Transferrable Skills

This is a short list of transferable skills that I hope to portray to employers in the future during my job search.

Representing Others
Phoenix Children’s Hospital has a delicate image to keep up and during my internship I was able to portray the image of quality and professionalism that my clients expected of me. I represented Dr. Vaughn and the Sports Medicine Program for Young Athletes, when I arranged and conducted meetings with local businesses.

Initiating New Ideas
During my internship I was head of promoting the new Sports Medicine Program. During my time I analyzed more developed sports medicine programs and developed and initiated new ideas in promoting the program, also created new promotional items to give away at events.

Teaching
During my internship at Phoenix Children’s I had the opportunity to present a case study to a Marketing class at Thunderbird High School where I lead a discussion and taught students about my own experience and listened to their ideas.

Setting and Meeting Deadlines
At Phoenix Children’s promoting Doctors and medical programs can sometimes be challenging because of their workload and limited availability. However, I was consistent in meeting my deadlines for events and meetings even when I received little notice in advance.

Identifying Problems
One of the major reasons why I was brought on to the team at Phoenix Children’s was to conduct research and find problems in the Marketing process. A new perspective, fresh from school, I was able to identify certain issues and successfully report those to my superiors.

Editing
My editing background starts back in college during my studies in Creative Writing. There are many theories in grammar that I use on a day to day basis but also realizing and implementing theories such as tone, voice and audience.

Work Now, Work Later

My ideal career choice was something in Marketing with a preferred location in Healthcare. My applied study is exactly the same as my ideal career and this is definitely something I want to be doing in the future. If I don’t get a job offer from Phoenix Children’s when I am finished I will take all of the things I have put together and bring it to a different company. I have been keeping printouts of everything that I have worked on or been a part of and put it in sheet protectors in a three ring binder. I have even been taking pictures of some of the events I have coordinated and plan on printing those out as well.

My perception has changed definitely. What are cool are all the different responsibilities that marketing asks of you but also the flexibility as well. Some weeks I might do meetings and others I might be teaching marketing at Thunderbird High School and somehow those are related. It is really fun, but don’t misunderstand me everything is a process in this industry. You start with an idea and it could take a long time for it to become any sort of substance. Honestly, I don’t know what I am not going to get out of this internship; everyday has been something new and exciting.

* Taught a Marketing class.

* Coordinated a soccer event.

* Helped coordinate a gymnastics event.

* Dressed up like Dudley the mascot, and was on Television.

* Written press releases.

* Managed meetings with possible clients/businesses to Dr. Vaughn

* Made sales calls to possible contacts and partners.

* Shared ideas with Ad Agency on issues concerning exposure/brand.

It's examples like these and many more that makes me feel like I am not just some intern but I am actually an equal part of the team.