Cardiff to host CIM Wales Marketing Skills Forum

• CIM Wales Marketing Skills Forum to take place at the Cardiff City Stadium on June 25th
• This year’s event focuses on how marketing professionals can further improve their performance in a fast-changing sector
• Topics include personal branding, AI, budgeting and metrics

28th May 2025: The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is set to host the CIM Wales Marketing Skills Forum in Cardiff on the 25^th June. Sponsored by Orchard, the event will take place at the iconic Cardiff City Stadium.

This is the third Forum hosted by CIM Wales, this year’s event will focus on how marketing professionals can thrive in their role, in a fast-changing sector, making this forum an invaluable experience to any marketer wanting to develop skills and drive their career. The event will host a line-up of prominent practitioners and industry experts who will cover a range of highly relevant topics, including: successful team building, personal branding, working with AI, effective budgeting and measurement.

Speaking ahead of the forum, Dr Gavin Davies, CIM Wales Committee Chair said: “After last year’s successful branding forum, we are pleased to return to the Cardiff City Stadium for another amazing event, with a great mix of local and national speakers. As well as delivering fascinating insight, the event will provide valuable networking opportunities for those looking to build alliances and relationships. This is another ‘must attend’ event for all professional marketers.

“We are committed to upskilling marketers across Wales and the UK. Both CIM members and non-members are very welcome to come to this event – and we look forward to seeing you all in Cardiff.”

Speakers include:

• Kerry Harrison | AI trainer, copywriter and speaker
• Matt Crole Rees | Head of Customer- Acquisition & Retention Marketing at Confused.com 
• Jess Dando | Business Manager at Hays Recruitment
• Alex Murphy | Co-founder at Balance

Discussing the event Kerry McDonald, Chief Executive Officer at Orchard said: “Orchard are delighted to sponsor this event for a second year. As a leading independent Welsh marketing agency that puts clients at the heart of everything we do, we are excited to partner with CIM Wales on this fantastic event. We’re excited to hear from the sector and share best practice. 

“We highly recommend this event for any marketing professional who wants to further develop their knowledge of the interest and network with others in their field.”

Registration and networking starts at 9am, before the event begins at 9:30am (ending at 4:30pm). A buffet lunch and refreshments will also be provided during the forum.

This event is open to CIM members and non-members. For more information about the event and to register, please visit the following link: https://www.cim.co.uk/event/116763/

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