Hello Anna,

There is so much advice and life lessons that I wish I could tell you at 18. Right now, you’re at Snead State Community College undecided on your major and playing basketball as a walk-on trying to figure out if playing sports after high school is the right choice or a mistake.

You made the right choice trying out for the team on a random weekday after class. You grinded every day for months thinking it was useless because you never received any playing time. It wasn’t useless Anna, playing on the team that year brought out traits and life lessons to make you the strong woman you are today. It trained you to have a great work ethic, go after opportunities, and be able to accept failure and courage to move forward.

As time moves on you have enough credits to transfer to Auburn University in 2019 for the fall semester you decided to major in public relations. I can remember how nervous you were wondering if moving to Auburn by yourself would be too big of a step. Scared of leaving your friends and family behind, not knowing if you were going to make friends or be smart enough to graduate college.

But guess what Anna?

You’ve met some amazing life-long friends, grown as a person, and GRADUATING COLLEGE from your DREAM SCHOOL!  Anna, I wish you knew of all the amazing memories there are to come for your future self. Your grades are amazing, and you decided to add a minor in marketing. Anna, you quickly found out that RBD Library will be your second home for most of your college career. Don’t worry though you finally learned to balance social life and grades. You and your friend’s favorite pastime will be dressing up for football games and figuring out whose apartment the group will be at on the weekends.  Moe’s will be your favorite hangout spot downtown. The random roommate you met on Facebook your junior year will end up becoming one of your best friends.

These are just some of the memories you will remember from your time at Auburn. The choices you’ve made this far during college I do not regret at all. I wouldn’t be the smart, self-minded, beautiful, and caring person I am today without all the hardships, heartbreaks, and lessons.

Anna, I’m leaving you with a few life quotes that will speak volumes to yourself.

“Everyone you meet is a part of your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay in your life. Some people are just passing through to bring you gifts; either they’re blessings or lessons.”- Roy T. Bennett

“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.” – Anne Frank

“It’s okay not to have it all figured out. If someone does have all the answers, that’s when I should be worried.” – Morgan Love

That being said just because this chapter of your life is ending doesn’t mean you are done growing. Don’t worry you will find your dream job and city. Welcome to the next chapter of your life.

Sincerely,

-Anna Snead

Why Public Relations is the Right Choice

Are you undecided on a major and need guidance on finding the right career choice? A major to keep in mind is public relations. I was in your shoes before undecided on a major not knowing where I wanted to take my career path until I learned about public relations and the job opportunities it could bring me.

Public Relations is getting the attention and sharing a public opinion. This can be achieved through publicity, advertising, the use of press agents, public affairs forums, lobbying public officials, and every other means that get a message before the public. The job opportunities can be endless, and you’re not restricted to just one specific job when getting a degree in public relations.

While studying public relations at Auburn University I took multiple classes in different categories that helped me find out what side of public relations would be best for me. Some of the classes consisted of journalism, multimedia, sports reporting, pr in the music industry, and style/design messages.  I learned news skills in journalism writing such as investigative, news, features, column stories, and reviews. Multimedia I gathered skills on creating events and how to send out media kits. Sports reporting gave me the opportunity to attend sporting events to take stats and quotes from the players to write compelling game summaries. Pr in the music industry taught me how to work with a client within a team to help build the image for an artist to succeed on social media and at public events. Lastly, the style/ design message consisted of Adobe Creative Suite, Canva/Spark, as well as blogs, professional certifications, and coding experience.

A great thing about having a career in public relations it can allow you to combine passions and professions together. I’m passionate about sports, music, and creating content. Public relations have given me the opportunity to be able to find internships and job opportunities with companies and sports teams.

When finding an internship and job it’s important to be well-rounded in different skills because you aren’t labeled to doing one certain job in the field. You can find thousands of internships and jobs through LinkedIn and make sure you stay connected with other individuals in the major.

Music Internships and jobs objectives you can expect is working closely with the label department to help with certain label functions. Manage social media calendars and postings on certain label channels. Work onsite at festivals for brand activation, awareness, and collect show content.

Sports internships and jobs responsibilities can consist of working social media by creating strategies to achieve brand and revenue goals. Engagement with fan conversation across all social platforms. Lastly content creation for all channels. Overall public relations can be a great career with endless job opportunities for you to discover