Trinity Mirror site wins top prize at Newspaper Society awards

JobsWales.co.uk has been named Best Niche Internet Site at the Newspaper Societyís Advertising and Digital Media Awards.

The prestigious awards are designed to showcase the best advertising and digital media initiatives from the regional industry and provide well-deserved recognition.

JobsWales is one of a network of local recruitment websites rolled out across the UK by Trinity Mirror earlier this year as part of the Groupís growth strategy for digital media.

New sites were also launched covering Merseyside, Cheshire, the South East, North East and Midlands, as well as a public jobs site for the North West. The sites built on two successful launches in Scotland and Wales last year.

The new launches deepen Trinity Mirrorís presence in core local markets across the UK and complement its national strength in online recruitment through its involvement in Fish4.co.uk.

The local sites offer jobseekers a high-quality job hunting service, incorporating personalisation and search functionality, designed to deliver a quick and precise job search.

Special features include daily email alerts to job-seekers, a CV matching service, featured employer profiles and job-related local news to enable candidates to stay in touch with local opportunities.

As well as the ability to promote their brands locally, the sites offer recruiters user-friendly management tools.

Kristian Welch, Digital Development Manager at the Western Mail & Echo, said: Weíve been working hard to improve our recruitment portfolio and ensure that we keep up with an ever-changing jobs marketplace.

JobsWales has been a great success since it launched earlier this year, and has allowed us to offer our customers a completely new platform that complements our print brands. We are pleased with the reaction from the marketplace and look forward to JobsWales going from strength to strength.

David Black, Trinity Mirrorís Director of Digital Media, Regionals, said: This award recognises the strength of our local proposition to consumers and advertisers.

We can offer an unbeatable combination of the leading print titles, the leading UK site in fish4jobs, plus the leading job sites locally.