Hi, my name is Alyssa and this semester I managed to secure
an excellent opportunity working as an intern for Mills Wilson – one of the
largest PR consultancies in Perth.
Walking in on day one I had absolutely no idea what to
expect. I kept imagining worst case scenarios and felt seriously unprepared. I
doubted whether anything that I had learnt throughout my 3 years in my PR and
Marketing degree would help me in the slightest.
It turns out I was wrong.
I couldn’t believe how closely the course work coincided
with the everyday workings of a consultancy. Although a lot more time pressed
and fast paced than a Uni assignment, it was pretty much bang on what I had
expected.
As I walked in on the first day, I scanned the office to
find it was open plan and FULL of paperwork, newspapers and an entire wall of
files. Although it was a little intimidating, I couldn’t wait to get in to it.
Not really knowing what to expect in terms of what exactly
it was I would be doing I was a little apprehensive but the work was not far
from anything I had done before. I got to write up EDMs, shorts paragraphs for
client websites, short articles for client newsletters as well as a blog post
for an insurance company website and captions for photos.
The first day flew past and when the end of the day came
along I couldn’t believe how fast time had passed, I was busy all day! It just
goes to show that when everyone tells you that you never stop working as a PR
professional, it’s true! There was never a lack of work.
Leaving the office for the day I was excited to see what the
rest of the internship would bring.
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