID":16334,"id":16334,"title":"Talent Management Team of the Year","filename":"Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year.png","filesize":3798735,"url":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year.png","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/news\/2023\/mar\/campaign-talent-management-team-of-the-year\/attachment\/talent-management-team-of-the-year","alt":"","author":"61","description":"","caption":"","name":"talent-management-team-of-the-year","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":16333,"date":"2023-03-17 11:23:23","modified":"2023-03-17 11:23:23","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-300x169.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-768x432.png","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":360,"large":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-1024x576.png","large-width":640,"large-height":360,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-1536x864.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"Header":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-1920x720.png","Header-width":1920,"Header-height":720,"Wide":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-1920x960.png","Wide-width":1920,"Wide-height":960,"Square":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-768x768.png","Square-width":768,"Square-height":768,"Tall":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-307x615.png","Tall-width":307,"Tall-height":615,"Mobile":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-768x960.png","Mobile-width":768,"Mobile-height":960,"Facebook":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-1200x630.png","Facebook-width":1200,"Facebook-height":630,"Grid-Item-Square":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-768x768.png","Grid-Item-Square-width":768,"Grid-Item-Square-height":768,"Grid-Item-Wide":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-768x384.png","Grid-Item-Wide-width":768,"Grid-Item-Wide-height":384,"Grid-Item-Tall":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Talent-Management-Team-of-the-Year-307x615.png","Grid-Item-Tall-width":307,"Grid-Item-Tall-height":615}},"meta-title":" VCCP\u2019s DEI Collective have won Campaign Talent Management Team of the year for the second year running","meta-description":"The purpose of the Collective is to ensure a joined up approach to DEI across the 850 people strong agency, with the key objective of encouraging a culture of inclusivity at its heart. 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