Saturday, March 15, 2014

Week 1 of Internships--Piper Davis

I work for a Redkite PR, a public relations firm that promotes brands, restaurants, people, etc. They work with lifestyles: mainly food and drink.

My first week of internships drastically improved over the course of the week. My coworkers are amazing. I work with four women: Shelley, Jessica, Sarah, and Hannah.  I spent Monday feeling confused and unhelpful. The first day was stressful, but they were very kind and accommodating.  I had to make tons of phone calls and do "clippings." Jessica basically taught me everything. The day seemed to go by very slowly, and I had no clue what I was doing. 

The next two days went well. Tuesday I spent do mailing and coverage reports on the Roux family. Albert Roux and his son, Michel Roux Jr, are both very accomplished chefs. My job is to write a short summary on every article that is printed about them. Needless to say, that takes some time. On Wednesday, Jessica and I got to package Maison Blanc easter cupcakes to send to various people. They were so adorable! I really wanted to eat one, but there were no extras.



Thursday I had a lot of coverage to do on Michel Roux Jr because he left the BBC TV show MasterChef (similiar to Top Chef in America). I hope one day I can meet one of the Rouxs. They seem like very interesting people. Thursday was very sunny, so I got to go outside and walk around for 30 minutes. It was great! When I came back, Shelley told me to call about twenty 5-star hotels in central London and get the names of their head concierges. It's awesome Redkite works with such high-class people and businesses.


Friday was fun! Jessica's birthday is Sunday, so we all went out for lunch. Shelley (Jessica's mom/my boss) insisted on paying for mine. That was very sweet of her. When we got back from lunch, I had to do more coverage reports and mailing. I would call my first week of internships a success, although I'm missing home a lot. 

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