Closing Post

Hi everyone!

I don't know if anyone is going to check the blog anymore so chances are that no one is going to read this post. Anyway, I really glad that I took this class. I definitely learned a lot of valuable information from working at the UT while gaining some experience. It has been a little over a week now since I interviewed with them. I think the interview process went well, and at the very least it was good experience. Even though I am a senior, I still have one more semester to complete in the fall. For this reason, I don't know if the UT is very interested in hiring me if they are looking for someone to work full time. At this time, I haven't heard anything from the UT. It sounded like everyone had a good interview experience. Has anyone heard from the UT? I figured that maybe the person they are going to hire has been informed, but maybe they haven't decided yet.

I think that this class was a great opportunity and I hope that is offered for future students. There are definitely some areas that could be improved upon, but for the first time I thought it went fairly well. I'm sure that this class will get better each year as long as it is offered. Thank you Professor Ehrich for making this class possible! I hope finals are going well for everyone.

Have a great summer vacation!

ArtWalk and Interview

Artwalk: Overall the artwalk was a great experience! It was alot different than I expected it to be. The UT did not use our ideas at there booth which was somewhat disappointing instead, they kept the same things from the year before plus the photo contest. I had fun interacting with the people who came and working with the USD students!

Interview: Interview was super short. They asked me to describe myself and my experience at the UT. I told them I already have an internship with Fox News so they pretty much new I was taken.

Working with the UT was a great experience, they help me assure that I do want to go into Media Advertising! I had a blast working with the students in the class, meet SO many amazing people! Hope everyone has a wonderful summer!!!

Interview

The interview went really well! A question I definitely need to better prepare for is "tell me about yourself" but other than that they just asked what aspects of UTSD I would be interested in working in, how i enjoyed the company and then they asked me about my resume - specially about my Telefunding experience. They were very direct and to the point with their questions - not too extensive but I was able to tell them exactly the positions I would be interested in and how I would better the company. A good experience overall.

Last Post!

Hi all,

Can't believe this class and our time at the UT is already done! It's been a great experience and I'm so happy we had the opportunity to work with a company and experience their everyday tasks and what they do. It was an interesting experience from start to finish and I felt like I gained a lot of work knowledge from this opportunity. Hope everyone did well in their interviews this week. Huge thanks to Professor Ehrich for teaching/guiding this course and getting us connected with the UT :)

That's all for now! Have a great summer everyone - you too Professor Ehrich!!

Sarah

Final Post!

This week on Monday I went in for my interview with UT San Diego. The following is a copy of the job description I sent them on Friday:

"With internet usage now being an integral part of our work at U-T San Diego, we are working to expand our use of social media as a promotion tool for our products and services. We are looking for hard working, creative individuals to be a part of our exciting, fast-paced team that is growing and changing, while still remaining San Diego’s primary source of news and information.

Our goal is to use social media to tap into a new, younger market to build upon our current subscriber base. To do this, we are looking for someone to fulfill the role of social media manager. This position will be integral in using social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter to unify our brand and the online products they offer. This position will also strive to maximize our potential in promoting brand awareness and marketing through social media channels."

I also included job descriptions, expectations etc. I had scheduled to come later on Monday (at 1 pm) instead of noon as requested due to my internship schedule in the morning. They were flexible in this, and as the last one I interviewed at around 1:30 pm. I think they may have been more casual for mine, as they realized how many juniors there were as well as seniors with jobs lined up already. They just asked me about my interest in event management, and once they realized I had a job lined up for the fall just asked me about my plans for the summer and we hung out. 

I just wanted to throw out the fact that although I have forgotten a few blog posts, I have attended all of our UT meetings, only missing the Art Walk for a prior engagement. I've enjoyed the class, and think it has lots of potential! Thank you Prof. Ehrich for organizing this :)

Final Post!

Today was the last day at UT. We had to write job descriptions then come in an interview for the job we designed! Personally, I interviewed for a paid intern position since I am a junior and still have one more year at USD. The position I designed primarily dealt with the local colleges. I wanted to work on the new college section on their website. To help create the information for students who are wanting to come to college in San Diego to be able to clearly see the differences and similarities of the main schools here. I also wanted to help with advertising different UT sponsored events and daily deals that pertain to college students at the schools. I would attended college events and give out UT related information. I also really want to learn more about Digital Marketing and Advertising and would like to learn about that from people at UT.
Dan was in charge of the interviews, I personally interviewed for him and two others. They asked me general questions about my personality and internships and jobs I have had in the past. They also went in depth about what I liked about the UT internship. I personally liked the sales rotation and told them why.
This was a great class and experience! Thanks for setting it up Prof E!

Final Week!

