Journal 31

My job shadowing experience was actually really fun. I did not expect to have as good of a time as I did. I job shadowed at a marketing and advertising agency. When I got there, I was immediately greeted by the friendly secretary. Then Wally Hamlin, the CEO, and the vice president greeted me just as friendly. I was immediately taken to the conference room with three other girls from my school who were also joining me on my job shadowing experience. Wally talked to us for a few minutes until one of the employees, Kari, took over. She showed us some of the work she did and then we got to participate in an actual focus group. We all went to separate rooms and got on separate computers. It was fun. After that, we got a tour of the office and met everyone there. They all seemed like really fun, nice people. I went with one other girl, Kirsten, to the account manager. She then gave us one of her projects for the day and let us do it with little help from her. She gave us a big poster and the things the company wanted to make a table display advertisement. It was very fun and exciting, and after we got our basic ideas she showed us the program she used to share it with everyone in the office so the graphic designers would have access to make it come to life. We then went to the graphic designer area and Sarah made our display come to life. Using a program called InDesign, she put all of our ideas to use. It was really cool to see! She then printed it out and gave it back to the account manager so she could approve it. Our display was actually going to be used! It was a really great experience. We then met in the conference room again. Wally told us some encouragement for our future and walked us through how he thinks we should continue in our life. It was really encouraging and exciting to hear him speak. At the very end, he said that in four years, or after we graduate college, to give him a call if we need any help. The office was a really great atmosphere and I had a great time. Marketing is definitely something I may be interested in in the future.