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Self-Designed Experience Proposal TMR Mock
Self-Designed Experience Proposal TMR Mock
Basic Information
Full Name:
Title of Project:
Thematic Area(s):
1/9/17
4/17/17
GUIDELINES
1. Proposal submission timeline: Proposals should be submitted at least one month prior to the expected
start date of the experience. International experiences require at least two months notice. Contact your
honors advisor immediately for any exceptions.
2. Proposal length: While the quality of the proposal is most important, strong proposals are typically 3-4
pages single-spaced.
3. Proposal format: Please maintain the proposal format (e.g. headers, layout)
4. Time commitment: Experiences should consist of at least 75-90 hours of preparation, execution, and
reflection. This is approximately equivalent to the commitment of honors seminars and pre-approved
experiences.
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UC International. Students traveling without a faculty or staff leader must individually request an exemption.
We cannot allow you to count this travel as an honors experience nor can we give you a grant without an
approved exemption.
1. Abstract
Briefly describe the experience. What makes this experience personally meaningful? What goals do you have for this
experience? What is your timeline for this experience?
*If you are proposing an international experience, provide an itinerary.
**If you are developing this experience from an existing opportunity (class with a study tour, campus organization, co-op,
etc.) that is not already an honors seminar or pre-approved experience, how will you differentiate your experience from
what is already required of other students?
The experience I am proposing is an internship for the company Third Man Records in Nashville, Tennessee. This
experience is very meaningful to me because it is an employment opportunity at my dream company: I would love to one
day be hired full-time as an employee at TMR. Music is my greatest passion in life. With this internship, I am taking steps
towards achieving my significant career goals within the music industry. I will be able to learn various skills applicable to
my creative career goals at, in my opinion, one of the best run companies in the music industry. I am also very passionate
about TMR because it was founded by my favorite working musician, Jack White. For years, I have followed his music
and awed at his creative and technical abilities. Working under his influence will be life changing for me. With his
company, my professional experience will be altered immensely. Whites unique perspective as a business leader will
offer so much for me to learn considering he has worked in nearly every field in the music industry, including
performance and production.
My goals for this experience include expanding my network in the music industry, learning effective marketing
techniques for artists and their music, and implementing technical, strategic methods for promoting and producing music.
Expanding my network will mean meeting professionals in the workplace and various events sponsored by TMR and
informing them of my educational endeavors and career goals. I will learn various marketing techniques as I will be
implementing them as part of my job description, and I will also gain a broader knowledge of music production as I will
be in an environment where it is conducted.
My timeline is fairly straightforward as I have no specific events scheduled yet regarding my employment at
TMR: I will move to Nashville January 2nd, one week before my internship begins. On January 9th, I will officially start
my employment. The internship will end on April 17th and I will move back to Cincinnati on April 20th.
Advisor Feedback
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2. Experience Advisor
Identify an experience advisor and provide their contact information. Explain why you chose this person and how you
plan to utilize your advisor for this experience.
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Note: Advisor(s) should have knowledge or expertise in an area related to the experience. Honors advisors, undergraduate
students, and family members cannot be experience advisors.
My experience advisor will be the Assistant Director of Career Services for the Lindner College of Business,
Angie Lucas. I chose Angie because she has been vital in coordinating the details of my employment with TMR as well as
implementing the transition between taking classes on the UC campus and moving a semester to Nashville. I will utilize
her with regards to my professional techniques during the internship, for example, the proper way to present myself as a
business professional in the workplace. She will also be useful in helping me communicate the value of the experience I
gained from this internship to future employers.
Her contact information is as follows:
Angie Lucas: Assistant Director, Career Services
E-mail:
lucasac@ucmail.uc.edu
Office:
607 Carl H. Lindner Hall
Phone:
513-556-5741
Fax:
513-556-4891
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venue. Being exposed to these multiple mediums, I will learn a lot about their operations and will be able to apply them to
my tactics used in marketing. For example, the concert venue is the worlds only live venue with direct-to-acetate
recording capabilities. This means that TMR can record a concert happening live onto a vinyl record. This creative
medium for selling music would be a perfect thing to communicate in a marketing campaign as it is only possible at TMR.
Finding the unique value in the company is vital towards giving it a sustainable competitive advantage, something I can
look for in other companies in the future when I am hired as a full-time employee to develop the strongest marketing
campaign.
