Testimonials about Global Ad & PR
Jack Gazdik
International Advertising & PR was an incredible experience for me, both personally and professionally. What I enjoyed most is that the class can be whatever you want to make of it. You pick your research topic, you find the interviews and you create your portfolio and final presentation. You also make great connections and visit world-class advertising, PR and social media agencies. If advertising and PR is your passion you’ll love these presentations.
If portfolios and presentations seem a bit daunting, never fear this class is also a lot of fun! I made a lot of great friends in the class and enjoyed the time I spent with everyone. I fell in love with the city of London. While there, you are given plenty of time to explore and I loved the freedom of that experience. It was an introduction to a whole new culture and really opened my eyes to the fact that I am a global citizen as well as an American citizen. I also met some amazing local people well I was there and it was an incredible experience getting to know London with true Londoners.
I like to think I made the most out of my experience, and I would, and already do, recommend this class and trip to anyone who is even remotely interested. You won’t regret it.
International Advertising & PR was an incredible experience for me, both personally and professionally. What I enjoyed most is that the class can be whatever you want to make of it. You pick your research topic, you find the interviews and you create your portfolio and final presentation. You also make great connections and visit world-class advertising, PR and social media agencies. If advertising and PR is your passion you’ll love these presentations.
If portfolios and presentations seem a bit daunting, never fear this class is also a lot of fun! I made a lot of great friends in the class and enjoyed the time I spent with everyone. I fell in love with the city of London. While there, you are given plenty of time to explore and I loved the freedom of that experience. It was an introduction to a whole new culture and really opened my eyes to the fact that I am a global citizen as well as an American citizen. I also met some amazing local people well I was there and it was an incredible experience getting to know London with true Londoners.
I like to think I made the most out of my experience, and I would, and already do, recommend this class and trip to anyone who is even remotely interested. You won’t regret it.
Kathryn Coduto
Taking Global Advertising and Public Relations was one of the best experiences of my college career. I’ll start by saying that being in London was wonderful, and I can hardly wait to go back. I can honestly say that I’ve never been more comfortable in such a large city. London is a truly great place with a lot of history and a lot to experience.
However, the class itself has influenced most of my career plans. I conducted research in our class that is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. In Global Ad & PR, you have to pick a specific topic to research. Your research includes interviewing people within your chosen field. As an avid music listener (and a follower of the music business itself), I chose to study music publicity and the tactics that make musicians successful in one country compared to another. I talked to a number of people involved in the music industry, including a radio salesperson, a magazine writer, a concert promotions manager and a record store manager. These people contributed to my studies and gave me the foundation for my entire project.
And that project is really what I’m going to have forever. I used my project to get an internship at Warner Bros. Records in New York City. When I was being interviewed for the internship, I was still in the class, and I explained what I was doing to the woman interviewing me. She was both intrigued and thrilled, and she wanted to know more about everything I was doing. When I arrived in New York, I shared my presentations with my supervisor and was able to put my discoveries to use in my office. I also showed other people in our office the work I had done, although none of them were even in my department! It was something that everyone wanted to know about. People wanted to know about London, of course, but my Warner Bros. cohorts really wanted to know what it was I took away from the class. I had something concrete to show them, and it only impressed them even more.
That’s not where my story ends, though. Now that I’m back in Kent, I’m beginning to work on my graduate degree in media management. I am so passionate about what I learned in Global Ad & PR that I am going to use it as the foundation for my thesis. And, even if the topic changes, I still have the research and interviewing skills that I developed in the class to guide me. You do a lot of work on your own in the class, including arranging your own interviews and finding your own subjects. I found ways to track people down that I had never thought of before (like using LinkedIn to find sources – a strategy that worked exceptionally well!). Even if you decide advertising or public relations isn’t for you, the skills themselves that you take away are invaluable. You learn so much about yourself as you conduct research, and these are lessons that you want to learn sooner than later.
Taking Global Advertising and Public Relations was one of the best experiences of my college career. I’ll start by saying that being in London was wonderful, and I can hardly wait to go back. I can honestly say that I’ve never been more comfortable in such a large city. London is a truly great place with a lot of history and a lot to experience.
However, the class itself has influenced most of my career plans. I conducted research in our class that is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. In Global Ad & PR, you have to pick a specific topic to research. Your research includes interviewing people within your chosen field. As an avid music listener (and a follower of the music business itself), I chose to study music publicity and the tactics that make musicians successful in one country compared to another. I talked to a number of people involved in the music industry, including a radio salesperson, a magazine writer, a concert promotions manager and a record store manager. These people contributed to my studies and gave me the foundation for my entire project.
And that project is really what I’m going to have forever. I used my project to get an internship at Warner Bros. Records in New York City. When I was being interviewed for the internship, I was still in the class, and I explained what I was doing to the woman interviewing me. She was both intrigued and thrilled, and she wanted to know more about everything I was doing. When I arrived in New York, I shared my presentations with my supervisor and was able to put my discoveries to use in my office. I also showed other people in our office the work I had done, although none of them were even in my department! It was something that everyone wanted to know about. People wanted to know about London, of course, but my Warner Bros. cohorts really wanted to know what it was I took away from the class. I had something concrete to show them, and it only impressed them even more.
That’s not where my story ends, though. Now that I’m back in Kent, I’m beginning to work on my graduate degree in media management. I am so passionate about what I learned in Global Ad & PR that I am going to use it as the foundation for my thesis. And, even if the topic changes, I still have the research and interviewing skills that I developed in the class to guide me. You do a lot of work on your own in the class, including arranging your own interviews and finding your own subjects. I found ways to track people down that I had never thought of before (like using LinkedIn to find sources – a strategy that worked exceptionally well!). Even if you decide advertising or public relations isn’t for you, the skills themselves that you take away are invaluable. You learn so much about yourself as you conduct research, and these are lessons that you want to learn sooner than later.
