First placement

My first placement is at Heart FM and I started in July. For three months I will be working in the sales and marketing team at Heart. This placement is unpaid but the plus side is that I live at home so expenses are to a minimum but I do have a part time job on the weekends.

Heart radio is the most popular radio brand in commercial radio which consists of 18 stations across the UK, reaching over 6.7 million people every week.

My first day of course which most students first days will consist of was paper work, a tour of the building, meeting and greeting of people in the office and how the software and computers work.

So my first day I felt nervous, I didn't know what to expect both for work that I would be doing and what the people would be like. Of course at Heart they are lovely, everyone was really welcoming and helpful and still are.

In that first week I was given the task of writing a newsletter for their business clients for each area in Devon in total five different newsletters. In order to do this I had to contact and get information from the majority of the office. Since then I have made a presentation to be shown on the reception television, more newsletters, special event emails to be sent to clients and much more but I won't bore you too much today.

Working at Heart is interesting, I hear all the 'backstage' information on events and promotions, I get to see celebs come in to do voice over's, I was shown how the studios work and if your lucky enough to be a chosen one like I was you get to star in an airtime advert.

Working 9-5 or in my case 8-4, 5 days a week is a shock for us students, try to get early nights. It sounds boring but it does help and you will probably find your self wanting to go bed earlier than normal.

Don't be afraid to ask questions, if you don't know something then ask you are there to learn as well as work.

I will write again with more of what I am doing but for now I shall goodbye :)

Happy blogging,

Hannah