In between agency visits today, we went on a trek to find the children’s science museum, but I ultimately just got everyone lost and tired lol. It was worth it though, because it’s been a while since we could go to a place and touch everything. When we showed up, we walked into an exhibit on math and symmetry hoping to get some education in us, yet everything was in French… classic.
After brisking through the museum and grazing our filthy palms over all that was visible, we ran through the city to make our appointment at Edelman. Good thing the weather in Paris has been on the cooler side these past couple of days because we have been legitimately sprinting at some points (still sweaty tho).
Edelman was interesting. We met with Karina Gálvez, an account manager at Edelman. Unlike the other agencies we ran through, Edelman is a public relations firm, labeling themselves as a Global Strategic and Creative Agency. One of the first questions we asked her was “What’s the difference between PR and Ad?” She couldn’t even answer it haha. But she continued on to explain that Edelman combines the two in something she called communication marketing.
I appreciated Karina’s story on how she made it to Paris more than anything. She was in my exact same position not too long ago—a student in Florida studying abroad in France. She then made connections that pushed her into making the leap across the pond and establish herself as aprofessional in this wonderful city.
She was an absolute sweetheart, and left us with advice on how to achieve the position she was able to make. Message people on LinkedIn (duh). The worst they could do is not respond.
-A.J. :~)