>> My name is Brianna Smyk.
I am a Blog Writer and Social Media Manager for a company called Inside Scene.
It is a startup company.
There's a few different wings of it.
Home decor and fabrics, designer fabrics.
And I publish the blog twice weekly, do it all by myself.
And then use that content to push out to all of our different social media platforms.
Since we are a startup, when I have time, I also do PR, so reaching out to other bloggers
and people within the design community to spread our message and just try and promote what we do.
What I really love about it is that I get to write every day and all the time.
I mean, I'm a writer, that's really at the end of the day,
that's what I do, and that's what I love to do.
And so whether it's writing a blog and, you know, figuring out, okay,
can I get the SCO to make this better and what picture's going to work here and how to do that,
or even if it's just sending out like a tweet and then that terrible limit of 140 characters,
figuring out how to get your message across.
I think I mean in college, I think what you can do is get an internship.
I think you have so much time in college, which I don't think you realize
because I know there are more things I could have done in college.
You have how many hours of class and how many hours of homework a week and then what's left?
I mean, you're maybe, you know, 20 or 30, you have at least 10 hours or maybe 20 to go
and get an internship, do something, try it.
If you hate it, that's great.
My dad always says, if you find something you don't like, that's great,
you check it off your list and you move on.
I like to call myself an aspiring renaissance woman.
I do many things.
I have a lot of interests.
But I've sort of used my background to make them all part of my life.
I started here at USC.
I was a communication major and an art history and advertising minor, separate.
And I loved that.
I mean, communication I think is a fabulous major.
It opened up so many doors.
You know, you go to an interview, you have a communication background, people are like, okay,
you can do the basic things that people need.
It's always an appealing job.
And I did a bit of PR while I was in school too, so that sort of always helped me along with sort
of getting my foot in the door in jobs.
Do what you love.
Find a way to make that happen and, you know, even if it's the smallest part of your career,
find a way to do it and you'd be surprised at how much that can grow.
And also, always do your best, even if you hate your job and it's the worst thing in the world,
you will never be upset with yourself if you've done your best.
So always do your best.