Sales Promotion magazine recently ran their annual ’30 Under 30’awards aimed at finding, acknowledging and rewarding the UKs brightest young marketers. Nominations from all sectors of the marketplace including agencies, clients and service partners were received; amongst them one for Alice Padmore, Incentive and Motivation Executive at locally based The Phoenix Partners. Alice was nominated by Rachel Hargrave, Director of The Phoenix Partners. “Alice is one of the industries brightest young stars and deserved recognition,” said Rachel. “I’m thrilled that Sales Promotion magazine and their judges agreed!” Martin Cole, Editor of Sales Promotion magazine said of Alice, “At just 21 Alice demonstrates great commitment and the desire to progress through the ranks. From starting as the ‘work experience girl’ she has worked her way up and is currently running a €1.5m ‘points for prizes’ incentive for Canon Europe. If anyone can .....” After a course in acting, Alice applied to study for an Events Management degree but opted to take a year out. “I wrote to The Phoenix Partners as well as a load of other local companies. The Phoenix Partners were one of only a few to reply. They offered me paid work experience and then offered me a full time position. That was nearly two years ago. I’m really thrilled to have made it through to the ’30 Under 30’ – something to celebrate for sure.” www.thephoenixpartners.com