Not another career talk. Industry Takeover connects students with the people actually doing the work — practitioners, strategists, journalists, creatives, researchers and corporate affairs professionals who can make the industry feel real, accessible and possible.
Career choices become easier to imagine when students can see the people doing the work.
Industry Takeover gives students direct access to practitioners and industry experts who share their experiences, explain the realities of their fields, and open conversations that do not always happen in the lecture hall.
It is an Eightplus initiative designed to help students and emerging professionals see where their education can take them — and meet the people shaping the field today.
From strategic communications and PR to journalism, digital, creative, corporate affairs, public affairs and research.
Because the job description rarely tells the whole story of daily industry execution.
Technical skills matter. So do judgement, curiosity, writing, research, collaboration and human understanding.
Honest conversations about entering the industry, building experience, finding opportunities and navigating early careers.
Exploring how AI, data, technology and changing media landscapes are reshaping the field.
An Industry Takeover is not a lecture with a different speaker at the front. It can be a panel, a workshop, a practical conversation, a live Q&A or a mixture of all of them.
Different career paths, different perspectives, one room.
Students ask the things they actually want to know.
A practical skill, framework or real industry problem.
Experience, portfolios, opportunities and getting started.
Because some of the best conversations happen after the session.
Students do not only need information about careers. They need context, access and people who are willing to talk honestly about what it takes to do the work.
Eightplus brought communications practitioners together with students at the University of Zambia for an open conversation about careers, industry realities and the many paths available within communications.
Corporate PR & reputation
Broadcasting & press
AI & new media
Governance & policy
Eightplus operates with a deliberately lean core team and a wider network of practitioners, specialists and collaborators. That means each Industry Takeover can bring the right voices into the room for the topic, audience and institution.
A conversation built around your students. Every Industry Takeover is shaped around the host institution, student body, academic theme and the practitioners best placed to contribute.
An introduction to the breadth of careers across communications, media, corporate affairs, public relations, digital and creative industries.
Practitioners share what their work actually involves, what they wish they had known earlier and what employers look for beyond qualifications.
A forward-looking conversation about AI, data, technology, changing audiences and the capabilities future professionals will need.
Practical guidance on building experience, developing a professional identity, finding opportunities and entering the workplace.
Focused sessions bringing specialists from sectors such as mining, finance, technology, media or creative industries into direct conversation with students.
Industry Takeover is also designed to create a record of the people, ideas and conversations shaping the next generation of professionals.
Event stories, practitioner profiles, photographs, student questions and reflections can turn each takeover into an editorial story on the Eightplus newsroom.
Selected practitioner conversations can continue beyond campus through interviews, short-form audio and future Eightplus podcast episodes.
Over time, these stories create a living record of professionals, ideas and career pathways for students, institutions and the wider industry.
Students need more than general inspiration. They need access, context and honest information. Industry Takeover is built around real practitioners and candid conversations that help students connect what they are learning with where it can take them.
For institutions, it is a practical way to bring current industry knowledge into the learning environment, strengthen professional exposure and connect students with people actively shaping the field.
Whether you represent a university, college, professional institute or learning community, we can design an Industry Takeover around your students, curriculum and objectives.