Week 9

After receiving the news of being promoted as the Art Department Co-Director, I am so happy and excited to see what opportunities await with this new position! I met with Michelle on Monday so I can get up to date with the current work within the Art Department and we also scheduled a new department meeting time.

For my Printing Project Manager duties, the Call for Entries posters are officially complete and look absolutely stunning! I met with Sam Nevarez to receive a more accurate estimate regarding mailing the CFE posters. With $75 as our budget, it looks like we will be able to mail 50 posters. The cost to mail each poster is $1.45. Since the weight of the printed CFE posters may be a little different than the proof I brought for the estimate, I may return to Sam for another quote.

There is also great news regarding the Partner School! Since I have not heard back from Rebekah Mejorado from George Mason University, I gave her a call today. She seemed extremely excited for the opportunity Visions has offered and we will remain in contact. Rebekah mentioned a faculty member and a few students will also be attending the Virginia Film Festival; I told her a few of our Directors will be attending as well. She suggested we organize a meeting at the festival where some of our staff can briefly discuss Visions with the George Mason University faculty member and students.

Week 8

Since I have not received a response from George Mason University, I sent a follow-up email earlier this week. Hopefully I hear from them soon. If I do not respond by the end of October, I may try to outreach to our second Partner School choice, American University. 

I have become more immersed in helping the Marketing Department this past week. I've grown to really enjoy it, especially with all of the space/sci-fi puns! I have been assigned to do the weekly #MCM post. 

I have also developed a better understanding of my role as the Printing Project Manager. This is a position that is completely foreign to me, but I am working hard to learn terminology. I found this website: http://printindustry.com/Glossary.aspx very helpful. Although there are several terms listed that do not apply to what is needed for Visions6, it has guided me to familiarize myself more with printing 'lingo'. 

Hopefully the CFE posters and the event flyers are approved soon so they will be ready for their schedule printing date. Evonne has been extremely helpful so far. Due to miscommunication regarding the approval of the event flyers, I plan to go to FedEx Kinkos to receive a quote this Wednesday and to have them printed by Thursday once Adrienne has 'okayed' the price. 

Week 7

This week was quite productive for me. I got my first experience as both the Printing Project Manager and working with the Marketing department for 'social media'. I sent Evonne a quote for the Call for Entries posters and she just responded today. I emailed the results to Adrienne and she will tell us which quantity to purchase that will fit our budget. Once we get them approved by UNCW, I will send them in to get printed.

I also met with Zoe and Jack on Sunday and we discussed the 'tone' we will use for posts on Facebook, Instagram, etc. We collaboratively wrote the Facebook post for the Halloween Launch Party and Zoe had us sign up for our own individual posts that will be due on October 18th.

After reviewing the helpful comments/revisions on my Partner School email, I contacted Rebekah Mejorado, the Academic Film Studies Coordinator for George Mason University. She was out of office for their Fall Break so hopefully I will hear from her soon.

Tomorrow, I will print out the Bake Sale and Halloween Launch Party flyers.

Week 6

This week we had a Hospitality Department meeting with Shannon and it was very encouraging to see what tasks and projects we will need to address in the future. I thought it was a smart choice to save the Film Kid Mixer for next semester. I think it would have been too rushed if we tried to squeeze it in between Cucalorus, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. Having the Film Kid Mixer during the second week of the Spring semester should make for a better attendance for the event. 

I also met with Michelle this weekend to discuss my role as the Printing Manager in more detail. I am feeling more comfortable with this role now that I know the specifics. 

I have finally chosen my Top 5 picks for this year's partner school. They are the University of North Carolina Greensboro, George Mason University, American University, University of South Carolina Columbia, and SCAD. I have decided to discard the film schools in the north because the current budget will not allow it and the funds from fundraisers are much more needed elsewhere. The furthest schools (George Mason and American University) are still within a reasonable distance of 5 hours, which will increase our chances to bring students and faculty to Visions6. I will have the class vote on which school they would like me to pursue this week.  

I have also started some preliminary research regarding Marketing Outreach. I found these websites very helpful:

http://theoutreachmarketer.com/outreach-marketing-anyway/

http://www.slideshare.net/GroupHigh/marketingoutreach-2