Insights from the inside @ RICE

----------------posted on behalf of Dora Thang-------------------------------

 Hello fellow interns!

I know we are all almost drawing near the end of our internships and this is only my first post. I know I’m a little late but I guess no harm playing a little catch-up!

Just a really, really short introduction. I am Dora, 21 and I am a student at Curtin Singapore. I’m close to graduating, which is this June.

From all the posts that I’ve been reading (stalking), I trust all of you been well and thoroughly enjoying your experience despite the ups and downs of the job. Well as for me, I know I am. So in this, I’ll name my series of posts as, ‘Insights from the inside @ RICE’.

 I am currently interning in a PR agency called Rice Communications, thus the name of my series of posts. The agency is situated in a quaint neighborhood, on the fringe of the Central Business District. I started my internship on the 28^th of February and am almost coming to the end of the 3-month stipulated duration.

My agency handles mostly B2B public relations work, and with a high focus in the mobile technology, pharmaceutical and mining industry. But for my internship, I did nothing of that sort (maybe just a smattering of each). I was tasked with handling the marketing and public relations bit for a film festival.

My agency took on the film festival project pro-bono, and as much as I felt that I was ‘affordable’ labour at the start, I actually realised that undertaking such a huge project on my own allowed me to explore and really learn through the mistakes that I make and the challenges that I face.

More about that in the next post, for now I’ll retreat back into my office cubicle and wrap up the day.

Warmest,
Dora Thang
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