After my first week interning for the fashion desk at The Independent I thought I'd share how my experience has been so far ...
1- Before beginning my experience I was asked to sign a contract of consent which allowed me to refuse any tasks, and also said there may be times where I may not have any jobs to do.
2- My first day was wonderful! The team which I was working with were very welcoming and eased me into my tasks as I was using a number of programmes which were new to me.
3- Although I was not paid for this experience it has been worth the forty minute daily commutes into London!
4- I previously considered myself to have a reasonable amount of knowledge about the fashion industry, but have learnt a number of new things through article research and working alongside the team.
5- I have held real responsibility in tasks such as contacting brands PRs for specific duties such as requesting samples, as well as creating schedules for press release dates.
6- I also assisted a menswear shoot in which I helped with a number of tasks.
My first week has been great and I hope my second is just as good!
Thanks for reading!
K.
