Queensland independent agency group Rumbletown announced the return of its diversity and inclusion scholarship in partnership with Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
The 2022 Rumbletown Pathways Scholarship strives to improve diversity within the group’s own ranks and the marketing communications industry nationally.
The scholarship is open to QUT undergraduate or postgraduate business students in advertising, marketing, media and public relations disciplines and professions.
The annual scholarship provides one QUT student from an underrepresented background or minority group with a $12,000 scholarship and unrivalled access, experience and mentorship across four unique disciplines – Advertising, Digital, Media and Communications.
Inaugural Rumbletown Pathways Scholarship recipient Takura Matenga spent 16 weeks embedded in Rumbletown’s five agencies: Rumble Creative, Aruga , Romeo, Scout and Edison.
Aruga co-founder Donna Kramer: “We launched the Rumbletown Pathways Scholarship in 2021 because we came to the hard realisation that the rich diversity of Australia’s multicultural community was, sadly, not reflected in our agencies or across our broader national industry."
QUT Business School associate director, Ingrid Larkin: “QUT is very much positioned as a university for the real world and we are always looking for opportunities for our students and our academic staff to partner on those real world initiatives.”
“Partnering with Rumbletown on this diversity and inclusion scholarship is very much a fit with QUT’s vision and we’re delighted to again be involved in 2022.”
The scholarship recipient will receive $12,000 and will complete a 16-week internship placement across Rumble’s five independent agencies.
Applications close Sunday, June 5, and the 16-week placement begins on Monday, July 25.
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