Several weeks ago I began my professional placement within
the Marketing Department at Scitech. I was tremendously excited about this as I
have always perceived Scitech as a place that would have a fun and bubbly
working environment – I was not wrong!
I was made to feel very welcome from the get go as I was
taken around the building and introduced to all of the people that make up
Scitech and greeted enthusiastically as a new addition to the team.
I was thrown right into work as I started in the middle of
Toddlerfest which is a huge event aimed at children under 5 and brings brought
in 15 000 people across the two weeks it ran. A photographer from The Sunday
Times arrived at 10 and I assisted the girls in finding children and parents
willing to be photographed for the paper, helping the photographer to stage
shots and collecting details and quotes from those that were photographed.
I found it a little daunting to be doing this on my first
day as soon as I had arrived but afterwards I felt pleased to have been apart
of it. It was definitely a valuable experience because it allowed me to see
what it is like to work with the outside media, not only the organisation
itself.
After this it was straight onto my next task – promotions
for the next big event – Scitech After Dark. After Dark is an 18+ event run for
young adults where they can view the exhibitions and watch science and theatre
shows while enjoying food and drinks. Scitech without the kids gives the adults
a chance to interact and get involved in the learning themselves.
I was told by Sarah (my supervisor and the Communications
Manager) that I would be in charge of organising a lot of the promotions,
advertisements and social media buzz for After Dark. This was a scary thought
but after week two and four days at Scitech I am looking forward to leaving my
mark on the After Dark event. I am confident Sarah will guide me through the
areas I require assistance with as she has already been so keen to show me new
websites, programs and to let me take the reigns and try things for myself.
