I’ve now passed the ten-day mark of my
internship at Mills Wilson Communication Consultants. I’ve done a myriad of
different activities, including a big research brief for one of our client
CEO’s; photo briefs, logging and captioning; a media release to send to the
local paper; a letter drop around the CBD; and also went on a bit of an
excursion to a printing factory which turned out to be incredibly interesting.
We visited the printing warehouse/factory
in Osbourne Park to learn about the different printers they have and the
advantages of each for various jobs. As I am doing a print production unit at
the moment, where we edit, format and distribute the Western Independent
newspaper – this was particularly informative for me. A particularly interesting
fact was what CMYK means: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key, as my favourite
artist James Blake has an EP called
just that! Anyway, the factory had two types of printers: offset (very large
older printers which use physical ink) and digital printers that use recyclable
aerosol cans. I found it very interesting that the old printers are still used,
as it costs around $500 just to print the templates for each job!
I’ve also been writing newsletter stories
for some of the spring newsletters Mills Wilson writes for a client who develops
housing estates. These have included community stories on Recycling Week, World
Car Free day, tips for spring cleaning, and so on.
The feedback I am receiving from the girls
in the office is proving very beneficial. I produced an event plan for the
community launch of a new estate and gave it to Jess for proof reading. I
learnt that there were a few inconsistencies in some of the different documents
I produced and I was forgetting about critical small details needed for an
event such as rubbish bins and fire extinguishers. This is something I need to
work on in future.
I have been incredibly busy juggling my
internship with my work and class commitments, but it’s been a great learning
experience so far. I hope I will be able to successfully document it all in my
report… !
