Work Experience Days at ReesLeisure Media Team
Eastleigh-based company specialising in Events Management
Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th May 2019
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Company Name: ReesLeisure
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Address: 46 Leigh Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9DT
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Website: https://reesleisure.co.uk
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Work Experience Dates: 3rd - 5th May 2019
What I thought of my days at ReesLeisure
Helping in the media room at such a huge event was quite challenging, especially because there were so many people to see and the fact that I was in charge of making sure that everyone knew exactly where they needed to be and when. However, the day itself was very rewarding. Considering I'd never done any work experience like it, I really enjoyed it and particularly liked being part of such a hardworking team.
Reference from ReesLeisure
“Katie joined our team to work on the ABP Southampton Marathon event with 10,000 runners on Sun 5th May 2019. Katie integrated with the team seamlessly and was very professional and organised in her role in charge of the Media Room at the event. Her duties included ensuring all media personnel were in the correct place, managing our rigid and tight timetable for the event weekend; interacting with the film crews; assisting interviewers and looking after interviewees. Katie also ensured that our live awards presentation on the stage flowed smoothly by lining up the winning participants and getting them on stage on time along with their awards. As well as all of this, in the pre and post event activities Katie played a vital part in helping to set up the event ready for the runners, sponsors, charities and spectators arriving; and it was fantastic to have her help in the break down post event too. Overall, Katie had great communication and organisation skills and was a proactive addition to our team - we would invite her back any time.”
Nikki Rees
Videos from the event I recorded
Additional photos from my experience
My Course mate, Hannah and I both helped in the media room
As well as the media room, I also helped out in my spare time with the rest of the team by putting signs and flags up and down
We took charge of some of the media coverage for the event
