This week I realized it has already been my third month with the agency, and I could not believe that time flies that quickly. I was overwhelmed with thoughts and the lessons I've learnt throughout my time here. I believe having supportive superiors in my agency helped me a lot during my course of internship with them.
My boss taught us a very important lesson during the weekly meeting that we had. She never fail to remind us that communications between us and a client should always be clear, to avoid any misunderstandings. On top of that, communications between a team is just as important. In a small agency like mine, it gets pretty hectic with the different accounts that we work with and the expectations of each client differs.
It is important that the work is delegated equally and in my case, for example, if I feel too overwhelmed with the workload, then it is my responsibility to voice out and give myself the time I need. It is also my seniors' responsibility to lighten my workload wherever they can because after all, we are a team.
The past few weeks have been busy with preparation for event launches. It was part of our responsibility to follow up with the coverage, photos, blog posts that was garnered from the event. These are a few of the many things that they don't teach us in textbooks and I feel thankful to learn from the few people that showed me the ropes of doing it well (:
As we near the dates to my last day at the agency, I looked back and thought carefully about my career prior to graduation. This experience have definitely opened up my eyes to the real PR industry. I love the people, the events, the adrenaline rush that I get from being in PR. It's also especially helpful when you are able to click with your colleagues. It makes work a little less like work and more like play.
I hope in the future I am able to be as good as my superiors, handling so many things at once and doing it well when they're on the job. I'm glad that at the end of these few months, I don't go back empty-handed. I have a suitcase full of lessons learnt to bring back home.
Thank you CROWD, for welcoming me with such open arms and for all the friendship made while I was on internship. This will not be the last time that you will hear from me. (:
Cheers,
Faizah
2 comments:
It sounds like you have had an incredible experience at CROWD.
Public relations is a great industry. It is so versatile and I understand what you mean when you said you feel the adrenaline rush from events and other pr work you have been evolved in. I felt a sense of pride in my internship work and it is a wonderfully uplifting experience!
Good luck for the future.
:)
Crowd sounds like a great place to work.
I feel the same way about many of the things you said. Good communication is critical for the success of any project. The better the communication the better the project. This is important for both in house communications and to clients, because generally the better informed people are the happier they are.
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