Internship with ASSP

Experience

Week #1 (10/07)

Officially starting my new role as the Publicist for ASSP at SPU. Although we started Fall quarter 10/30, I didn’t meet my new team until 10/07. I had only met a couple of members prior to that day due to going to the leadership conference, so meeting my partner Tista wasn’t too bad. She is sort of my supervisor and her role is being the officer of operations. So far, I think my biggest challenge is relearning how to use Canva. Most of the projects are made on Canva and the last time I actually used Canva was in 2020, since my job at the time was at Kendra Scott as a sales associate, during slow hours I would make mood boards on collections we would release. Overall, the training was simple. There’s a binder with files and tutorials and I also have a link to a folder for all ASSP. We all have access to it, except not fully because I don’t have access to a separate email that isn’t my own school email or personal,. It’s just a shared file for now. This week I worked on a student discount partnership post, we try to post one every month to showcase a new place, students get discounts on certain places near campus and we try to spread the word. For this post I was sort of given free-range to do whatever, while I don’t feel like it’s my best work, it’s practice. I also made a post for discounted tickets to the sounders game, this one I had more help with but still did it on my own. I felt confident with this one, it’s cute. (10/11, 12:30 pm)

Week #2 (10/14)

We finally established a meeting time, its every Mondays from 10:30-11:40 with Tista and Halle (Halle is the communications intern). I was told about senate on Monday evenings and it’s not mandatory but I’ll go to experience it. Today we just went though the training book together and set meet times, I also got my key to open the door if no one is in the office. I now have my key to go in whenever I need to. I got to meet other members of ASSP but we barely talk, I don’t really work with them at all but they’re still nice people. Tista and I partnered up on a post for commuter students, like myself and we want to do these kinds of posts every 2 months for more places to study on campus. Working with Tista has been very good, she’s a visual communications major and I feel like we combine our knowledge together and we do a good job. (10/14, 12pm)

Week #3 (10/21)

ASSP puts out stall talk and I haven’t finished my stack, each person gets 2 buildings and we have to put them in BOTH bathrooms it was so silly having to go into the mens bathroom. I had to make sure no one was in there and had to yell it was staff. Luckily all the ones I knocked on were empty. Tista helped me finish my stack, it’s a little less weird with a buddy. Today we teamed up on the ORCA pass borrowing from the library, we were struggling with what color to use. Tista tells me that the publicist before I came wanted to do more pictures instead of digital on the instagram posts but we have nothing to take pictures of since there’s not that many events now besides sports. I’ve noticed they have a very Canva oriented base that has been working for them. I thought I’d have to relearn how to use Adobe photoshop but haven’t needed too. I will say they don’t use Canva pro so I’m using my personal and paying for the pro features, I wanted to relearn Adobe but Canva is $15 a month and I think they are too after the student discount. (10/21 12:15pm)

Week #4 (10/28)

I’m so proud of my post for Election information, it’s probably my favorite so far. The history department sent us a DM letting us know we misspelled someone’s name but that was the info they had sent to Tista so it wasn’t our fault because we copied and pasted for that reason, we didn’t want anyone’s name being different. I’m attending Senate tonight, I already dread staying at school all day but I’ll go this one time, I think I’m going to go try Lucky Pho. The rainy days make me want soup or something warm. I’m curious to see what senate is like and what they do. We had a short meeting, we went to get coffee together and then came back, we think it’s odd I still don’t have access to the separate email that’s for ASSP, Halle doesn’t either. We let Jayla know which I’ve also only seen like twice but we make it work. (10/28, 11:45)

Week #5 (11/4)

We’re nervous for the election but trying to stay positive. A lady that is at one of the offices upstairs of the Student Union Building came down and asked if we wanted to write on the bulletin board near Academic Perks, I posted a story to our Instagram page, slowly posting actual pictures not just reposting and using digital art. Our constant Ig reposts are from Anti Up, we actually just discussed why they don’t tag us to their posts so it’s easier to repost and they don’t have to fill in a request every week. I did go to senate last week, Halle has to go because she writes the transcript so I wasn’t there on my own. They were right I didn’t have to go because I just sat there, they were voting in a new senate member but it was so awkward, at least it was to me because they go around and ask what the goals are for the week but they only ask the club members, I guess the Senate for each school. I’m unsure but that day felt so long since I was on campus from 9 am – 8:30 pm. (11/4 ,12 pm)

Week #6 (11/11)

We didn’t meet today because it was Veterans Day. On days like these I just check the direct messages on instagram and see if anyone sent us a message through there. It’s usually reposting clubs promoting their events/meetings. I drafted up a post for Friday that was sent to us by the nursing leadership on sexual assault. We didn’t have much planned for this week. (11/12, 1 pm)

Week #7 (11/18)

It’s Monday and we are so tired. Today we worked on flyers and posters for Sphere, it’s the campus social media. I’m excited because we’re not only going to do the flyers, we also want to upload a video about how to log into sphere if one hasn’t logged in yet but that’s to come because today we focused on the flyer. I learned something new on Canva today. Tista & I tag teamed our flyers, she drafted one up & I finished it, I didn’t know how to make multiple flyers in one page so it’s easier for us to print multiple one one page, but I figured it out by creating a grid post. Printing it out is on hold at the moment because we don’t have that much paper to use. Which is one thing, apparently they’ve been asking for more printing paper for ASSP but we still don’t have any, they (actual SPU staff in charge of us) kind of just let us do whatever but due to that when we actually need help, crickets. Senate is tonight but I don’t think I’ll be attending, I think they’re voting new senates in for 2 new clubs or departments. This week I want to figure out more things to do on Canva and learn more hacks. (11/08 11:50)