THE INTERN PROFILES - REBECCA
Welcome to The Intern Profiles.
A place where we interview our interns and you can learn a little about them. Get to know who they are, what they do, their dreams, advice, and their favourite part of the job. Landing an internship whilst at university or after graduating can be tough. We’ve all been there and know how hard it can be. So we thought, why not give advice and all the tips and tricks we learnt along the way of landing your dream internship which will help propel your career.
Hello, my name is Rebecca and I have been a social media and public relations intern here at Number Nine Communications since July. To give you a bit of an insight into what it’s like at Number Nine, I thought I could share with you a bit about me, and how I came to be an intern here!
My background is in beauty, something that has always been a bit of an obsession of mine, so after finishing school it was only natural that I trained as a beauty therapist and began my career working in a spa. Having now worked in the beauty industry for nearly seven years I have been lucky enough to work with incredible brands like Clarins, Elemis, Nails Inc, Champneys, Fake Bake and many more!
Through working with these brands, I was introduced to the world of PR and was instantly fascinated with it, as it combined so many of my interests from branding, to social media, writing, communications and marketing. I decided that I wanted this to be the next step in my career and before long I had applied to study Public Relations, Media and Marketing at Canterbury Christ Church University.
What are you studying at uni?
I study Public Relations, Media and Marketing at Canterbury Christ Church University!
How did you get the internship?
At the end of my second year of University I decided that I wanted to actually start working and gaining experience in the industry so started looking for an internship. In my first year at university I had attended a workshop led by Alex the founder of Number Nine, and followed the company as I really liked the sound of it. Luckily for me, as I began my search for an internship Number Nine posted an advert for a PR and Social Media intern on their Facebook page and I instantly applied!
What do you do at Number Nine?
I have been interning for three months and I have learnt so much already. Every day is different as I am assigned different projects to work on that vary from writing content, to influencer marketing and social media interaction with various interesting and exciting clients like Assome! and Yeti & The Fox. Working here at Number Nine has given me such valuable experience and insight into the industry, something that I think will really help me through my final year of university and into my new career in PR!