Graduate is finalist for PR award

A Bucks New University graduate had her hard work rewarded after being selected as a finalist for a prestigious PR industry award.

Siobhan Sleet graduated with a degree in Public Relations Management in 2008. She now works as a senior account executive at Primal PR in Maidenhead, and was a finalist in the Outstanding Young Communicator category for the Thames & Chiltern region in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ Pride Awards 2009.

The awards recognise excellence in the PR and communications industry. Siobhan, who lives in Loudwater, High Wycombe, was nominated for her work including generating publicity surrounding the launch of an IKEA store in Southampton and working with client Jackson Square Shopping Centre to manage its Health and Wellbeing Week.

Siobhan attended the awards ceremony at Runnymede Hotel & Spa, in Egham, Surrey, and aims to return next year – and walk away the winner. She said: “The category is open to anyone aged 29 or under, so I am still very young and feel extremely proud to have been shortlisted.

"Primal PR entered me for the award as they were extremely pleased with the work I have done with them during my 18 months with the company. It was a real honour to be put forward. I carried out work experience at Primal PR and that time, combined with the excellent tutoring throughout my degree course, set me in good stead for my career.”