The Sampler

This semester, I interned with an up-and-coming music blog called The Sampler. The Sampler is great, because instead of having to browse a bunch of different music blogs to find new music in your favorite genre, you can get them all in the same place!

I worked as a marketing / PR intern. My responsibilities were mainly across social media networks; working on keeping the Twitter account updated, raising the Instagram following, as well as scouting out graphic design interns, advertisement space for promotional materials, and collecting and organizing artist and venue contact information.

The Sampler, based in Los Angeles, was a remote internship for me. This came with multiple challenges - mainly the fact that I was unable to physically meet with the other interns and collaborate with them on projects face-to-face. Although social media positions are easily done remotely all over the world, there's something left to be said about working collaboratively around a big table. Additionally, it ensures the whole team is on the same page working towards the same goals.

Working with the Sampler, I learned about keeping deadlines, making appointments with my supervisor (and how hard the time difference can be!), working under pressure, and how to contact artists and artist management in a professional manner.

Since I was younger, music has always been a major part of my day-to-day life; and it was great to be able to work with The Sampler this semester and get a rare behind the scenes look into the music industry that I've looked up to my whole life.