This summer I'm doing an internship in Perth Australia for their
local professional baseball team, the Perth Heat. I'll specifically be doing
marketing, but as it's a small organization I'll get to experience most of the
departments in one way or another. While mostly the American MLB owns the
league, it's still sort of a grassroots organization with a front office staff
of 6.
I arrived last Saturday after about 36
hours of travel, which ended up not being as bad as I originally thought. After
catching up on some sleep and settling in on Sunday, I headed into work Monday
morning. Right away I was given a lot of responsibility, which was nice and
gave me independence, but also a little intimidating because I'm so new and
didn't want to screw up anything. This week has mostly just been a lot of
emails and reaching out to people in the community to gain sponsorship and
increase attendance.
The office environment is really relaxed
with people wearing anything from suits to leggings and a t-shirt and the staff
are very open and easy to be around. It's a fairly young group too with the
general manager being only 29, which is nice to be around. I'm living in a
house right near the offices with the other interns and we're all either in
college or recent grads so it feels like living back in Ann Arbor. The pictures attached are of the current offices which are in trailers while they build new ones.
That's awesome your manager is so young! What are some pros and cons of having young people to work with?
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