We’re one of the organisations working with the University of Birmingham’s ‘B-Experienced’ Internship Programme – and we’ve been delighted to have had Aisha as part of our team in early 2024 through the scheme.
We asked her to say a bit about her experience with us over the past couple of months…
I have been working as an intern for Strike A Light.
I have genuinely loved this experience because it has been full of teaching me skills about marketing – such as being able to send out content to mailing lists, how to cater to different audiences, and seeing the logistics behind event planning.
What surprised me most about this internship was how much work actually goes into marketing to be able to sell these tickets for events.
Seeing first-hand how much effort and time goes into it really gave me an insight into how marketing works beyond just making content.
An aspect that has challenged me within this internship is catering my writing style to different audiences: having to send out different emails, campaigns or writing information for the website requires all different kinds of linguistics and it was challenging for me to adapt to that.
However, my manager made it very easy to learn and helped me learn all the necessary skills.
I would definitely recommend working at SAL because it has been such a positive experience.
Outside of the marketing aspect, the people there are just so kind and understanding. You can genuinely tell they want to make a difference in the community and treat each other with respect and care.
It’s an environment where you can make mistakes and you will kindly be guided how to correct and full of positive reinforcement!
110% recommend.
Strike A Light 