蜜桃导航

Internships听can be a great way to get a taste of what听a听dream job听might听(or听might not) look like a few years听down the line.听Here,听补谤迟听丑颈蝉迟辞谤测听senior Maria听Atallah听鈥�22听shares her experience as an Editorial Assistant at Vogue Paris,听a position that she took on entirely remotely听for two semesters. While听it was challenging to adapt to remote work, Maria made the best of her experience and听learned听a lot along the听way听鈥� what was听most exciting听was seeing听her name appear on Vogue articles!听听听

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What are your pronouns?听听

She/her/hers

Tell us a little bit about your background?听听

I am from Lebanon. After graduating high school, I studied English听literature for a year at McGill University in Montreal, Canada,听before moving to Paris. I started attending 蜜桃导航 in January 2019.

Which company/organization are you currently interning with?听听

Vogue Paris.听

Where is your internship taking place?听听听

Paris, France.听听

When is your internship taking place?听听

It took place during Fall and Spring听semesters听2021.听

What is your job title?听听

Editorial Assistant听

What types of responsibilities and/or tasks do you have in your internship? What's a typical day for you like?听

Typically I听would听attend听an听editorial meeting with all the journalists and editors in the morning. Afterwards, I听would听spend the day translating and editing articles and managing Vogue Paris鈥櫶鼸nglish Facebook and听Twitter听pages.听

What are the biggest challenges and successes you鈥檝e experienced during your internship?听听

It was really challenging to get used to a fully remote workday. As my internship took place during the听Covid-19听pandemic, I only had the opportunity to visit the office twice, and I鈥檓 disappointed I did听not听get to have听a 鈥渞eal鈥� office experience. However, I still enjoyed my internship tremendously, and seeing my name on Vogue articles听was听such a huge reward!听

What language(s) are you speaking/using in your internship?听听

English and French.听

Tells us about your future goals/aspirations. Is this internship relevant? Do you think it will help you along the way? How?听听

I would love to work in the fashion industry or in the publishing industry, so this internship was a dream come true! It will certainly help me along the way, since I have learned a lot from it,听and听because听Vogue is an industry leader.听