Internships at Snack Media get YOU Jobs!

Back in summer 2010, I had just graduated from University and really had no idea what I wanted to do. All I really knew was that I had to do something, I had the rent to pay after all, so getting a job quickly was paramount.

Anyone who’s spent time unemployed will know the drill. Write one CV, write one cover letter and then send to a thousand companies. You’ll be inundated with phone calls from recruitment agents about jobs you can’t remember applying for, whilst pretending it was the one you really wanted over them all. Eventually I began working in a call centre… and hated it.

I have a media degree, and I really felt I was wasting my time (and my degree) spending my days trying to sell broadband. However, during my time at said ‘contact centre’ – Snack Media gave me a call regarding a football writer position I had applied for.

Of course I jumped at the chance, I spent half my life talking about the beautiful game and to have the chance to spread my thoughts to millions? I was salivating.

Things moved awfully quickly after that. It began as a short-term internship on ‘Football Transfer Tavern’, working from home. The great thing was that we only needed to write three articles a day, allowing me to continue working throughout my placement.

I really got into it, and I began expressing my desire for his to be more than just an internship. I had been fortunate that my editor was aware of my website design skills as well as my writing ability and when I expressed that I would love to do more for the business, he made sure the right people within the business were made aware.

It wasn’t long at all until I was presented with an opportunity to prove myself, and you’re browsing it right now. The Football Journalist was designed by me and offered an opportunity to work from home designing and maintaining football websites, as well as writing for them too. My hard work paid off and it wasn’t long after that I was working for Snack on a basis which allowed me quit my job in that wretched call-centre.

The great thing about working for Snack was the variety of jobs that I began to receive; the management love to work towards a person’s strengths and quickly sought after jobs for me that suited my ability. Before long I found myself dealing with a wide range of tasks across the company, including website maintenance, photoshop graphics and even producing football videos. It was a dream come true, not only was I making decent money, but I was gaining invaluable experience too, right from my own home.

I was very lucky though, I feel that the internship is a real opportunity to prove yourself and you have to grab it with both hands. Those who take the chance for granted simply walk away with some articles and something for their CV, in the world of football journalism you have to really love what you do and be committed.

Now as I write this, it is just seven months after my first contact with Snack Media and I have secured a dream job at the BBC as a content producer for Interactive; a job I would never have got if I had spent the past few months in a cell-centre. Unfortunately, it does mean I have to leave this wonderful company that have offered me so much, but of course it does leave the door open for so many more keen applicants to really show what they can do.