Hello Everyone!
My name is Ellen and I am currently in my final year of university
studying at Curtin. I major in Public relations and Tourism and Event
Management of which I am thoroughly enjoying!
Since year 11 at high school I have wanted to study PR and luckily enough
as soon as I started learning it I loved it. Everything about it is so
interesting to me and the assignments are never boring!
The tourism industry is also of high interest to me hence why I study it,
however PR and event management is my passion and I have very much enjoyed
starting my PR 393 internship.
I am currently completing my internship at the Western Australian Farmers
Federation. A not-for-profit organisation that
represents the voice of farmers throughout Western Australia and works towards
a more sustainable future for the agricultural industry.
The role given to me for my internship was a PR coordinator, of which I work
alongside a small team consisting of a marketing and events manager and a communications
officer. The team I work with are very friendly and I’m learning a lot from
them, one of them having actually studied at Curtin University and the other at
UWA.
With my studies focusing on events management and PR I have been given
the tasks of helping with the development of a social media strategy for an
upcoming event held by WA Farmers. With developing many social media strategies
in past uni assignments this is not something I am incapable of but rather
something I really enjoy doing and thrilled to be able to show my manager what I
can do.
My first week at WA farmers was scary and exciting, I was worried they
would have high expectations of me that I couldn't fulfill. However once I started
working on my tasks I realised this is what I love doing and this is what I’m
good at! This caused me only to be more excited for the weeks ahead of more
learning and experience. I have a lot to learn about the ways of working in PR
in a non-profit industry and I’m sure this experience will be most useful for
years down the track. This experience means a lot to me and I want to make the
most of it!
I hope everyone else is enjoying their internship and I look forward to
reading about them!
