Student studying Public Relations
Last Wednesday I went on a public relations university trip to London, we went to visit Splendid Communications and then visited the museum of brands. Ultimately I learnt a lot from the day, and it opened my eyes about the possibility of working in an agency. This was the first time I had visited an…
In my second year at University, I undertook a Campaign Components and Structures module in which we learnt different and unique elements to putting a campaign together. The assignments encouraged us to be creative in designing a leaflet, putting together a press conference and writing an ambush marketing pitch. The latter earned me 85 marks,…
I put off going into the world of studying PR because I though it was an extrovert's job and I identify more as an introvert. I remember my mum telling me one day that I would have to be more confident to go into that line of work, and while she was right in some…
I had a complete flashback to my Media A Level yesterday when I had a lecture on textual analysis. I don't think I've ever been so happy to see Roland Barthes be mentioned and immediately think about my old media teacher, who first introduced me to the world of media. I never thought about how…
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Earlier this week in a interview Emma Watson spoke about her true feelings around turning 30 and still being single, she opened up about how it took a long time to understand and be truly happy on her own, but that she refers to it as being "self-partnered". You could almost hear the backlash before…
It’s no surprise to anyone on here that I’m a massive fan of books. So when I got asked to represent Cygnet PR by doing some social media work for the Lincoln Book Festival, I was over the moon. The festival lasted for one week and focused on the theme ‘Victoria’. How did the work…
Over the summer of 2019 I had the privelege to undertake two opportunties within the world of PR - the first being a week work experience with Shooting Star. Shooting Star are a PR and Marketing company based in Lincoln, but with new offices in Newark, who have just celebrated their 13th year of running.…
