Life’s an experience, that includes my life of an intern. The motto of my internship company. This has also become the motto of my NOC internship journey thus far. Just like how Pivot aims to craft impactful, creative and memorable experiences that their target audience will remember, as an intern, I want to make my experiences as extraordinary as possible. I feel super fortunate because I have two very bubbly and helpful seniors, Chesna and Yun Wei who are also working in the same company. They really helped a lot with my transition into the intern-life and my experience would really be very different without them. What would a day at work be like? Pivot is an Events Management and Public Relations company and given that said, we work closely with clients all over China, especially in Shanghai. This means that our work routine will depend largely on our clients’ demand. When I just started out during September, it was the ‘non-peak’ or ‘down’ period, so I was pretty free at work. I had time to pace the tasks given to me and work was very manageable. For that period, to be honest, I was taking at least a 2 hours lunch break. However, as the festive seasons are arriving, more work needs to be done. We have more clients contacting us up, more brainstorming sessions, more proposals to craft, more pitches to attend and more events to organise. But I’m enjoying it all. We interns and the full-timers exchanging ideas freely in an open-concept office. Boss’ office. The photo portraits she puts up on her wall definitely reminds me of home :’) First experience for me, to be out of office to meet our dear clients on the 92th storey. #WhatShanghaireallyshouldbelike What's an event company without TONS OF EVENTS? HSBC Sponsored Golf Championship Event One week away from the main city to be on-site @ SheShan Golf Club. First on-site event for me and it was an unforgettable experience. Experienced a little cultural shock, because free gifts are given during the event. But I’m glad I learnt how to handle them and I feel like my patience level gone up..... WELLBEING FESTIVAL Saturday event held at this special hide-out called ‘The Living Room’. Spent half of my Saturday here as a media guest to know more potential clients/sponsors as well as to be a learner of course! Got many insights about health and food. Ask me about them! I'm very happy I don't have to sit in the office for 8 hours straight but have a chance to wander out of my office, to various events. I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING MORE PROPOSALS COME ALIVE!^^ “We recognize this important connection and exercise our expertise in integrating public relations, event management and progressive marketing strategies – in one seamless solution – to bring your brand to greater heights.” (Pivot-marketing) I hope I will grow along with my intern company to a whole new height. This one year internship will certainly shape me into someone more experienced, skilful in my field of study (marketing) and most importantly, someone who will never stop learning.
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申城 (shen cheng) is an ancient name for Shanghai.
As a group of NUS and NOC students who are in Shanghai for a year-long internship programme, we have named our student organisation as SHEN (Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs). Archives
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