Work Shadowing by 12-year-old Lizzie Hammond Hunt, form 7S at St Albans Girls School.
Lizzie spent a very long day at Ogilvy Healthworld, shadowing her dad. Here's her blow-by-blow account of an early foray into the world of work.
8:10 ish: got in a taxi with dad to get to St Albans station, got on 2 trains to get to work. 1 from St Albans another from Farringdon station. Took around 30/45 minutes
9:30 ish: Got to work Dad's sorting out some Nicorette model shoot for a few days time. All to do with taking a photograph of someone skiing (other photo shoot)sorting that out too. Be meetings soon.
10:20 ish: Showed me a pic of a person giving up smoking ...very cool. Found a solution to something...(getting bored)...some talking about some guy called Phil...Model of Nicorette gum needed...Skiing shoot on 17th maybe. They needed to re-organise it because the person who asked for it now wants it earlier...now talking about Colin (some photographer???) Phil's shoot might be on the 26...ohhh. A lot of OKs and rights...it's going to be in Milton Keynes...ohh interesting...They've found the way...YAY!
10:30 ish: I'm lost. =P ohh writing...now something about a layout...I'm losing the convo, can't listen anymore. AHHH! It's happening between me! SO CONFUSING! Dad's having a meeting in a minute... I'm now talking...oh they're leaving...kk, bi then.
10:40 ish: someone's printing something..."I'm so lonely....I'm all on my own..."
10:50 ish: they're back! I'm no longer lonely! YAY! Something annoying them...I can't really catch it...they're talking about clients...they've made cool guides for diabetes for pregnant people, adults and elders...they look very cool.
11:00 ish: They're both on the phone and I'm getting really confused, so much talking = S. They're both now off the phone...Caroline was off first though...oh of goes my Dad again.
11:20 ish: Meeting more people. Dad's off for another meeting, hopefully a small one though. Dad's phone just went off but I'm not going to answer it, it went off after one ring anyway.
11:30 ish: He's back. They're still re-arranging the photo shoot. He is now ringing a photographer's agent called Melissa...he's off now, and he's back on, and he's off. MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
11:50 ish: More printing. Dad's doing some kind of work, he e-mailed something as well. Mum just sent an e-mail saying, 'how's it going' and Dad said..."Lizzie's busy taking the piss in her 'report' document' (TEEHEE!)
1:00 ish: learning how to do poser. Dad's sorting out more work photo shoot stuff.
1:15 ish: Lunch
2:15 ish: Back at work =P
2:30 ish: Dad's on the phone again, dunno what he's talking about, but he's on the phone. Some guy just gave him a disc, don't know what's on it though. The phone call was to Tracy, hadn't paid. He's sending them an order, dunno what it is...oh well. Oh some kind of paper thing like a contract, I couldn't really hear him (I wasn't really listening but who cares.) some ones looking for my dad, ohh ex-ci-ting. He's got a meeting. About (cheese) lots of invoices that he's got to get signed off.
2:40 ish: strange people work here...Sabrina's a nice person.
2:50 ish: Been flicking though a illustration book, soo cool styles. I think the person who styled the power puff girls is in there.
3:00 ish: Dad's off to some meeting about finance...BORING!
3:10 ish: He's back but just gone to tell some guy that he'll be leaving early because I'm here and need to get home.
3:30 ish: Didn't realise but my dad's in yet another meeting...=P
3:50 ish: Getting bored...Well, I am bored.
4:10 ish: He's still not back and I'm not really saying anything because nothing's happening.
4:20 ish: GASP! He's back...and now he's gone again, well that lasted.
4:40 ish: Been shown this program called Maya where you can make 3D images, it's really cool, The guy that showed me (Mark) had made all these fantasy characters and scenes...once again, really cool.
4:50 ish: My Dad's doing a lot of talking on the phone, when I say a lot I mean A LOT.
5:10 ish: My Dad's now organising for a pitch document to be sent out to everyone involved before he prints it over the weekend. Sooo interesting, yet again...My father has now gone to get a drink (how very related to work)
5:20 ish: My Father (try something different) is doing some last minute stuff and he can't leave his work right now...he'd normally leave at about 8:00 ish, but because I'm here he was aiming for 4:30...well it's a bit late isn't it! Right now he's sorting out money stuff. I'm lost again...let us leave them to talk in wonder and happiness about work (YEAH RIGHT). AHHH! So many people, SO CONFUSED!! They're using my computer to show the size of something...yay! I feel special! I'm lost again. They need it by tomorrow...WHAT IS IT! Oh it's an urgent advert.
5:30 ish: Carrying on from above but now he's, yet again, on the phone. My head hurts. I'm yawning. He's off the phone. Now Dad's talking with Caroline about some new ad thing...I'm literally in the middle of this AHHH! Confusing! This is how it works (I'm soo bored):
5:50 ish: A load of letter heads, stationary and envelopes were just given to my Dad...we're meant to be on a train right now, but I'm not moaning! We're almost done...also a lot of paper in the boxes. I get to open 2 boxes YAY!
6:00 ish: Leaving (well meant to be) just really shutting the computer down.
