And the work begins!

As my work experience this year i was lucky enough to get the role of being the ticket sales co-coordinator for 2nd year CSM, working closely with Ben Fitzharris of the 3rd year of the course.

Despite not being able to confirm work experience elsewhere at my other choices this option actually suited the situation very well,  because it gave me several advantages:

• Almost Zero transport costs and inconvenience, because 95% of the work was done on the uni campus, with a little coordination needed with the Riverfront theatre in Newport's city centre, easily accessible by the university's free bus service.
• A good chance to make new contacts and befriend other musicians in the 3rd year.
• Get a taste in advance for the amount, and pace of work for my own 3rd year show next year, and the style and method of the running of the show.
• A chance to evaluate this years ticket sales, and sales methods and improve on them for next year.
• A chance to combine my work experience and my CSM6 contribution into one.

As ticket sales coordinator my main roles are:

• To organise a rota for ticket sales desk duty in collaboration with the 3rd year, and to organise and recruit assisting ticket representatives from my year group.
• To take part in manning the ticket sales desk myself.
• Maintaining contact with the 3rd year students regarding personal tickets for friends and families, and account for these with the general public ticket sales.
• To think of sales methods and promotion ideas for ticket sales within the uni.
• To implement these ideas and collect any necessary equipment for them, e.g. PA systems and microphones, and to make sure that this equipment was used properly and returned on time.