My first week at work. : Ajouté le 21/6/2008 à 16:05
How can I start...My job is press relation, publicity in the area of video games. First week and I already have a significant amount of responsibility.10 minutes introduction then I started calling journalists to sell them the product. My job is to ensure that our client can be seen in medias:TV, radio, newspaper, and so on.I can sell an event to make sure journalists come or to sell a product such as a new video game. I have worked on two projects that first week:
The first one was my warm-up: to ensure that specialized websites talk about the event. Then, today(saturday) I had to receive journalists on the event. That sounds kind of cool, to say hello and to ensure that on the videos they are doing, there is the Micromania logo. Nevertheless, when the event is badly organized...you feel like you lied to those jourmalists. On the phone, you sell them the event by saying that it will be great, a new concept. Then on the event, yes the idea is good, the people involved are motivated but...the location was badly chosen and, organizers were also sellers of the shop...They were not able to manage efficiently the event. To conclude, it was just a warm-up, videos of the event will be published on internet, announcement were done on some websites...Everybody is happy.
The second one is the new activision musical video game. Activision set up a marketing plan. Basically, they want to open their target market. I have sold a new video game to youth magazines and women magazines. Believe, it is not easy to convince them. I was under pressure on that project. My direct supervisor clearly told he had too much work and that I should be 100% after a couple of days.WHAT???????? I try to do my best. One week: two projects just for me...I wanted to work: I am getting exactly what I want...
However, the good thing in that job is that at the end of day, I am able to see why I do what I do. I know what I work for.
I was supposed to work on the Canterburry budget(a rugby brand), but they do not have it yet. So maybe I will be working in the video games industry for 6 months, why not...
As a conclusion, I think that to choose a medium sized company involves a lot of responsibilty; what means that right now I am learning a lot. I hope it will remain that way. See u next week for another article.
Rapholie
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