RUSSIA EM ADVISORS Annie Mia Sheriff, University College, First Year Undergraduate, BA in Russian, Remote working Work Projects I had a variety of tasks to complete during my remote summer internship. As the internship was online, the company had an online platform which was used to message interns with tasks to do on a regular basis. Everyone was very friendly and explained all the tasks in detail and were available to answer any questions I had throughout completing the tasks. As well as this, I also had a mentor and we had a zoom call each week where we discussed the work I had done and any questions I had beyond the tasks I was doing (for example, more information about the company, future work I could get involved in, and how I was finding the workload). I found this discussion really useful especially as the internship was remote and the company I was working for was abroad. This is because these calls allowed me to feel more connected on a personal level to the company. My main work included research tasks, media monitoring, translations and more occasionally writing press releases / contributing to articles. In terms of my main achievements, I think I adapted well to the kind of tasks that I had to do for this internship. As there were lots of different things to do in, sometimes, short periods of time, I think I became more efficient at completing tasks, especially research related tasks, using platforms and news websites that I had not used before. I also am proud to have had experience of successfully working for a Russian company, especially as a lot of the work was in Russian and, although my degree is Russian, I am not a fluent speaker yet. Daily Life My internship was remote. I started work at around 8am each day and finished at around 5pm with a lunch break in the middle. For me, there was no day that was the same as the
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