Week 8: Friday

I've had another really enjoyable day. I finished editing the vox pops videos for Debby and wrote up a summary for her. I've been doing lots of helping work with Saya: creating IPMAs and studio job sheets for advertisements that are running next week. She has been really good, taking the time to explain things to me and teach me about the process.

I scored some coffee mugs, tea pots and milk jugs that Debz was getting rid of, the flat will love me.

It's sad to leave, but I have a feeling I will be back at some stage.

Off to Taupo tonight to do the 100km Oxfam trailwalk!

Week 8: Thursday

Another really good day. The morning I spent at my old workplaces (Datacom and YouthLaw) doing vox pops research for Debby. I got into the office around lunchtime and went over the footage, pulled out the good bits and started to formulate insights about the brand.

Saya explained to me how to read a media schedule and fill out an IPMA form. I did an IPMA and also burned some TVCs onto CD for her. It was good to be able to help her out as she has been busy lately.

Worked late, but still feeling good. This week has gone really well.

Week 8: Wednesday

I spent the morning at Unitec for my internship paper and also helping Joce with her thesis. It was time that was much needed and I'm coming under a bit of pressure to achieve in both my academic as well as professional life.

My work for Saatchi & Saatchi in the afternoon involved walking around town asking people on the street about their perceptions of home electronic brands and recording their answers on video camera. It was good to begin with, despite the majority of people who would decline the short interview. I managed to get around 8 responses and they gave me some good insight into the brand that I was researching. However, I only got 8 minutes of footage in the 3-4 hours I was on the street. Tomorrow, I've offered to visit my previous workplaces (YouthLaw & Datacom) to get some better and longer responses. I'm back at the office now, but having issues continuing my desk research due to the internet sites not working properly. I'm going to head home to finish it off.

Quite tired, but still good :)

Week 8: Tuesday

Today was good, but not as good as yesterday. I'd had such a good sleep staying at nana's house and I really didn't feel like getting up early to get in to work. I ended up getting in at 9:30am, which was anonying because I like to get in earlier to get on top of things. I had arranged with Debby to spend a day doing desk and outdoor research, but Daniel asked me to do an urgent stock photo job instead. I spent the day trawling through photos of different cities, which was actually quite enjoyable; and he promised beer which is always a good motivator. The photos gave me the travel bug though! In the arvo I caught up with Debby to go over the work I'll be doing for her. I really appreciated that she had material to back up what she was asking me to do (powerpoints and written notes) and spent the time going over it with me. All too often in the workplace people seem too busy to ask questions or even fully explain what they are asking you to do. I'm going out tomorrow with video camera to record some consumer insights for a brand she's working on. I always enjoy getting out of the office and actually "doing" something, it's good to get away from the computer and air conditioning for a bit. Yay!