Here is a poster I made that could have been sent out to students and posted around the school to advertise our lecture with Tatiana and Hannah.
For the notes I took and what I learned through the presentation continue reading!
Tatiana:
- majored in PR and Advertising here at Marist
- Internships doing media planning and public relations for fashion
- she got an internship at Brooklyn PR (a fashion-based company) after taking 3 months off
- Project manager: an entry-level position where you communicate with the creative and studio teams
- Tatiana worked on multiple accounts at a time, handled a lot of emails, and had to have knowledge on many different programs, managed relationships and expectations with clients
- a job that covers a lot overall and helps keep things running smoothly
- Interview process: because Tatiana was in a different state, it started with a phone interview for 3-4 hours; talked about 5 teams; included discussion on her weaknesses, strengths, and what she can improve on; showing interest played a big part in the final decision (they don't want a robot)
- A day in the life: works from 9-6, works with a lot of different people:clients, creatives, production, interns, and more
- Office environment: very creative with a strong sense of community
- events like each team coming up with a Halloween theme, happy hour once a month, bagel Wednesdays all show how the company values coworker relationships and letting individual creativity flow
- many coworkers are friends outside of work
- Abroad experience:
- FIE program -- take courses for 7 weeks, work full-time internship the following 7 weeks
- she was not staying with British students, but lived in a school house with other students studying abroad
- the internship was where she was able to be immersed in the culture
- Advice: She was very involved at Marist
- ask professors more questions
- use Marist Alumni, professors, and students to help in getting a job
- take opportunities
- go abroad if possible
Hannah:
- Internship: interviewed with 2 people, job similar to campaign management, worked with the account team, there are internships for all the different teams
- A day in the life:
- sat through different briefs
- small jobs: powerpoints, emailing clients
- interns got their own project for Taco Bell; went through stages and presented the project
- received real feedback
- hands-on work andhelp
- was welcomed and encouraged to participate
- on Fridays, interns went home at noon
- Office environment:
- agency life is much different than other jobs
- everyone is very honest and blunt
- unique, people were open to being themselves
- you have to learn to take criticism, but people would explain why something would fail
- no cliques between teams
- fun events outside of work
- no strict dress code
- friendly atmosphere, still speaks to other interns
- Advice:
- make connections with professors, they can really help you place yourself somewhere where you enjoy the work
- wish she made it easier on herself because she was very undecided (and in the FOCUS program)
- schedule ahead of time, she took 4 online classes just to graduate on time
I found the experience with Tatiana and Hannah to be extremely helpful. I mainly found use in their descriptions of their respective jobs because I am very interested in a job in the advertising world, but I am not 100% set on a specific role. Hearing descriptions of tasks helps me place myself in a position I would enjoy. I also found Tatiana's brief description of the FIE program and her abroad experience particularly useful since that is the abroad program I am looking into utilizing.
Of course hearing about the work environment is always important and interesting, and TracyLocke sounds like a very interesting place to work.
I find it important to find a place similar to TracyLocke when it comes to environment, where they allow creativity and promote community among coworkers.
Picture of the notes I took in class:
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