{"id":207,"date":"2022-03-11T09:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=207"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:19:40","slug":"kent-star-inspiring-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2022\/03\/11\/kent-star-inspiring-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Star: Inspiring Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month, we\u2019re celebrating Inspiring Intern Sami, who stood out to our Employability Points Team for his enthusiasm and dedication to undertaking skill developing co-curricular activities. Sami gained his internship at Reflect Digital through our Employability Points scheme. Hear from Sami:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cI\u2019m\u00a0Sami\u00a0Bakaitis and I\u2019m a final year student studying Classics with Italian. I love to travel to unique places and make the most of my time there, such as farming on a volcano in Sicily. Fun fact, I traversed through the Vietnamese jungle at the age of 16! My interests change frequently but I always enjoy going for a run so I can clear my head and keep fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell us about your time at Reflect Digital.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cAfter a skills workshop with Becky Simms, I learnt that the\u00a0Employability Points scheme<\/a>\u00a0was offering students with enough employability points the opportunity to apply for an internship at her company Reflect Digital. As a result, I joined as many sessions that applied to me and undertook extra-curricular activities that would get me extra points, such as starting a blog or updating my LinkedIn profile. Many points later, I was finally able to apply for the internship, ace the interview, and begin my journey with Reflect Digital!<\/p>\n

The internship was intense but in the best way possible. The team at Reflect are considerate and always made sure that I was happy with the work I had been assigned. Even though I worked primarily on SEO, I was exposed to many other sectors such as PPC and social media advertising.<\/p>\n

From the very first day I was immersed in a transparent workplace that felt relaxed yet always moving. My work consisted of learning the ins and outs of SEO through thorough research and quizzing my colleagues. After a week, I was set copywriting tasks and keyword research for clients. Copywriting involved following a detailed brief and writing a piece of content for the client while following SEO guidelines to help the article rank well. Although there was a numerous amount of copywriting tasks, I did enjoy writing them as the topics were wildly different such as writing content on how often you should replace your mattress to the benefits of cloud computing!<\/p>\n

I was sad to go at the end of the internship as I still have one more year to finish at university, but it did give me a lot of confidence in my future career path and skills which I transferred into my uni presentations and assignment research methods.\u201d<\/p>\n

What advice would you give to other students?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cAdvice I would give to other students is that having a routine is paramount if you want to achieve your goals as it creates free time to be more productive. Dedicating meaningful time to learning a new skill is the best way to explore new career paths. I highly recommend taking an online course to get a surface understanding of the subject and seeing if it is something that you might enjoy. Moreover, mindfulness is a great way to recentre yourself if you keep feeling stressed from all the work. I joined the Mindfulness society here at Kent during lockdown in 2021 and it was the best decision ever!\u201d<\/p>\n

What are your plans for the next year?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cI will be taking an exciting role at Reflect Digital in early April as a PPC Analyst. This varying job will push me to explore new areas of digital marketing and learn a range of useful skills. One of my goals for the future is to start my own digital marketing company, and I believe that this role will help me work towards this goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Kent Stars campaign.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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