Rebecca Stynes
Graduate, Diploma of Business (Marketing) major in Event Management

Rebecca’s thoughts on her time at APM are below:

1. What made you choose to study at APM?
   
   A friend had been to the college the year before and loved it.
   
   
2. What were you doing previously to studying at APM?
   
   I was working for Triple M in their promotions team and before that I managed a pub for two years.
   
   
3. What did you enjoy about the course you studied?
   
   Learning new things and activating my brain again after so long. I enjoyed getting to know everyone in the class and the presenting we had to do. I love getting up in front of people.
   
   
4. What was your goal when you enrolled at APM?
   
   My goal was to learn as much as I could about the events industry and hopefully score a job in the field when I was done.
   
   
5. What is your current job title, company name and job description?
   
   Up until recently I was National Multimedia Promotions Co-ordinator for Triple M. I took care of any online promotions that are happening in the station nationally and I managed a team of five co-ordinators spread across Australia. I have just been promoted to Events Co-ordinator of the Austereo Network Sydney. This job involves looking after all station events for 2DAY FM and Triple M. It also means I am managing both the stations street teams, Black Thunders and Street Freqs.
   
   
6. How did you find your current job?
   
   It was advertised internally.
   
   
7. What were the most successful aspects of the APM course?
   
   I felt most satisfied with the course when I scored a HD grade. I received a few of those and it was nice to see them on my final transcript. It actually proves that I learnt as much as I possibly could in that class.
   
   
8. What were the most successful aspects of the APM course?
   
   I felt most satisfied with the course when I scored a HD grade. I received a few of those and it was nice to see them on my final transcript. It actually proves that I learnt as much as I possibly could in that class.
   
   
9. What advice do you have for other APM students hoping to break into your field?
   
   I guess if you want to work in events then you have to be willing to start at the bottom. It is a very competitive industry and good events jobs don’t come around all the time. You have to be willing to put in the hard yards and then hopefully someone will notice all your effort and reward you. It has taken me three years of working my way up the ladder at Austereo to finally get the break I want.
   
   
10. Did you find it easy or hard to get a job after you graduated?
    
    I was already working for a great company so even though I wasn’t in events, I didn’t ever really want to leave. I had the feelers out for about 6 months looking for a job in events but I soon realised that they hardly ever come around. I was just really lucky that a turn of events in the promotions team here, left an opening and I stuck my hand up right away.
    
    
11. What other career goals or aspirations do you have?
    
    My love is sport so ideally I would love to get into sporting events and perhaps manage an event such as the NRL Grand Final. That would be my dream.
    
    
    
12. What other initiatives have you taken to help your career?
    
    I guess just hanging in there and not giving up!