CIM Finance Group Membership

Marketers of financial products can take advantage of a full range of benefits and services as a member of the Finance Group, either as an individual member or within our corporate membership schemes.

Benefits include;

• Networking Opportunities - a dynamic programme of events that give you access to high profile people, ideas and strategies in marketing.
• Professional Development Events- continuous and professional development events specific to marketing in the finance industry.
• Discounts on a range of products and events - provided by the Finance Group, CIM and our partner organisations. 
• Easily accessible knowledge and opportunities to learn -  a range of information, articles and case studies, obtainable through helplines, electronic and research services. 
• Support for career and study - the provision of services to support you in your current job, obtain your next career move, or to assist you while studying.
• Communicating with fellow marketers in the finance industry - traditional and electronic services enabling organisations to engage our members on a national and international basis. 
• CIM Finance Group acknowledgment - of marketing and consultancy organisations working within the finance industry.
• Discounts for company bookings - on a range of events and activities.
• A senior marketing and HR practitioners - programme to share different practice and exchange ideas with peers across industries.

You can benefit from our activities by directly becoming a member of the Finance Group or being a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and nominating the Finance Group as your Market Interest Group.  As a member you will receive both eclectic and tangible benefits.  

Individual membership is open to those who work, study and/or marketing interests involve activities such as retail banking, credit, loans & mortgages, lending, investment, fund management, stocks & shares, venture capital, asset management, security brokering & future trading, financial transactions & processing, fundraising, and management consultancy related to these activities or finance institutions.

Unlike other finance marketing groups, membership is not exclusive to those on high incomes or to select job titles.

Benefits of individual membership include;

• Networking Opportunities - A dynamic programme of events that gives you access to high profile people, ideas and strategies in marketing, such as;
  • Summer Reception
  • Annual CSR fundraising lunch
  • Parliamentary Reception
  • Summer European Golf tournament
  • Award Dinner
    
    
• Professional Development Events - Continuous professional development events specific to marketing in the finance industry, such as;
  • Masterclasses
  • Evening seminars
  • Conferences
  • Webseminars
  • Speaker briefings
  • CIM National and regional events for general marketing topics
  
  
• Discounts on a range of products and events - Provided by the Finance Group and our partner organisations, such as discounts on;
  • Networking events run by Finance Group
  • Professional development events run by the Finance Group
  • Discounts on events run by our partners
  • Leisure weekends
  • Major sporting events
    
    
• Easily accessible knowledge and opportunities to learn;
  Finance industry specific;
  • Case studies
  • Webinars
  • Podcasts
  • Regular Finance Group newsletter
  CIM memberships also receive;
  • Comprehensive marketing portal
  • More than 4,000 company profiles
  • Discounts on bespoke desk research
  • Legal helpline
  • Award winning monthly magazine the marketer and weekly email updates
• Support for career and study
  Finance industry specific;
  
  • Provision of discussion forums and access to fellow marketers for support, ideas and mentors
  • Prestige marketing awards for individual marketers and team thereof
  • Working with employers to raise the profile of marketers within the finance industry
  • Alerting members of vacancies in marketing within the finance industry
  • Dedicated student representative and voice on academic issues
  • Liaison with academic institutions and course providers
  • Liaising with regulatory bodies and lobby organisations such as the FSA and National Consumers Council
  • Liaising with the media as a voice for marketers in the finance industry
  CIM Memberships also receive;
  • CIM membership career resources
  • Adding depth to your CV through membership acknowledgement

Simply complete an application from and submit your details.

For Finance Group membership only, click here for an application form.

For CIM membership, you can choose between full membership, affiliated, associate, fellow or chartered.  Click here for more information and application forms. 

There are two corporate membership schemes which we currently offer small, medium and large companies or organisations. Each scheme has been tailored to meet the needs of the member organisation.

Finance Market Interest Group Corporate Membership
The Finance Group’s corporate membership enables organisations to benefit by:

• Communicating to a targeted audience of marketers within the Finance Industry – at our events,electronically, on our website and in our newsletter
• Discounts for a number of staff – including group booking discounts at events
• Discounted rates on mailing to our members – inclusion of literature and information on corporate members to our members
• Acknowledgment by CIM Finance Group – to our membership and external audiences

This scheme is ideal for small and medium sized organisations and is particularly suited to Marketing Consultancies and Financial Advice organisations.

Become a corporate member of the Finance Group, by contacting Dawn Wills on 07711 067587 or emailing on Dawn.Wills@cimfinancegroup.co.uk .

CIM’s Company Connect

The CIM’s Company Connect programme brings together senior marketing and HR practitioners from member organisations to share different practice and exchange ideas with peers across industries.

It provides a number of stimulating and unique activities, exclusive to corporate members, including;

• Insight forums – candid case study presentations from senior industry practitioners
• Round Tables – private, non-competitive facilitated discussion sessions
• Benchmarking Projects – covering critical marketing and learning and development topics
• Annual Summit – annual meeting for Marketing Directors to hear case studies and viewpoints from top management at world-class organisations
• Social Events –informal networking events, from the “Shell Dinner” in spring to Champagne on the London Eye at Christmas.

This scheme is more suited to large Corporations with corporate members currently including; the Prudential, NatWest, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Capital One.

To become a corporate member

Become a company connect member of CIM, by contacting Tom Brown on 01628 427 394 or emailing on companyconnect@cim.co.uk

Alternatively, fill in the application form - http://www.cim.co.uk/mediastore/company_connect/Corporate_membership_application_form.pdf - Or Click onto http://www.cim.co.uk/AboutCim/Membership/WhyJoinAndBenefits.aspx for more information.