Now that I’m back up North facing the overpowering winds that Leeds unfortunately delivers, I’ve got a little bit of time to reflect on my week on placement!
By the end of the week I really felt like part of the team, I was able to use my own initiative to complete tasks and help out on other projects too. Lucy Mayo (Head of Consumer PR) asked the consumer team to write an evaluation of my skills, thought I’d share this with whoever might fancy reading it! It’s a little bit of an ego boost to be honest but it’s not that often that you get to read a review of how you work!
- Great on the phone and really confident at selling in and speaking to journalists in general
- Extremely efficient and a fast worker
- Not afraid to ask questions if she is unsure of something, which is a good thing!
- Proactive and happy to take responsibility on tasks. Has taken ownership of the Warner titles product loan system since she has been here, and picked this up where necessary throughout the week
- Confident, keen to learn and takes in information well
- Good at spotting PR opportunities and industry news in the papers
- Good writing style
- Generally she is chatty and personable and shows an avid interest in PR. She’s integrated well into the team and it would be great to have her back if she has more placement opportunities!
They’re a good team at Nelson Bostock. Bold of you to share their comments on you, too.
Hello Nat,
Glad to see you got on so well in London and your skills were recognised and commented on. I’ve just completed the first day of my placement and it was quite intense. It was also really odd to see PR from the other side, I was contacting PR practitioners and informing them about the magazine using their products. It was all rather strange but great fun either way!
Did the placement make you learn things about PR that you hadn’t realised were involved, not worded quite right but do you understand what I mean?
Also whats your opinion on my latest blog?