Professionalism
In the second half of my internship I wanted to become more professional and engage more with our agencies. I worked on a packaging re-design project for our department manager. This project also involved the preparation of a presentation to be presented by our department manager to top level management. There was a tight timeline on this project and it required a lot of professionalism and cross communication with our agencies.
I have already worked with our agencies on most of my previous projects and I was able to gain first hand experiences. I have also worked on a few presentations at university and at Bosch. However, I have not prepared a presentation for such a senior audience before.
During this project I was able to give creative input while creating the design. I worked with our agencies and was responsible for the email communication with them. Furthermore I created the social media component for the presentation as I had previous knowledge about social media.
I was able to extend my experience about working with agencies. I learned how to brief an agency in person. This is something I have not done before. Additionally I learned how to create a professional presentation and I was able to draw on what I had learned at university and during my internship so far. I never had to work with high level management before and the high quality of work that was required was a new challenge. As there has been such a tight timeline, I learned how to work under pressure and test my time management skills.
A strength I could identify during this project is my ability to perform under pressure. This is also evidenced by my time management and organisational skills. They helped me to get all tasks done when they were required and I believe that I was able to perform as required. I was also able to show attention to detail when creating the packaging design. I do however, need to improve my confidence when presenting my own ideas. I often find this very challenging and I can get very uncomfortable when being judged by others. I need to learn how to stand up for my ideas and be confident in my skills.
I believe I was able to work towards my learning goal and get more exposure to working with agencies and develop a higher level of professionalism. I was also more confident in creating the presentation as I was able to draw on the feedback from the last one.
In the future I will try to get even more experience with agencies and try and brief an agency in person myself. I will also push to be involved in more parts of the presentation, not just the ones I am comfortable with. I will try and develop a professional work approach even when I am outside my comfort zone.
I have already worked with our agencies on most of my previous projects and I was able to gain first hand experiences. I have also worked on a few presentations at university and at Bosch. However, I have not prepared a presentation for such a senior audience before.
During this project I was able to give creative input while creating the design. I worked with our agencies and was responsible for the email communication with them. Furthermore I created the social media component for the presentation as I had previous knowledge about social media.
I was able to extend my experience about working with agencies. I learned how to brief an agency in person. This is something I have not done before. Additionally I learned how to create a professional presentation and I was able to draw on what I had learned at university and during my internship so far. I never had to work with high level management before and the high quality of work that was required was a new challenge. As there has been such a tight timeline, I learned how to work under pressure and test my time management skills.
A strength I could identify during this project is my ability to perform under pressure. This is also evidenced by my time management and organisational skills. They helped me to get all tasks done when they were required and I believe that I was able to perform as required. I was also able to show attention to detail when creating the packaging design. I do however, need to improve my confidence when presenting my own ideas. I often find this very challenging and I can get very uncomfortable when being judged by others. I need to learn how to stand up for my ideas and be confident in my skills.
I believe I was able to work towards my learning goal and get more exposure to working with agencies and develop a higher level of professionalism. I was also more confident in creating the presentation as I was able to draw on the feedback from the last one.
In the future I will try to get even more experience with agencies and try and brief an agency in person myself. I will also push to be involved in more parts of the presentation, not just the ones I am comfortable with. I will try and develop a professional work approach even when I am outside my comfort zone.