Join the Athletics Department and Career Development Center Thursday, Nov. 19 for a networking lunch with ESPN & ABC Executive Producer Tim Corrigan. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Room in the Robins Center, and lunch will be served.
Learn about the sports profession and potential internships with ESPN.
Space is limited! To reserve your spot, visit cdc.richmond.edu, log in to SpiderConnect and search “events,” “programs & workshops” or call (804) 289-8547.
The Career Development Center will welcome back Richmond alum Dan Mannix, CEO of LeadDog Marketing in New York City, for a lunch session Friday, March 27 at noon. He will discuss the facets of breaking into the marketing and promotions field with current students.
Your lunch will be provided, and space is limited. To RSVP, log in to SpiderConnect and search Events, Programs & Workshops.
The 16th James River Film Festival April 13-19 will continue to accept entries for the juried invitational of short films through Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Admissions must be under 30 minutes in duration, in any genre–narrative, animation, documentary, experimental–and must not have been previously submitted for the competition. The jury is comprised of filmmakers, educators and professionals in the Central Virginia area.
Entry forms and guidelines can be found at www.rmicweb.org. A screening of the competition winners will be held Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Firehouse Theatre in Richmond, Virginia.
Since 1994 the James River Film Festival has awarded $26,000 to independent filmmakers in Virginia and nation-wide.–The Richmond Moving Image Co-op, home of Flicker and the James River Film Festival, is a nonprofit organization that supports independent media arts in Virginia.
Last week I visited New York with a group of students for the annual Spider Road Trip: Media & Communications. We took 22 students that were a mix of majors and class years and visited a variety of agencies and organizations that represented different aspects of the media & communications industries.
During the program, we visited the following organizations:
- MTV (Television / Advertising Sales Division)
- Random House (Book Publishing - Various Divisions Represented)
- Ogilvy & Mather (Advertising)
- McCann Erickson (Advertising)
- Hunter Public Relations
- Lead Dog Marketing Group (Full Service Marketing, Event Planning)
- Wall Street Journal (Newspaper / Advertising Sales Division)
I think the main themes that I got from our speakers were the following:
- Follow your passions, the money will follow you
- Work on your communications: writing & verbal. It is key.
- There is no luck - just hard work, networking and making your own opportunities
- Be flexible & adaptable because change is inevitable and you should expect it to happen
- Ask questions because it is okay NOT to know everything
- Key traits for success: Enthusiasm & Attitude
- Be as well rounded as you can be… learn from everything
- Listen
This program was full of new information for me, and it is my third year going. There is always something to learn when exploring these opportunities as long as you are open to it…
Stay up-to-date on the next round of Spider Road Trips at http://cdc.richmond.edu/students/career/roadtrips.html.
- Joe Testani, CDC Associate Director
This undergraduate journalism competition offers winners a cash prize of $10,000, as well as a paid internship of his or her choice at either Fox News Channel or the New York Post. In addition, residential housing in NYC can be provided for the winner for the duration of the internship position. For more info visit the official web site at http://www.ericbreindel.org/
