When Rose Humphries graduated from 色花堂鈥檚聽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 色花堂 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 色花堂 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 色花堂 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 色花堂 graduates at networking events, and is even managed by a fellow 色花堂 alumnus. She commented: 鈥淚t feels like you鈥檙e a member of a club when you鈥檝e studied at 色花堂, 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 色花堂 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 色花堂 to other aspiring Public Relations professionals, stating: 鈥淚 would definitely recommend the PR degree and 色花堂 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