Meet the New Intern!
I’m Kelsey Marasco, and I am the new public relations and communications intern at Beetle Press. I will be working with Janice for the summer.
I am a 20-year-old senior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Originally from Pomfret Conn., I fell in love with Amherst and wanted to stay in the area over the summer, so I searched the Pioneer Valley for an internship and found one!
As an undergraduate, I am pursuing a degree in communications with a minor in information technology. I first learned about Beetle Press when I began my summer internship search and spotted it on the UMass Career Services listings. It seemed a great fit for expanding on my social media and PR experience. I am enthusiastic about working with local businesses, especially in Western Mass, and am eager to have joined the Beetle Press team.
When I got started the spring semester interns—Shelby Ashline, Maddie Cicitto and Vanessa Pesa—were still on board, so I got to learn some tricks from them. It was nice to have that overlap and meet interns who were a lot like me and had a lot of similar interests.
This is my first internship, so I am a little nervous about getting started. I’m not sure what to expect or whether I’ll enjoy my work. Nevertheless, Janice and the previous interns have so far exceeded my expectations in training me and getting me started. Even in the first few weeks, I have already learned so much about public relations and social media practices. Now I’m gearing up to reach out to interview clients about their own work and their work with Beetle Press. Even this short experience so far has taught me that I am on the right career path in public relations.
When I am not working on my internship or studying for classes, I spend my time with the Alpha Chi Omega sorority on campus as the vice president of recruitment in the Delta Mu Chapter. Serving there as a part of the executive board had really taught me the ins-and-outs of running an organization. It also had taught me a lot about social media and networking, which has been beneficial to both this internship and other opportunities.
In my free time, I enjoy exploring the local area. I love to hike and spend time outdoors, especially with the warm weather! I also enjoy music, collecting record albums—or vinyls—and some arts and crafts when I have the time!
