Schools Marketing vs Communications
Hey everyone,
My first four weeks of my placement flew by so quickly and
soon my supervisor from Schools Marketing would be leaving me for bigger and
better things. She was the one who was as excited as I was when I got to start
at Scitech and really helped me get
settled into the working life there. I was sad to see her go as she taught me
so much about that department of the company, which I never knew existed.
Schools Marketing consisted of my supervisor and her
assistant (myself) and she ran a unique area which involved the schools of
Western Australia and Scitech. Her
job was to increase the amount of schools bookings the company got and she had
to go round and visit different schools to get them excited about Scitech. She got evaluations and
feedback from the teachers on how to improve the booking system and got to work
on promotion material which went out to teachers over the school year to
educate them on attending Scitech.
This is a very demanding role and I was able to assist her
with inputting data from feedback, sifting through students’ comments and voice
my opinion on the Guide for Educators and how to make it better for next year.
I got to write up briefs for different exhibits at Scitech and make this a document which teachers could go through
and understand how it facilitates the schools curriculum.
I also got to go out on a teacher presentation my supervisor
did at a primary school and watch her excite the teachers into bringing their
students to our organisation. She gave out posters, pens, stress ball brains
and other initiatives and then went and spoke to the year three class which
have been learning about dinosaurs lately (which Scitech is showcasing at the moment with their latest exhibition Explore-a-saurus). All of this made me
think more about what I want to do and if doing Public Relations in the
Education sector could be more my niche.
However now that my beloved supervisor has left, I have
moved over permanently to the job title of Communications Assistant and working
with an incredible team of women who I am very excited about. More on this
later..
Until next time,
Brooke
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