Over my past few internship days I have been busy learning basic skills on Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and website maintenance – all vital skills for the business world!
My supervisor asked me to use Adobe InDesign in order to create Bowls WA’s Handbook and Fixture Book. The Handbook is an A5 sized book sent to all clubs in WA to distribute to its members. The Handbook contains all information about Bowls WA and what they offer, general bowls field of play rules, an event calendar, plus metropolitan and country contacts for each club and zone. The Fixture book is a pocket sized book which is also sent to all clubs in WA to distribute to its members. This book is aimed for members to keep in their bowling bags or pockets, as it gives detailed descriptions on competition field of play rules, penalties and winnings. It also gives a more detailed calendar of events.
Each of these books are created and updated over a few months; as the information is only printed once a year, thorough editing is required! My role? Add EVERYTHING to the books and edit! After receiving a quick 10 minute lesson on InDesign my supervisor let me at it! I felt very proud being left with full responsibility, however after 7 hours at a computer, scrolling through pages and pages of writing, I was going cross eyed and couldn’t wait to get home to a glass of wine! I then repeated this day 5 times over!
When I was asked to use Adobe Photoshop and update the company website, my first thoughts were, “But, I don’t know what to do!?” Once given another lesson from my supervisor, I found the process quite easy. Bowls WA uses an online program called Typo3 which allows you to easily upload photos and information to the website. I have uploaded photos, news stories, and club details. A nice easy change from the tiresome “book” work.
I hope everyone's still enjoying their internships!
Kind regards,
Lauren
3 comments:
I love using InDesign - best program ever! And you are right, we may not be graphic designers but it is important to know how to use these tools. And on another note, congratulations on the published article. It’s good to see all your hard work is paying off.
Thanks Jess! I have just put up a new blog in regards to my published article! I even include a link so you can view it in your own time :)
Hope your internship has been as rewarding as mine!
Kind regards,
Lauren
Lauren,
I am like you I have never really used Adobe InDesign or photoshop and have very little experience with website maintenance. Yet I am faced with the challenges of using these tools everyday in my internship. I have found myself spending countless hours teaching myself how to use these programs and surprisingly a big help has been YouTube.
NOTE: If anyone ever need to learn how to master a tool in photoshop not only does YouTube have the answer but they have the best tutorial to walk you through everything step by step.
Anyway back to what I was saying in Uni we are taught everything Public Relations but I think one thing we miss is the fact that we are going to be expected to go above and beyond. The role of a PR practitioner has diversified dramatically and we are now expected to be similar to Mr Gadget. We need to be able to know it all and be able to do it all.
I think the key to this is to never think we know it all and realise that there will always be more to learn and continuously make the effort to always up skill. I know that I plan to continue to keep learning long after I leave Curtin.
Jess
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