All Good Things Come To An End

All good things will eventually come to an end. Yes, it’s the final day of my internship at Miri Marriott. After spending one month time here, it is time to say goodbye. This marks the last day that I will be working here. I will definitely miss this place. The smiles that greet me whenever I arrive in the morning, the daily morning briefings, the many hours spent just on media clippings and wonderful lunch breaks with my colleagues. It’ll all be part of my memories now.

Throughout this one month internship, I learnt a lot of things that was once new to me. From answering calls, to writing press releases and doing media clippings and media monitoring as well as learning a new software CorelDraw for designs of posters and banners. I enjoyed learning how to use this software. My supervisor was definitely helpful. Let me share with you some the works done by yours truly. :D

 The Borneo Baking Company (BBCo) requested me to design a poster for sales on their baked goods. This is what I have come up with. What do you think? 

This next one is a Gold Card that is to be given to all Marriott's Platinum & Gold Marriott Rewards Elite Member. 

Within this one month, I have learnt more about how PR tactics are applied in the corporate world. Make sure you stay attentive in class because I could link whatever I have learnt in class to what I experience or witnessed at work. For example, the importance of media clippings, media relations, social media monitoring and being professional at all times. As a PR person within the company, you act as the bridge of bringing all information of all departments and you need to communicate well to get things done. Working well with people is one essential tip for every PR person. So, don’t be scared to approach people and talk to them; be it the stranger sitting at the hall or strike up a conversation with your colleague during coffee breaks. Step out of your shell and meet new and interesting people.

It has been a fun and educational journey that seem to end a little too soon. For all those who are still doing your internship, have fun while you’re at it and make the best out of it. This is truly a one of a kind experience for me before I graduate in a few more months.
All the best to all of you!

“Fare thee well, and if for ever

 Still for ever fare thee well.” 
― George Gordon Byron

Till then, signing off. 

Jasmine Alyssa Epui
Miri Campus
Curtin Sarawak University
17143743

Be PRompt. Be PRecise. Be PRimarily Trustworthy and consistent in every aspect.

Holiday Greetings!

As in all things in life, there comes a point where they must end. My internship at PPR will be over this week, and with it comes new insights into the world of PR and how things work. The fact is this: PR is business. Ethically correct business, targeted and meaningful, but business nonetheless. Clients and accounts need to be managed and looked after, in the same way a balance sheet in Accounts must balance.

Value is a subjective idea, but in PR value is reputation and time. A strong reputation ensures a lengthy relationship, and in turn there is the upselling that inevitably occurs, leading to increased business.  The interpersonal aspects of PR are based on consistency, awareness, and the acts of servicing clients as if they were the most important people in the world, as is expected. This may seem out of place, but if I were to use one word to describe PR as it appears to me, that word would be ‘thoughtful.’ In the way business interlinks, in the way solutions are creative, and in the way clients are kept satisfied- the essential ‘thoughtful.’

There is a lot more I could say, but stealing away the veil that hides the experience would be a crime. So I will leave you all with this.

Be everything you can be. You have 86 400 seconds in each day to paint the stars on the sky of what will be your careers, and your life.

Farewell and good luck to you all.

Yours sincerely