3. Leadership: Develop strategies to identify and respond to challenges and obstacles.
This outcome perfectly describes my job description as a marketer for TMR. I will have to develop strategies to
best appeal to certain markets. The goal of marketing in TMR is to communicate the value of shopping at a TMR store.
The challenge is getting people to walk in the door to buy music. As a marketer, it will be my job to develop strategies to
make this happen. The knowledge I will gain by observing other executive marketers at TMR will aid me in this, as well
as being in the creative and diverse environment of production at TMR.
Advisor Feedback
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Advisor Feedback
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5. On-going Reflection
The on-going reflection should help you process the experience and progress toward your chosen learning outcomes.
Describe your method for reflecting throughout the experience. Indicate specific reflection questions/topics you plan to
use to guide your reflective process.
Note: A variety of methods can be used for on-going reflection. Some examples are videos, drawings, blogs, songs, and
journals. Reflection topics to consider include your ideas/insights about the experience, connection to other areas of
involvement, and your progress towards the learning outcomes.
At the end of every work week, I will update my blog with details about what projects I am currently working on,
as well as any concerts Ive been to at the TMR venue and any artists I have met. This will help me keep track of what I
have learned and will be beneficial to reference if I want to do networking in the future. Some topics I would address are:
- Marketing projects
- Artists
- Concerts
- New mediums
Some questions I could ask myself to guide my reflection process could be:
- How can I use the marketing tactics implemented by TMR in jobs in the future?
- What skills did I use to solve problems today?
- Did I learn anything new today?
- What mediums did you use to learn or address problems today?
- Who did you learn from today?
- What further knowledge can I seek to supplement what I am learning here?
Advisor Feedback
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To share my experiences from working at TMR, I will host a concert where I perform and cover songs by all the artists I
worked for. I will invite all the local musicians I know, their management as well. This is an appropriate audience because
I will be able to share my stories with friend who are interested and also with potential clients of mine in the future. To
supplement each song, I will write a paragraph describing my marketing efforts for that artist on my blog. The
performance will be a fun way to celebrate my passion for music, specifically my passion for the artists signed with TMR,
and reflect on everything I learned while I was there.
Advisor Feedback
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Required Revisions:
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Advisor Feedback
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Notes:
Detailed budget of expenditures with
sources to justify budget estimates
*Indicates the number of hours per week
and number of weeks of participation
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Identify and differentiate multiple ways to contribute towards the development or achievement of the communitys
goals.
Develop a thorough understanding of the world view, beliefs, experiences, self-consciousness, or history of
community members through collaboration.
Articulate the purpose of service on a social issue or public policy and how service mutually enhances individual
growth and the common good.
Explain how education, advocacy, mobilization, or public policy can influence social issues and transform
communities.
Discover new techniques to gain knowledge, consider options, make new connections, and ask questions.
Explore a new creative competency/medium or seek new ways to engage an existing competency/medium.
Understand and optimize the use of people, technology, physical resources or community in a creative process.
Articulate the broader significance of a creative project and the value of its contributions.
Develop practical travel skills that promote safe, stimulating, and productive travel throughout your life.
Summarize the interconnectedness of geography, history, cultural traits and world issues.
Articulate the interdependence of professional fields to address current and impending global issues such as
technology, the environment, human rights, or politics.
Demonstrate an understanding of cultural diversity by acknowledging the impact of their own identity and the
experience of social norms, customs, or beliefs that are different from their own.
Demonstrate a sense of empathy, respect, and appreciation for others to build meaningful cross-cultural
collaborations toward mutual growth and prosperity.
Formulate and manage a shared vision and develop goals towards its achievement.
Motivate and collaborate effectively with others towards completion of shared projects or goals.
Identify personal strengths and areas of growth and evaluate opportunities to maximize skills and abilities.
Synthesize the current trends related to a specific issue or field and evaluate how thought-leaders are currently
addressing them.
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Demonstrate the ability to locate, interpret, and critically evaluate primary sources appropriate to field.
Identify and apply appropriate methods to collect and organize data for analysis.
Analyze and interpret the meaning of results.
Produce dissemination appropriate to the field in order to share the results or impact of the research.
Articulate the broader significance of the research project and its relationship to other fields, research and ideas.