Name: Nicole Beale COM graduation year: 2015 Program: Television (MS) Current title: South African Assistant Production Coordinator, Outlander Current location: Cape Town, South Africa Q: Why did you choose the Television (MS) program? NB: COM’s MS Television program really spoke to me for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is one of the few courses… Read More
In BU Today’s “Jump-start Your Job Search” series, BU alums are featured with short interviews describing their leadership in their field. Topics range from banking, advertising, tech start-ups, journalism, and nonprofit organizations. Alums talk about how they got to be where they are, mistakes they’ve made, and what they’ve taken away from those mistakes. They tell us what they… Read More
Elisa, first off, would you tell me what you currently do for work? I am the entertainment and features reporter for News 12 Long Island here in New York. I also do their traffic in the morning. In addition, I contribute feature, entertainment and celebrity articles to a bunch of different magazines. I do expert… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? I worked for a small community newspaper chain immediately after I graduated from the master’s program at BU’s College of Communication, in 1995, learning how to develop sources and cover government basics in the suburbs of Boston. From there, I worked for many years at the… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? I have built a successful career over the past 10+ years as a customer experience practitioner and market research professional. My areas of expertise include customer insight, voice of the customer, text analytics, and all facets of market research. After graduating from COM, I worked for… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? My career path has woven in and out of several areas of communication, first social media and content strategy, followed now by more a traditional marketing role. While neither are what I thought I would be doing when I first entered COM, I’m glad for where… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? Like many of my peers, my career did not take me exactly where I thought it would when I was a student at BU, but I love the work I do and am glad I found this career. My first job after graduating from the program… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? I joined AcceptU as a marketing/PR associate in July 2015, right after I graduated. My main practice areas are Chinese marketing management and new business development. I’m currently working on developing the Chinese market both in China and the United States. Why did you choose your… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? After graduating from Boston University in December 2011, I immediately accepted a position at ESPN in New York City as a Senior Analyst of Advertiser Insights. I report to Ad Sales through ideating and executing cross-platform effectiveness research, utilizing a variety of methodologies, from traditional surveys… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? I’ve approached my career opportunistically since graduating from COM — trying to sponge up as much information as possible at each stop I’ve made. When I left the master’s program, I landed a job at a new product development consultancy, which taught me a lot about… Read More