Being a TMC Intern - Bekki Broadbent

In my application to be an intern with The Mighty Creatives, I stated that I wanted this opportunity because I wanted to learn how a real company works. I wanted to have first-hand experience on all the cogs in the machine, and to come away with a sense of knowledge about everything I have experienced.
I have been an intern for a month now, and have successfully had experience in different sectors within TMC. I have had experience in the hiring of new staff, both from application reading to interview days. This experience from the hiring point of view has given me a good insight into what a company is looking for which will be helpful considering I am graduating in 3 months’ time.

I also have helped out with the branding in terms of giving my opinion on the template of the new website, and seeing TMC liaising with other companies within the LCB. It’s good to see the companies working together, and also really good to see how much creativity is in one building! Being in this environment really makes me feel at home.

I also have been given a taster of running an event, and all it entails from the planning, to the venue booking, to generating interest for all those involved, in 5 weeks with a £1,000 budget. I have learnt a number of things, the two main ones being that:

1) People happily cancel on you at any time
2) People generally don’t reply

Having assumed people would reply, this has made the initial plan need to be incredibly flexible and also includes a lot of waiting to hear back from people. This is a huge learning curve in how it is to plan an event for a company as opposed to for a university piece.

I hope to get plenty more experience in different fields, and maybe spend some days sitting in and learning about how different sectors work.

Bekki

Insight from TMC Intern - Sarah Whitrick

Hi, my name is Sarah and I am an intern at The Mighty Creatives. The reason I applied for an internship with TMC is because they are so flexible and offer lots of great opportunities; it’s like having your own tailor-made internship. My interests are working with young people (particularly early years) and the Community. Getting an internship with TMC was great because I get to do what I want. The team, particularly Ben and Daisy, were brilliant in offering me opportunities and experiences that they think may interest you. They really make my internship feel personal, like it is centred around what I want rather than what TMC wants.

I have been an intern for over 2 months now and I’ve already done so many things and had so many opportunities. This includes working with Hazel, who specialises in Early Years and planning and training to carry out confidence-building workshops with young people – something of which I am really excited about. I go in to the TMC office every week on a Wednesday – the time always goes too fast! At the moment we are working on the workshops with a view to carry them out in the next few weeks. However, my internship does not just stop there. Daisy and Ben are constantly offering me exciting and unique projects and experiences that they think will interest me. For example, I am applying to a Young Workshops Leaders Scheme with Curve at the moment; something which was made accessible to me through TMC.

I get so much out of my internship that is constantly developing my skills as well as giving me great things to write on my CV. The workshop training I am receiving will eventually allow me to run a workshop under supervision with young people. Another brilliant thing about my TMC internship is that the team are never hesitant to help me with my University studies. They are a continuous source for resources and knowledge they are always willing to help me in any way that they can. Not only this, TMC gives me the freedom to get involved with the organisation. For example, during my first week of the internship, I got to help make improvements to the TMC office as well as offer advice on how to update the website. Most weeks, it hardly feels like an internship at all; I have been made so welcomed by everyone that it feels like I am a part of the team too!

Sarah Whitrick, DMU Performing Arts Student