So our internship/the school year is coming to an end! Crazy how fast the semester went by.  A couple weekends ago, we all worked at the Little Italy Artwalk, which seemed to be a great success for the UT.  Tons of people filled the streets of Little Italy, and it showed that as parking could not be found anywhere! Haha.  I worked the first shift on Saturday.  It seemed to be a bit slower at first, but as time went by and it got closer to lunch time more people began to stop by the booth to spin for prizes and take funny photos in front of the backdrop.  I think for next year if they do the photo idea again they need to have some sort of sign that says that the picture taking is free/make sure people say that it is.  I know many people I talked to thought you had to pay.  Other than that it seemed to turn out well and it was nice to see many of our ideas implemented into the event!

This past Monday I had my interview.  It was nice to talk with them about the internship as a whole as well as have the opportunity to interview for a job position.  I don’t know when we will find out what happens next, but I cant wait.  Though some things did go differently than I thought for this class, I really enjoyed taking it and think that it is beneficial for everyone to take, just for the experience alone.  Its was great to work in so many departments and being able to put the UT on your resume is not something everyone can do.  I'm looking forward to hearing from the UT team, as many of you all are too… Hope you all have a great summer and CONGRATS to everyone that is graduating!  :) :)

Final Post

This was our last week at the UT. On Monday my group went through interviews. It was a good experience being interviewed by a panel. I am really grateful for the experience of working at the UT this semester. It has provided a lot of insight into working for a larger, well established company.

Good luck to all of the graduating seniors!!

Final Blog!

I cannot believe this will be our last post! 

Looking back on the semester, I am so glad I took this class. The experience was very valuable in many ways, most of which we discussed in class. While the UT was not always that organized, they did a great job considering there were so many of us. I think it was also great experience in dealing with work situations that are not always perfect. This was the perfect class to take as a graduating senior. It got me excited to work, and provided me a class that I was able to be fully engaged in as a senior. 

I cant wait to hear about the interviews! 

Thanks for a great semester everyone! 

Resume & Job Description

Final Preparation Week

Sorry I forgot to post last week!

Last week we met and were given promotional materials for the Art Walk. I posted them in our residence halls on campus, and also put out a couple Facebook posts for the event. Although I was not able to attend as I was out of town for a family event, I hope the event went well.

This week we are preparing for our interviews. I sent my job description to Dan- the template he gave us was very helpful. I will be going in on Monday afternoon to complete my interview.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Almost final week

Hello!

This week started calmer, since we didn't have to go to the UTSD offices on monday and instead went to class and talked about our experience in the UT and our opinions of the class. I felt that all of us liked the experience of working for a real company and have taken a lot of positive things from our stay, but at the same time, are also a little bit disappointed about the little planning and organization that the company has had during this semester.

Dan has sent us an email with our next homework. We have to develop a job description of our "ideal" position in the UT San Diego for next friday. He has sent us a template on which he wants us to base our description. Next week, we will all be interviewed regarding our job descriptions and we must explain them why we believe this is the perfect position for us.

Although not everyone will be interested in conducting the interviews, I do think it is something worth doing, especially because rejecting a job interview nowadays when the economy is not as good as it used to, is not a good idea. This experience will definitely help us practice our interview skills and be better in this aspect.

Next week is the last one! The semester has just flied through...!!

Art Walk Recap

I worked Saturday morning, and I must say, the art walk itself was a really neat event. I enjoyed the opportunity to stroll around and admire some of the great art local artists were displaying. For our actual booth, it was really fun interacting with the people who passed by. Their enthusiasm when spinning the prize wheel was very entertaining. One lady got so into it that that wheel broke off its stand and fell off the table!
The backdrop that they put up featured a collage of various submissions for the Show us Your San Diego Contest. Most of the people declined our offer to take their picture, but the ones who did seemed to have fun posing with the props (stick on mustaches, giant sunglasses, leis, and beach balls).
My biggest complaint is how weak the booth felt compared to what we had originally envisioned. When we presented at UT back in March, I was under the impression they were going to follow through with our ideas and really make the booth something special. Instead, they seemed to do what was easier and only do the contest while leaving everything else the same as previous years.

Art Walk

I worked the morning shift on Saturday for the ArtWalk this past weekend. I have never been to this event so it was cool to see it for the first time. There were a lot of us working the Saturday morning shift, and overall I had a good time. I was surprised that there was only one U-T employee working during our shift. I did not know they were relying on us so much for this event. At first things were a little hectic, but it got better as the day went on. I felt like they didn't give us a lot of direction as far as what was expected of us. For example, I thought they would be trying to get people to sign up for subscriptions during the ArtWalk, but all we did was try and collect emails. There was only one iPad at the event to collect the emails, and I felt this was inefficient. Many of the people waiting in line to spin the prize wheel would leave because it took so long to move people through the line during busier times. I also felt like the U-T booth wasn't as attractive as it could have been. The U-T backdrop used to take the pictures turned out really well and attracted many people to the booth, but other than that the booth was plain. I think it could have displayed some more artwork or something could have beed done to make the booth more attractive.

