Pumpkin toast, beef tartare, white truffle clam, Buche de Noel, and the list goes on… If you are already drooling a little bit now, let me fill you in on more details about hospitality PR.
Congrats! You just landed the perfect social media internship! The company loves that when it comes to social media, you are young and “in the know,” and they put you in charge of posting content. The only problem is you only work twice a week and they want you to post on social media every single day. What do you do? You can take time out of your days off to post OR you can schedule your social media posts. The following are the tools that save me time and make my boss happy. Continue reading
By: Ran Xu
Often times, we hear people say “oh my god, I love fashion PR, I must do that” or “I hate doing sports PR, no-no.” The simple truth is that you will never know what you really like unless you experience it yourself. That’s why we need internships to help us figure out the discrepancy between our imagination and actual real-world scenarios. Even more importantly, we need them to decide whether we are comfortable with the workplace culture, environment, responsibilities and many other elements that are all far beyond the fancy charade of working in public relations.
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By: Justine Saquilayan
You don’t usually think about what happens after the caps are tossed to the sky and the camera-wielding commencement crowds are dispersed. My naiveté once led me to believe that time came to a standstill after the last course final, a preconception that was swiftly crushed this summer as I explored the ins-and-outs of working as a Communications Specialist in the world of academia.
By: Ian Junwei Gu
As a public relations intern, you may sometimes find yourself sitting in the office and feeling like you aren’t doing anything all that important for the day. Maybe you feel like you’re wasting your time and learning little from the internship? Then maybe it is time to figure out how to maximize your internship.
Throughout my summer internship at Illume Public Relations, an agency specializing in digital media and consumer tech, I have enjoyed the intense and fast-paced working experience with my team. Still, at times I did not have a specific task to do, and the last thing I wanted to do was kill my time by just sitting there scrolling through my Twitter and Instagram streams. Therefore, I came up with several approaches to keep myself busy and maximize the experience.
1) Always Ask
First and foremost, you can always ask your supervisor or co-workers to see if there is anything you can help with. Sometimes your supervisor assumes that you are working on something so they wont assign you another task, especially when you report to a team rather than a specific person. It’s highly likely that everyone might think someone else has given you work.
By: Laura Johnson
This summer I had the pleasure of working at the largest public relations agency in the world, Edelman. During my 13-week experience at the Los Angeles office, I learned the ins and outs of being successful in the PR industry. Continue reading
By: Sha-Lene Pung
You know what they say: everything’s bigger in Texas, from the size of your chicken fried steak to the size of the roads, cars and homes. Likewise, my summer internship at Pierpont Communications in Austin, Texas has been nothing short of hugely rewarding. Continue reading
In our second blog post for “Adventures Abroad,” second-year SPR student and TriSight member Jessie Strobel writes about her experiences interning across the pond in London.
While we’re positive all TriSight members are doing great things over the summer, the e-board thought it would be great to hear from our members who are interning abroad this summer. Although any internship is sure to bring a plethora of new experiences, our excitement for members who are taking their mission to find new learning opportunities abroad couldn’t be any stronger. This week, Taryn Goscinski, a second-year SPR student, shares her experiences interning in Cape Town, South Africa.
