The Ultimate Last Day!

I was really busy this morning. As soon as I got of the subway, I went to FedEx Kinkos to drop off our clip report to be printed. Thankfully yesterday I was able to email the draft press materials to the not-for-profit organization and the event producers. I got their feedback first thing in the morning and made all the edits. I created a media list and sent out the calendar listing. My boss says she will send out my press release closer to the event date in October. I sent out the distribution notice to the not-for-profit founder and the producers of the event. Then I burned a video from a DVD onto the office computer for my boss in regards to client 6.

The rest of the day I did not do anything pertaining to work, but it was fun. My boss took me and her associate out to lunch. Unfortunately my boss had to leave for a meeting before we even got the appetizer. The associate and I had lunch and chatted. She gave me a gift! I was surprised. It was a Burton Chicago tshirt and a Burton shot glass for my 21st birthday. It was so nice of her. Then in my email inbox, I noticed my boss has sent me a Lettuce Entertain You gift card. They both gave me gifts when they gave me the internship! I'm going to send them both a thank you card and something nice. Even though I didn't get a lot of experience in advertising or even public relations, they were all really nice to me and I enjoyed getting to know them. My boss said I can put her as a reference and her associate too. I hope to keep in touch with them.

I know I knocked down this internship a lot, but I guess you can't expect to get full responsibility as an intern. I was given a lot of small office jobs that help my boss and her associate do what they need to do. Though I wish I got to be more involved with the clients, and work on press material and media relations, I got to see what happens in a public relations firm. I did conclude from this internship that I don't think I want to continue with public relations, but I understand the concept and purpose of this profession.