Bibliophile studying Public Relations
I attended the Newark Book Festival last year with Siren FM, and I never imagined that the events would take place online this year! Even so, I have loved attending two events virtually today and I have so many thoughts. I never need an excuse to discuss books or listen to people talking about books!…
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.…
In 2018, after joining the Oxfam team at Cygnet PR, I became the liasion between James, the Store Manager of Oxfam Lincoln Bookshop, and the team back at University. This meant that when it came to creating a marketing plan for the Christmas build-up on social media, I sat down with James and strategised what…
This was one of my favourite modules that I studied during my first year at University, this assignment included below was half of what I was set to do for the module. I recieved a first for this, and was proud of it for many reasons. I loved that we got to do a full…
