Placement Job Title: Press Assistant Originally from: Fleet, Hampshire Company Website – http://beautyseenpr.com LinkedIn Profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilieconradsen What are you most proud of this year? Being given a £10,000 project for one of our biggest clients, TRESemme, to manage completely by myself. It was great to be involved in the whole process, from initial ideas to the final execution. I then got… Read more » about Cecilie Conradsen, BAPR student on sandwich placement at BeautySeen PR
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Samuel Benjamin, BAMC student on sandwich placement in Spain
What has been your highlight of the year? After a year of so many highs it is difficult to pick one out, however I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of a company paid trip to Ibiza for hitting monthly targets, which was amazing. Most of the employees went and we had a great… Read more » about Samuel Benjamin, BAMC student on sandwich placement in Spain
Mariah Kalidas on sandwich placement at Carswell Gould in Southampton
Name: Mariah Kalidas Course: Public Relations Job role: Junior Account Exec Company: Carswell Gould https://carswellgould.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=nav_responsive_tab_home As Junior Account Exec at Carswell Gould, I was expected to support on all PR activities from writing press releases to media monitoring and social media scheduling. My primary responsibility was to be proactive in research, content creation… Read more » about Mariah Kalidas on sandwich placement at Carswell Gould in Southampton
Feedback from the Placement Supervisor (and BU BAPR Alum) – Niall Malone at The Football Foundation
How long have you been accepting placement students from BU, and how many do you usually employ each year? The Football Foundation’s placement year scheme started in 2010 and since then the organisation has recruited several BU grads. 2. What sort of roles are available at your company as placements? The Football Foundation’s Communications Team… Read more » about Feedback from the Placement Supervisor (and BU BAPR Alum) – Niall Malone at The Football Foundation
MAMC Li Dang – My homeland return for my placement with a slightly different ‘ME’
For my thirty-week placement, I used to think that it would feel like a long time but in a blink, I find myself now preparing for the last weeks of my placement with a heavy weight carried on my shoulders. The decision on securing a placement in Vietnam was made after a period of careful… Read more » about MAMC Li Dang – My homeland return for my placement with a slightly different ‘ME’
How I found my sandwich placement – James Thompson on BA Advertising
MY PLACEMENT & 5 TIPS TO FINALLY GETTING A PLACEMENT IF YOU ARE FINDING IT IMPOSSIBLE Initially when I started looking for my placement back in December 2014, I was sending out generic emails that showed no personality – likewise on my CV, just grades and irrelevant work experience. This then led to a situation… Read more » about How I found my sandwich placement – James Thompson on BA Advertising
Rock Shin on placement at Platinum Property Partners in Bournemouth
Where are you from? South Korea Where is your placement and what is your job title? I’m working as a Marketing Assistant at Platinum Property Partners, located in the heart of Bournemouth. Why did you choose this particular work placement? I didn’t really fully appreciate what and how a sandwich placement could impact me and… Read more » about Rock Shin on placement at Platinum Property Partners in Bournemouth
First-year advertising students get ‘lost at sea’
First-year advertising students step out of the classroom environment for a problem solving challenge on their first year unit ‘Advertising Skillset’. In the SportBU’s new studios, the students worked in small groups to choose and rank survival items they would need if ‘lost at sea’, shipwrecked and stranded on a lifeboat. Students needed to use individual… Read more » about First-year advertising students get ‘lost at sea’
Polly Harris-Saunders, advertising student on placement at Wunderman in Singapore
Placement Job Title – Account Coordinator Good things don’t come easy… well that’s what I kept telling myself. As 75% of my peers had secured a placement, I was determined to do something that excited me, rather than just confirming something so that I could stop thinking and stressing about getting a placement in time…. Read more » about Polly Harris-Saunders, advertising student on placement at Wunderman in Singapore
Placement Pals to the rescue!
Aimed to support second year CMC students currently applying for their sandwich placement experience for next year, selected final year students have been chosen as this year’s group of 2015-16 Placement Pals. After attending a training session delivered by the Placement Development Advisors and Programme Leaders, they are now working with their designated seminar groups… Read more » about Placement Pals to the rescue!