So here’s the thing…I would like to stay local after
graduation. The majority of my family is
here now, and I have made some really great friends since my move here several
years ago. I think we can all agree, those are hard to come by. The problem is Orlando does not have a huge
market for entertainment publicists. A
huge part of the reason I decided to come back to school was to pursue exactly
what I was interested in. I don’t want a
life of working in fields I care nothing about.
Will I now have to move out of state in order to make that happen? I have been researching local firms and I’m a
little surprised that they don’t have a few more here. Orlando is strange because, it’s a big, small
city. What I mean by that is, while it
seems as though there is a lot going on here, there really isn’t. So now that I figured what I want to do with
my life, I have to find a way to do it where I would like to. I have found a few firms in the area that I
would be interested in. Icon B is based out of Tampa, which isn’t too far to travel to, they specialize
in all the areas that I like. Mascioli is based out Orlando
they offer services for conventions,
casinos, arenas, theaters, nightclubs, fairs, festivals, and special events. That to me has more of a personal feel, which
is appealing. Also, with it being in
Orlando a tourist city and Florida a tourist state, it seems like there would
always be work. Buzz Entertainment PR was the final one that stood out to me. It’s local and they actually had a client
list available which showed me that they were directly involved with artist I’m
familiar with. As you can see three is
not a lot for what I want to do. So the
challenge becomes, where do I go from here?
