The company I interned for was R Entertainment. They are a production company specializing in booking artists for casinos, culinary events and managing tours (comedy, concerts, etc). As an intern I did a lot of behind the scenes work, as well as work day-of. For example, my biggest project was with Channel Eight and their 'Check, Please! Festival at CityScape.' It was my job to call all the restaurants featured on the show to get them to participate. I made spreadsheets of who we contacted and what forms we needed form them, acted as a liaison between the restaurants and the company and answered any questions they had, as well as help with set up, clean up, and anything in between on the day of the festival. This even included calling and running to 3 different Target stores and Ikea to look for a grill pan for a picky chef! Many day-of activities they asked us to do were making sure chefs or artists or bands had everything they needed, making sure they were on time for their appearances, numbering 1,000+ seats for concerts, or coordinating where vendors were set up.
In case anyone is interested, here's a link to their website :)
http://r-entertainment.com/
And if you read this before September 15th, you should vote for the Check, Please! festival in the "best culinary festival" category for the Phoenix New Times!
http://readerschoice.phoenixnewtimes.com/
Hey Natalia, I like the way you give us the details of your internship. It sounds really and fun. Hope you can learn a lot!!
ReplyDeleteEvent planning is one of the most stressful jobs there is because you can only do so much pre-planning. As you said in your blog, much of the work has to be done the day-of, which can create for a hurried and stressful environment. However, when the event goes as planned and there are no major disruptions, it can be very gratifying work - enjoy!
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