Yes, I am actually working in my own business, but my media concentration is in Spanish. I work with Mexican, Venezuelan, Argentinian and some Emirati celebrities since 4 years. I am working now as a director, film editor, montage maker, general writer, photographer, interviewer and promoter. I am also working on a movie, TV series, and reality TV, and photo-shoots for people.
Was it easy to find your job?
Yes, because as I mentioned I have started my own business since I graduated. I have been working on it and developing my self since early stages of my life, which made it easier for me to establish my own business after graduation directly. currently started a work in a TV station so far everything is good.
How long did it take to find a job?
Well again, I didn’t take too long to find a job, I started after graduation directly and it took me 4 years to reach where I am right now. It always depends on
- your career building
-you passion about it
-how ambitious you are
-don’t worry about failing just keep on.
What is the range of graduates salaries when they start working?
Some places will offer 10,000 – 15000 as a start but when you enter the field and show your work and effort they will increase it for you.
Are you using what you have learned in the classroom in your job?
I started my career before entering the major; I used to follow my mom a lot when I was a kid she watched TV a lot especially Mexican programs and series “telenovelas” which got me interested about media in that concentration. Always motivated me to decide that I will study media so I followed this path, which made me write stories in this field (in Spanish) and am doing some work related to this right now, so basically the university didn’t teach me something I didn’t know, but other students did, they learned from day one while I was training or practicing during my classes. I have learned two skills from the university and my major. First, I learned from the PR (public relations) and wrote three articles about it, but unfortunately I wasn’t into that field. Second, I learned blogs writing skills which made me create and develop my own blog which has many articles written by me.
Are you where you wanted to be or you have a higher goal?
For now, am really proud of what I have accomplished, but am still not satisfied, I have a much higher goal and am definitely not going to stop.
Did you start the way you wanted to?
Yes, because I do have the decisions and I own everything and I am the boss of my self and I sometimes do partnership with some businesswomen and men around UAE. So basically, I own my Spanish media business but I have some partnerships with UAE locals.
What are your friends doing now? Kind of place they work now? Did they find their jobs easily?
I did know many girls but after graduation haven’t been communicating with them. The only one I still communicate with is Hamama Harib “founder of Naqsh” and few others. Media is needed in markets those days where as it is growing now and the country have been motivating locals to work in this field.
Did she “Hamama Harib” get the job through the university help or herself?
Herself, she has a business; she started everything herself, not through the university.
What skills did you get from the university and what qualities does the major require the students to have?
Students have to be passionate, creative , artistic, and confident, have a big and wide vision, have his/her own ideas, lots of experience, and most important not copy others work.
What was the internship you did and capstone?
Internship: I actually did not apply for an internship because I was already experiencing work with the consulate of Mexico for few days then moved to Rubenius Company worked for Claus Rubenius for a while. I represented them and I was the director and the camera girl of their events, conferences and interviews, unfortunately it wasn’t much for me to do there. I took shots and did office work. I didn’t really like it there because they are a business company little boring for someone like me, but the people are nice and very helpful when you need them.
Capstone: I have created a video with 2 friends, the project was about the alumni of Zayed University to see where they reached in few years, where they work, what they have created and if they continued in this field or no. The most inspiring graduate I have worked with is Farah Al Fard, which is working on a project that deals with quilling papers. We managed to work on a video with the quilled papers in a big garden, with fountain and nature. We had our cameras moving and rolling over the place. It was the best experience I had with the alumni.
Did Zayed University prepare you for the work field; did you feel that you were ready for it?
Well, I felt I was ready for the field because of my passion about it since I was a 12, but I don’t feel like I got my preparation from the university because Zayed University at that time had poor preparation for students in the media “Film and Broadcast” field.
How were you assessed?
In past, students did not do practical work that much, we needed to do our own work in our personal time out of university to develop and only got practical experience in internships. The work was mostly in researches.
Are you happy with your job, what do you gain form it?
Yes, I am very proud of what I have accomplished especially that I made my mother proud too. It is amazing that I got the opportunity to get experience and work with a lot of people that I really admire and respect, never expected years ago that I will be working with them one day. Its nice to have a connection with the people you admire on a professional level such as actors, directors, writers, producers, for example I never expected before that I would actually be able to interview the actress Astrid Carolina Herrera but I managed to do it, it was an honor to me she is an amazing professional woman. But something that not everyone knows that these people actually do help others a lot in their career, people such as the venezuelan actress/singer KIARA and the actress Hilda Abrahamz are willing to help people like me, sweet and adorable people and what makes them great is their honesty. So basically in this field you gain friends from different places, ages and you gain experience plus the advice and gaudiness from such professionals like them.
