Hi guys! I'm a film-making student, about to graduate from college and have been interested in a career as an (agency) copywriter for a while now. As luck would have it, through my film making connections, I'm going to be assisting my director friend at a small commercial shoot for McCann! There will most definitely be some copywriters, as well as maybe even the creative director, in attendance and I thought it would be a good opportunity to network/shoot my shot and see if maybe I can wriggle my way into a potential internship! Im from a small country in eastern europe, so the fact that I dont have an advertising portfolio should not be much of an issue, as we dont have portfolio schools here and most professional copywriters working at agencies have similar backgrounds to mine (I would know, I stalked them all on linkedin lol). I have, however, written and directed three short films, some plays at my drama club while studying abroad and have done a (albeit very brief) internship at a major production house in my country, being part of the writers room for a popular TV series. (I've also freelanced as an actress for years starring in stupid social media commercials to support myself but I doubt that is relevant experience they should know about) What would be the best way to introduce myself, without being obnoxious/presumptuous while also coming off as professional so they take me seriously? Im suuuper nervous as I've never done this kind of thing before and I'm terrified of looking silly...   submitted by   /u/principessa265 [link]   [comments]