PR Intern in the Marketing Department Review

It gave me invaluable insight into the music industry and I came out of it with sound knowledge about the "real" world. It has also made me realised how big the Universal network is. I knew it was the biggest label in the world, but I never knew how much power it really has until I had acces to their intranet and saw the global campaigns and priority artists that had to be promoted all over the world.

They were lovely but I did feel under-estimated when it came to actual work. I felt at times that they were being quite reluctant to new campaign ideas and initiatives. It is, however, understandable that they wouldn't want to try new things coming from a student, as they were the ones with the experience.

All the tasks I have been set were clearly explained and whenever I needed support, all I had to do was pick up the phone and ask.

It was very relaxed and for the first wekk they let me look at all the company documents and research to familiarise myself with what Universal is all about. I loved it! and then I had the days when I would be set tasks that had to be completed by a certain time. It was a little stressful, but overall, they gave me full flexibility and I could even do the work at home at times.

I had very little responsibility overall, which was probably due to my status as a student. They had never had an intern before so they didn't really know what to expect.

I didn't get to do much of the actual PR work, as the term "PR" seems to mean something completely different in Romania. But, as I said, I have learnt a lot about the industry and the resources available were very eye-opening.

It was rather quite and I was assigned a desk where space was free so I ended up with the Digital team, which I had nothing to do with in terms of tasks. But everyone in the office was very friendly, yet very focused and stressed about the coming up events. After all, it is a record label - things can get pretty intense.

As I said, I was the only intern they ever had so they were as confused about the internship as I was, but we worked it out in the end.

There was no training available.

It has put me off working for a big record label in general, as it would be a very very long route to get to an half-decent position within the company. But if you're the kind of person that doesn't mind always having a boss and is not very bothered about the slow promotion process, than one of the Big Four is definitely for you.

I had no one in the same position as me.

I stayed at my brother's, who lives in central Bucharest. He paid for everything so I don't have a clue :)

Brilliant! Bucharest is a lovely city, especially the old city.

I knew no one so I didn't even look at aything.