Hey hey! Finally managed to squeeze in a little bit of time to write on my tempship! Really can't believe just like that, my time with Warner has come to an end! :-(
I started my internship with them back in March 2015. I've shared this story countless of times to my many friends so here goes... When the FMS kids had to choose which area they wanted to specialise in for internship, my first choice was radio followed by marketing. I was really passionate about radio at that time, and I was given the chance to go for an interview at SPH (either Kiss92 or ONEfm). I didn't make it through the interview so naturally I was rather unhappy. But shortly after, I received an email from Warner asking me for my portfolio etc. When I went down to their office for my interview, it wasn't an interview but more of a 'briefing' session! I was so happy because that made me realise that I actually got the job! It was really God leading the way and bringing me to a greater height! My time at Warner as an intern was really memorable, in ways good and bad. I struggled in the first half of internship because I wasn't good enough in terms of design and I wasn't meticulous enough in doing my daily reports. But I did have fun, started going for events and promos (eg. Charli XCX was my very first promo!). The second half was way better, I opened up more to my colleagues and I really felt myself being a part of the WMS fam! Having to leave at that time wasn't so hard but I was definitely sad, and so my internship ended in August 2015.
Fast forward to June 2016, I received a text from my boss Daph asking me for a favour. As I was also looking around for jobs related to my Diploma at that time (after my freak job at Taitra & long Shihlin hours), obviously I jumped on the opportunity and asked if the temp slot was available. I really believe that God's timing is perfect because the then-temp was gonna leave to start Uni so #cheryltheintern got her place back at Warner! It was really funny coming back to office as a temp, but this journey has been one hella ride! In a way, I kinda levelled up and had a hand at writing press releases, talking directly to the media & took charge of more things such as servicing music to radio. With Daph leaving WMS around early Oct, it meant that Mel was left with me & 2 other interns so I had to take on more responsibilities. But this definitely made me more confident and I've applied my school knowledge in daily work so that was awesome! With a sorta-smaller team, naturally I got closer to Mel and I could not have been more thankful for this! Got to know her better over the past few months and found out we've actually got quite a bit in common! Getting to know Rickie (1 of the interns) has also been one of the perks of tempship! She has been a close friend of mine, someone I confided in when work was such a pain in the butt at times, and just an absolute joy to work with!
Got to meet a couple of music artistes as well (MAJOR PERKSSS) this time round; Nathan Hartono, iNCH, Tegan & Sara, Birdy, Charlie Puth, Brendon Urie, Simple Plan and it all ended off with Charli XCX once again! So in a way, I guess you could say I've come full circle! Started and ended my time with WMS with Charli so the circle of Warner is complete hahaha! I'm really going to miss the vibrant environment in Warner and I don't know whether I'll find nice bosses in my future jobs... But I've really enjoyed my one year stint in this company and I'm truly very grateful to have been given the opportunity to intern here at the very beginning! Thanks Warner for all the fond memories, you'll be one of the best jobs I ever took on! #cheryltheintern signing out!
PS, I'll upload photos when I get the time, see ya!
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