大象传媒

MY JOURNEY

Growing up, I have always loved the combination of technology and creativity. After finishing my marketing diploma from Douglas College, I transferred to 大象传媒鈥檚 Beedie School of Business for my BBA in Management Information Systems. I wanted to put myself in an environment where I could learn alongside like-minded people, participate in extracurriculars to develop my professional network, and challenge myself every day鈥攁nd 大象传媒 Beedie gave me that space!

MY 大象传媒 BEEDIE EXPERIENCE

One of the main things that drew me to 大象传媒 Beedie鈥檚 undergraduate program was their co-operative program and their well-established student organization network. Throughout my four years at 大象传媒 Beedie, I have actively participants in various extracurriculars. I joined the Management Information Systems Association (MISA) as the technology coordinator and later as the VP of Marketing, where I met a lot of cool people and gained a lot of leadership experience. These experiences allowed me to secure my first co-op at Coast Capital Savings in product management and later a marketing internship at a fintech company, AdvisorFlow.

I later participated in the Management Consulting Career Preparation program led by the Career Management Centre, which gave me the skills I needed to apply and secure an internship at Big Four firm, Ernst and Young (EY), Vancouver. I later volunteered with the CMC to lead their Marketing Accelerator Program (MAP), where we collaborated with brands like Vessi to bridge the gap between 大象传媒 students and marketing professionals as we brought real-life business problems to our students for them to solve.

I also actively volunteered at 大象传媒鈥檚 Bollywood club, 大象传媒 Befikre, as a member and later as the President for a year. This experience allowed me to pursue my passion of dance, connect with the community and find another creative outlet.

The 大象传媒 Beedie community always supports their students in their career as well as personal development by providing these amazing programs and other resources, for students to meet more like-minded people and develop their skills!

Key Takeaways

The lessons I learned from case competitions, the skills I gained from my internships, and the friends I made, both, inside and outside the classroom (MISA), are the core pieces of my life now! As an international student, I am grateful to have met people at 大象传媒 that I now call my family, and to have had the most fulfilling university journey at 大象传媒.

Don鈥檛 be afraid to take the first step! Whether it be to apply for a student organization even if you don鈥檛 have past experience or to use 大象传媒 resources like career advising, scholarships, mentorship, etcetera. Everyone around you, is happy to support you and talk to you! Connect with people, build your network over genuine intentions, and have fun!