Hey lovelies, for the two (and a bit) weeks I have been interning with InStyle magazine and as everyone seemed to enjoy my last internship posts I thought I'd carry them on throughout my current internship- I got a lot of positive feedback from my last posts which was amazing, I love that some of you like reading what I write, it makes it all the more worth it!
Ok, so, I
know on my last intern post I started by saying I was pretty much thrown in at
the deep end, well when I look back that was nothing compared to now! I could
easily go back to steaming for a lot of the day then helping out on shoot but
then I guess that wouldn't be a challenge, I definitely feel as though I'm
challenging myself with this internship, it's very intense to say the least!
But it’s all so worth it! I think it's where I've gone straight into a monthly
glossy mag from a PR internship and Ecommerce internship and you're expected to
know the basics, and more, whereas I know nothing on how magazines work! For
all of you wanting to intern, I would probably say get yourself a smaller/weekly
magazine internship before diving into a high fashion mag!
The first
week for me had it's ups and downs. I wish I could say days, but the quieter
few hours we got were the best ones, it's still really busy in the quieter
hours but the days where everything is manic are just super busy I don't know
whether to cry or just pull myself together and get on with it, which is what
I've been opting for haha.
Last week
was most definitely a challenge for me, two of the more experienced
interns who had been there for my first week had come to the end of their month’s
internship and have now left which meant it was just going to be me and a new
intern, and I was of course expected to teach the new intern everything! So it’s
far to say, I was actually crapping myself!! Haha, but that week has now come
to an end and I feel confident in being there now, I think where I knew I had
kind of be ‘the one in control’ and know what I was doing it made me just get
on with it and I managed to successfully get through the week and even better
we managed to get through tons of returns, answer all emails and the fashion
cupboard is now looking spectacular in comparison to how it had looked
previously, marvellous! Haha!
At the
moment I love being there, its tough most days with lots to do and I feel my
stress levels building up sometimes haha, but I’m just so, so grateful for the
experience of interning at Instyle, I was so lucky to get this opportunity! It
has also helped to open my eyes up to the magazine world and how it works. I'm
hoping to eventually go into magazine styling so this internship really is
perfect for me at the moment; I'm just really hoping I can keep up with the
pace! Fingers crossed!!
Also, how beautiful is my view of London on my lunch break! A-mazingggg right?
