I’ll be honest, there are a lot of things PR professionals need to do that are not in the job description. Last month, one of my professors and my former supervisor from my internship, had to cover chocolate bars with a label about our school’s website going mobile. One of my friends who works as a student worker in the PR Office on campus had to make buttons to celebrate our mascot’s birthday. Today, I had to make a parental consent form to send out to schools for the Fine Arts Festival.
It’s not quite the same as the other two activities listed, but not what I was expecting. When I think of a PR profession, I think of doing things like press releases, social media, crisis control, websites, photography, and publicity. Although as I’ve been told by multiple people…this field isn’t always what it seems. I’ve been told that going into PR sometimes you’ll do thing for a company you never thought you’d do.
Muffy Lavens 