It is the last week of my spring internship, and it went by so fast. I’ve learned so much with my current bosses, and I hope I continue to learn and take on better values for the career I will land in. For my last week, I will be doing a bunch of writing and submissions. One of the obvious assignments will be starting my internship report. Today is Wednesday, and I plan on writing a rough draft today and tomorrow so that Friday I can edit and submit it without any hassles. Besides the internship final report, I will be working on copywriting for an article. I don’t think it will take me too long to knock out those assignments. I have completed an assignment similar to it. 

I have also managed to complete my certification in digital marketing. I feel like I need more teaching for SEO, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, and perhaps a little bit of Facebook Marketing. Social media is so ever-changing so I think I will need to continue learning or being taught about the materials. Next week will be my last evaluation before officially ending the spring semester internship. I am looking forward to what the summer and fall semesters will have in store for me internships or even job-wise. I plan and will graduate in December 2023, so having this amount of work experience

Yesterday, I had my last conference with the internship coordinator to discuss the semester’s final stages of the internship. I have one week left for this internship and am excited about that. This semester went by really quickly. I have so many finals and presentations to submit by the end of the semester. This week, I am working on crafting media lists and revising press releases. Crafting media lists are documents where you will create and submit a pitch for the client you represent. In my final report, I may discuss the topic more, but you are simply presenting the product that wants to be sold or branded by different outlets. I think pitches are so versatile. Pitches can be created by emails, media lists, or submissions.

The two press releases that I will be working on will possibly be my last press releases for the semester. Press releases can be hard yet very easy. It is easy because once you know the targeted audience, the client’s backstory, and the actual product you will be able to write the document. I think what makes press releases hard is coming up with the flow of the writing. You don’t want it to be straight to the point or boring. I think that’s what a cold email is for. Press releases are supposed to be persuasive and engaging to be the product or present the client being represented in a positive light.

This week, my intern bosses gave me assignments over talk topics and research tasks. I like researching because it is fairly easy and you’re inputting information on spreadsheets. The talk topics are easier to complete than when I first started as well. At first, when I was creating talk topics, I was creating public relations strategies. PR strategies are ideas that will make your brand and social media look great. It will also bring you publicity and profit. I also have to create captions to be posted on the social media page. Creating captions has helped me understand certain gimmicks of technology. Beforehand, I didn’t know as much about Instagram and Facebook, and I have had the apps for years. Now I feel like I have a better understanding of it.

I feel like these next few weeks will be going by smoothly. Other than continuing the internship tasks, I will be trying to finish the digital marketing certification that my bosses are letting me have. I think that will make my resume look nice. I will be starting on my final report for the internship possibly next Thursday. It will be after my last meeting, and I will have plenty of time to gather the information needed to complete the report.