Overall, the event was fun and I enjoyed walking around a little bit after my shift ended. I knew there was a lot of people who were going to attend, but I was still surprised at how many people came. I interacted with a lot of the people in attendance because for a good part of my shift I was trying to collect peoples emails so that they could spin the prize wheel. There was some rejection, but a lot of people found the prizes cool enough to give up their email.

It seems that there is only one more thing left on the agenda for the semester. All we have to do now is write a job description and interview with the U-T and they will decided who will be offered a job. I will see you all in class soon.

Art Walk

The Art Walk was a very cool event! The UT banner turned out great, everyone loved taking pictures with it and the props. While I was at the event I helped get people to come to the booth and take pictures, especially families with kids! Next I worked on walking around with the I Pad getting peoples emails to sign up for the daily deals! This had a good amount of rejection but I still got a good amount of emails. Finally I worked the spin wheel and gave out the take away prizes and the entries. I think the booth was a success and that everything went smooth! Good work everyone!

This weekend was the artwalk!! I got to go help during the first shift on saturday, from 11 to 2 in the morning. The artwalk was very nice, I loved it. There were people all over the place, the weather was very nice and so was the ambiance. I'm very glad I went.

At the UT booth, we were actually a lot of us. We were in charge of having people sign up to receive the UT San Diego online emails. Once they did that, they were allowed to spin the "prize wheel" . If they got a color, they could get to pick anything from the table in the booth (pens, balls, tatoos, etc.). There were also three possibilities of getting into a contest to win tickets for either a Padres game, a Cirque del Soleil show or a Sushi menu.

The public who attended the booth were actually quite happy and engaged with our activites. They could aslo have the change to get a picture taken with a background frame composed of a series of pictures of San Diego. There were necklesses and sunglasses, among others, to make the picture funnier.

We also tried to explain the people what UTSD is and respresents, and I think we did a good job overall.

See you this week!!

UTSD

This week is the last before the big art walk event. I'm very excited to see UTSD's marketing and promotion strategies in action. They requested us this week to write down our ideal job if we did decide to work at the Union Tribune and bring in our resume to prepare for a mock interview. This will be amazing practice for how a real interview with a company would proceed. I very much enjoyed our most recent project of revamping an area of the website, so having a sort of research and developement job for the company with promoting events and nightlife would be ideal if I did decide to work there. Understanding how social media is carefully constructed to capture the consumer's attention is something that fascinates me because they become highly involved with the company through online channels without even noticing. It's made me very conscious of seeing what works and what doesnt with a website and attracting cliental (especially seeing the Discover SD sight in the beginning of the year and now how much it has changed.) Looking forward to the art walk this weekend!

TJ's Artwalk Week 1 of 2

Hello! We got today off since we are going to have to work a shift at the ArtWalk this weekend, and I'm excited to finally see how the event plays out. Many of our collaborative ideas have been implemented during the preparation stage and I'm hoping that the fruits of our labor will be evident during the weekend! I also look forward to the event because I'll be able to get some 1 on 1 interaction with the managers who will be running it, since I'm the only student who signed up for the saturday evening time slot (this may or may not have been on purpose :)). I'm also hoping this means there will be less downtime and standing around as I look forward to being heavily involved with the execution of the event. Below is the promotional package they gave us:

Part 2 coming right after the event! Check back soon!

-TJ

4/25/2012

It was another shore week at the UT. We all signed up for the shift that we want to do at the San Diego art walk and talked about our duties to drive potential customers to the table by going out and finding them. I'm going to be doing the morning shift on Saturday, I'm pretty sure it will be a fun time ! 
also we have to write our perfect job description for what we would want to do at the UT. I'm having a hard time trying to decide what i liked the most  because every section appealed to me in different ways. After we write these job descriptions we will have to interview which I'm not worried about at all, because we have spent enough time around the UT employees for me to feel comfortable talking with them. well hope to see you guys at the art walk ! have a great week

Week 11

This was another short week at the UT. On Monday we met on the 5th floor and got briefed on the Little Italy Art Walk this weekend. We're each going to work a three hour shift and get to interact with potential customers.

Dan also explained our final project. I think it'll be a great opportunity for us to explain to them where we see ourselves fitting in at the UT and the potential long-term role we could have in the company.