Three days into my internship and I’m actually loving it.
My main roles so far have been social media posts, including
the brainstorming of potential blog topics, editing and drafting several posts
for a medi spa and health clinic, along with writing some Facebook posts for
several different clients. I was
extremely excited when Melissa called me into her office to show me my posts
queued to be published! It was a great
feeling over the following days to see my work posted on behalf of the clients
(and consequently I have been stalking their pages to see each update). I also got to see a marketing strategy in the
final stages and contribute to some parts, with the Magnetize girls presenting
it to the client the next day with some of my work included. It was interesting to note that the format
for the strategy was indeed very similar to those we have prepared at uni - a
relief to find that I already know the basics!
As I really enjoy writing and playing with words to fit into
themes and messages, these tasks have given me a huge sense of accomplishment
knowing that my strengths are of assistance to the company. I’m very grateful to Mel and the team for giving
me jobs that are actually necessary for them, rather than slave labour jobs
like photocopying that some of my friends have unfortunately had to do. The praise for doing a great job is a mega
confidence boost, and I can feel myself improving on things already. I am also learning lots about time management
in the industry, with efficiency and attention to detail being very important
in the marketing and PR world.
Now the initial nerves have worn off, I am confident that
this industry is something I can look forward to being a part of in my future
career. Each day has led me to doing
something different, and it is so great to be told you’re good at something
by people you admire. I am really
excited for my next day (a whole week away L)
and cannot wait until I can get a proper job in the industry. I can definitely see myself as a corporate
businesswoman either in the city or areas like Subiaco – having a coffee in the
morning in a trendy café suits me very well!
Until next time. I’m
going to try and remember to ask at least one good question each day I’m there
so that I can learn even more and make the most of the Magnetize team’s
knowledge. I hope everyone is enjoying
their roles as much as I am and are learning lots!
Laura x
1 comment:
Hi Laura. Congratulations on getting published. Your job definitely looks exciting and you really do seem passionate about what you’re doing. This will take you far in your career.
I think you’re really lucky to be able to write Facebook posts for your clients. Unfortunately, the company I intern for does not want to make use of social media for reasons I can’t comprehend. This is frustrating as I feel that I cannot be as creative as I’d like to, especially since I love writing and playing with words, just like you.
On another hand, I’m also working for another organisation, where I get to write fun things on their Facebook page. I also like monitoring the success of the posts. It’s so easy nowadays. Facebook does the entire job and recently, there has been a new relevance score metric where you get to know the performance of a particular post compared to the others, on a scale of 1 to 10. For more information, you can click on this link.
I also think it’s a great progress that you can now schedule posts for a later time and these can hence be posted automatically at peak hours to reach a maximum number of people, without you actually being on Facebook.
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