To start my first blog entry off, my name is Jarret Tan and i'm currently nearing the completion of my degree with a double major in Marketing & PR. This unit which comprises of a 20-day internship will be completed with Crime Stoppers Ltd, a non-for-profit organisation with the mission of crime prevention and detection.
My initial hunt for an internship began when I left my previous work experience with Egami and the Dine for Life team in King Street. Being a very events-orientated agency, I decided for my next work experience to be in a different field altogether. Being involved with events throughout that period, I realised that events were not my forte due to the ever increasing high expectations from sponsors and the crazy workload.
So my search for another industry began and the opportunity to work with Crime Stoppers appeared. Crime Stoppers has been operating in WA close to 20 years and nationally for 27 years. Being an established NPO (not for profit organisation), Crime Stoppers relies on government funding and community grants to help the community in providing an avenue to report crime anonymously to a police officer.
I met with Mr. Kim Harrison for an interview and finding out for the past 10 years, Crime Stoppers was helmed by an insurance salesman!- not the kind who would you expect to lead it. Mr. Harrison who has extensive PR background and was an ex-lecturer at Curtin University took over the top job of CEO not long after i applied for an internship and has planned a massive overhaul of the organisation.
I was hesitant at the start, as i'll be part of a team pioneering the new Crime Stoppers and it was just Mr. Harrison, a part time operations officer and me to kick off this ambitious goal of becoming one of the most recognised brands in WA. However, i was assured that even though i'll be thrown in the deep end during my stay here, i won't be drowning as support is close.
With my first assignment to write the first Crime Stoppers e-newsletter kicking things off, i am confident i can be the modern day batman and fight crime at the comfort of my posturepedic office chair slinging out newsletters and media releases.
Stay tuned for my next post regarding the final product of said newsletter!
2 comments:
Hey sounds fun! I am writing the e-newsletter as well for the place I am interning at, it is harder than it seems sometimes! Especially being at a publishing company everything is cross checked with the editor and any tiny grammatical mistake will be found!
"fight crime at the comfort of my posturepedic office chair slinging out newsletters and media releases." - love it.
Look forward to reading about the overhaul for the company! Fremantle Press is in the process of updating their website and that alone has taken a good year... so much work that goes into all the changes its crazy.
Anouka
Hi Anouka!
Isn't that why we do Public Relations? For our incredible attention to detail and our (almost) perfect grammar skills?
Just think of it as your company fine tuning you and making you job-ready when you graduate!
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