London 2012 blog

When I asked for work experience, I was given a placement in the ODA’s communications department. To get this straight, it was a good thing! I was -sometimes literally- lead by Tim Daniels from the ODA, who organised my days, buzzed me in every time I went through those annoying security checks and introduced me to the 20 or so other people I would be working with (or just sitting near!).

The most prominent memory I have of my first day, was the sheer amount of food that everyone kept by their desks - I almost wondered where all the stationary was! However, then I saw the special “store room”, which is more like a canteen for the paper-hungry, and all became clear.

I did actually do work after eyeballing such things! The Comms team kept me occupied with layouting documents and proofreading the exciting new website, but I generally just got to ask lots of questions, which was nice. I must have read every single page of the website and so know how much work goes on and I was also converted to a “logo-liker”!

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