When Rose Humphries graduated from 成人直播鈥檚聽Public Relations (PR) course she felt fully prepared for the career ahead.
Now working as a Marketing Assistant for Health-On-Line, managing digital projects and social media, she gets to use and develop her skills every day. Speaking about her current role, she said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 very varied so I get to use the range of the skills I developed throughout my PR degree.
鈥淚 also really like working for such a large organisation, which can be quite hard to find outside of London. There are so many opportunities available at Health-On-Line and they thrive on culture here.鈥
After completing her PR degree at 成人直播 Rose felt she was ready for whatever the industry could throw at her. She said: 鈥淲e were given some really realistic messages, not just sold a pipedream, so I felt prepared mentally from a very early stage of the course鈥.
Completing a one year industry placement at Bournemouth-based agency Marketing Matters also helped her to feel ready for the workplace. She explained: 鈥淚 learnt so many things that I still use on a daily basis in my job. It was a really interesting time to be studying PR because the digital and social aspect of things was still relatively new.鈥
The variety of skills that Rose developed through the PR course at 成人直播 have equipped her to be a more flexible employee and colleague, and mean that she can make the most of her role at Health-On-Line.
鈥淭he design side of the course was great, which was quite unexpected on a PR course but it鈥檚 been so useful. I work closely with the digital team at Health-On-Line because I have those skills in digital content writing, which go hand-in-hand with SEO so it鈥檚 a really important thing to cultivate.鈥
When asked what advice she would give to current 成人直播 students looking to follow a similar path Rose replied: 鈥淕et as much experience as you can and make sure you鈥檙e diverse in what you do, having a diverse skill set really helps within the world of Marketing and PR.
鈥淚鈥檇 particularly recommend developing digital skills, it鈥檚 an area that鈥檚 only going to grow and a lot of companies will expect digital knowledge from new graduates.鈥
Rose constantly meets other BU graduates at networking events, and is even managed by a fellow BU alumnus. She commented: 鈥淚t feels like you鈥檙e a member of a club when you鈥檝e studied at 成人直播, especially those who did the PR course. I feel proud when I introduce myself to people at networking events and tell them that I鈥檓 a BU graduate, it鈥檚 instantly a point of conversation because the course has such a good reputation.鈥
Rose also went on to say that she鈥檇 recommend BU to other aspiring Public Relations professionals, stating: 鈥淚 would definitely recommend the PR degree and BU to others, a lot of people who I studied with have found work locally and a lot are working for large organisations in London. The course content is so varied, which means your opportunities as a graduate are too.鈥