A big stride

Last night I wanted to write my cover letter, but I ended up not feeling like it. Right before I fell asleep however, I thought of the idea to call Humberto Leon, Opening Ceremony's owner, because we were always on friendly terms. I thought, if he could give me a good word, I'm so much closer to landing the job, since OC is one of their biggest clients.

Today I was a bit nervous, didn't know what to say and when I'd call. Connie Alessia and Sam all thought it was a good idea to go ahead and call him to ask. Since I was nervous about that, I decided to sublimate my nervousness into my current job at MKG and decided to go ahead and ask one of my bosses whether or not they would consider hiring me. This is what she said:

That's a great question
so there isn't really a set plan for what happens with interns
for the most part, they don't get hired for FT b/c of capacity issues
but it happens for the interns that are a) kick ass
and b) there is an opening
given that we are growing so incredibly fast and much
i think you have a great chance of at least working freelance in a PA type role
in my opinion, you are a kick ass intern, everyone knows that and talks about how great you are
SO, i would maybe try and sit down with Lauren and chat with her about your thoughts
that you are graduating soon, you want to stay at MKG, and would really like to be considered for any open roles
full time OR freelance

So I sent an email over to the head of production and I'm waiting to hear back. Meanwhile, I had a spurt of adrenaline and wrote out a cover letter and had Ben and Alessia read it for me. When I got home, I decided to call Humberto, and he was like "of course I'll be your reference and put in a good word for you! And let's hang out!" I was relieved.

Here's hoping I'll get a call to interview... I'm pretty sure the job posting was distributed pretty widely so we'll see who I'm up against...

I've come up with a plan, that ideally I would get both offers and be able to adjust the income, but even if I end up with just one, I'm fine with it. I don't think that it's possible to not end up with anything, but let's hope I don't have to eat my words... Hopefully this all happens soon with sort of conclusion so if I can either stop looking, or start looking elsewhere.

PS a source says that freelance producers make 7000 a month on average at my company... wow