The name of the company I’m working for is called PlamTree, it’s a small team, roughly 20 people, as it’s a start up, but expanding as of recently. The company is located here in NYC; however, it still has no established base of operations.PlamTree is a private magazine company that just dropped its first magazine back in April, aimed at bringing to light the beauty of Caribbean culture, and my job as a social media intern is to get bts footage and help edit other content to help promote the current and new issues for the magazine, additionally, the magazine that the company has appeared on is Caribbean fashion
life, and it was to show off the Plamtree beauty, aka the star of the magazine, and her impact on the community.
My role with the company is a social media intern, meaning I have to manage the company’s social media and help promote the magazines. And my boss is Vinik Ernest, the founder of the company. And I selected this internship by mass applying to jobs and stumbling upon this one. Honestly, I never saw myself working for a magazine, but here we are. And to get in, I first had to do an online interview with the head of the company himself, then an in-person/first-day interview with the rest of the people I’m currently working with, and I had to wait roughly a couple of weeks to hear back from them and during the interview I was asking how the work would be given to me and how and who would I be working with.
The culture of my workplace is very much not restrictive, as we are all creatives working together and dress how we see fit. So I dress comfortably in sweats or streetwear, and the typical day of work varies, as some days I’ll be editing videos for or from the shoots, I’ll be on site with the rest of the team to farm more content for the socials. And we keep in touch via messages on the phone and through Gmail, and team meetings are held on Google Meet.
On this job, I’ve learned how to plan more for my shots and videos as I have to time my shots and things in the moment for content as they come and go. And I’m still doing stuff related to my major, like video editing, photography, and recording, and I even help with the production of the latest shoot, as I go around taking bts shots and helping my co-worker also do the same on her camera. I also help with the video formatting and compiling the footage to use.
