Greetings from a Newbie
Posted by Kerri Birtch on October 14th, 2008
Well here I am. It’s taken a little while to get here, but I’ve finally landed my first job in public relations as an Account Coordinator for Thornley Fallis Communications. I’m working primarily on health industry accounts, but like everyone else around here, I pitch in on just about anything whenever I’m needed.
While I’m a total newbie to agency life, I would say I’m more of a novice in the social media world. I know a little, but I’m still learning. I’ve blogged since January of this year quite consistently and have taken to reading more than 60 or so blogs in my feed reader. I attend speaker sessions on social media and technology like Third Tuesday and Toronto Girl Geek Dinners, and I’ve slowly been building my Twitter presence. For me, it’s about baby steps; I want to learn as much as I can about one thing before moving on to the next shiny object.
All in all, I’m definitely fascinated by the intersection of new technologies and the social world that occurs when we use platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Wordpress and the likes. And of course, I’m interested in looking at the ways in which these technologies can be practically applied to public relations.
I guess maybe I’m a hybrid of sorts: a PR Girl and Geek Girl all rolled into one!
Hope you enjoy my posts.
October 31st, 2008 » 3:25 pm
Kerri,
Thank you so much for posting! I thought PR Girlz might have run its course. I hope that you’ll post here and even cross post from your other blog.
October 31st, 2008 » 5:54 pm
Well, hopefully we can bring it back. I’ve got the other girlz around here toying with the idea again, so I’ll see what I can do.
As for cross posting, we’ll see if I get gutsy enough
January 28th, 2010 » 5:24 pm
[...] My point however, is that I have come a long way. I’ve learned so much in my time here. The last 18 months have been an incredible rollarcoaster of both personal and professional proportions and everyone in this office has supported me through all of it. As a result, I’ve become more competent in my abilities and more confident in myself. I couldn’t have asked for a better place to begin what I hope is a long career in digital communications. And for a little nostalgia, check out my very first PR Girlz post. [...]