Wednesday, June 3, 2015

A Part of the Bunch


As the semester draws to a close I think its time to look nack at my time with the YB team.
I’m very fortunate to be completely thrown in the deep end. My time at Yellowbanana begun with meeting the creator and CEO for a job interview, and it was just as scary as if I was going for a full time position. Thankfully Jess is such a kind person and mentor.

I admit that I felt a huge pressure on me when Jess informed me of her very personal reasoning for creating the site and that I had to do well for her. But Jess was all encouragement and approval. Then I got to meet the rest of the team.

Monday morning at 9 am in a little café in the city. I decided to turn up on my own a few minutes early so I could be ready for anything. Turns out that the person I sat next to was in fact the marketing director of the company. I was completely through in the deep end with t whole team together but I felt welcome to the team with smiles and happy faces.

I feel that because it’s a start-up company there is even more pressure to do well. Because if I under performed the whole company would be affected. Realising this I didn’t think I have worked harder for someone else in my life and have been rewarded for my efforts. I feel like I am now a part of something great, a new company which I believe will be successful.

Through the last five months we have had our ups and down from no one turning up to our focus group to creating a full PR plan and running in the Run for a Reason the website is up and running. We can’t slow down now, its go time if anyone of the team let’s slip we could go backwards.


I have gained so much from working at Yellowbanana.com and looking forward to seeing where it will take me. with such an amazing team for support and encouragement I am excited to continue working for. 

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

It sounds like you have had a great time at your internship Hannah. I felt the same way when i was starting my internship, working for a small business means that all of your inputs and work are noticed and you have to make sure that everything is triple checked and perfect otherwise it can affect the other team members.

Working on Run For A Reason must have been so exciting! it is sad that the internship has come to an end but sounds like you have had so many great experiences to look back on. Its great feeling to be part of a team and gain relationships in the PR industry.

Good luck for your report and for your future career endeavours.