- Did you know that budgeting was part
of my job?
- No, I don't think I did know that,
but it makes sense.
- Would you be judgemental of my budget
if you had to look at it? - I don't know if I'd say
judgemental 'cause I don't know your area exactly,
but it would be interesting to see.
- Yeah, you'd be like,
"Do you need to get this press person lunch?
"I don't know.
You don't wanna go over your budget, Jasmine."
[both laughing] I can see it.
(Jasmine) Hi, my name's Jasmine,
and I work as a director of communications.
(Josie) - Hi, I'm Jasmine's mom, Josie,
and I work as a revenue manager.
- What do you imagine I do on an average workday
from start to finish?
- A lot of meetings,
coordinating with outside people
to get people to come to your events,
or to speak, or to present,
and going to events at the museum.
- I do have a lot of meetings. A lot of those
are usually internal because the other half
of my job is really dealing with the press world,
which is people outside the museum,
so anyone who's covering our space.
And basically, just begging people constantly
to cover something that I have going on.
[Jasmine laughing] That's what publicists do.
- Mm-hmm.
- How do you imagine my office or workspace?
- Well, currently, it's at home.
[Josie laughing] - That's correct. Yeah.
- And I've seen the desk.
- It's actually grandpa's desk, too.
I work at- - Right, it was my dad's desk.
- Yeah, her dad's desk.
And it's a really cool mid-century desk.
That's where I spend a lot of my time,
but then I do have to be at the museum a lot
for our events.
Me and my coworkers all work together
at a giant work table a lot of the times,
or sometimes we're running around on our feet.
So, it just depends.
What kinds of skills
do you think a communications director needs?
- A degree in communications.
[laughs]
Good speaking, good selling, basically.
- Okay, I'm gonna argue,
I don't think you need a degree in communications.
I actually have a degree in journalism.
I feel, ultimately, being a good communications director
is just about being really personable,
knowing a lot of people.
It's all about building your network.
So, if you can, like, work with the right people
early in your career, you can build that.
But, of course, a lot of companies do like
to see you have a college degree,
but I don't actually feel it requires one.
I think if you are talented at that,
you can grow in that role.
- I agree. Experience can equal
a degree sometimes.
- I think really a lot of, especially PR stuff,
it really is just about networking.
I used to hate that term when I was younger,
and I hated the idea of having to go to, like,
networking events.
But the truth is, if you find the right field,
it's not networking.
It's just hanging out with the people that you like.
And for me, a lot of those people
are in my industry, and so it's natural
to be hanging out with them and making those connections.
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- What does success look like in this field?
- Well, movin' up, which you did very quickly.
And movin' on, if you want to, to something else,
and getting into management,
putting on a really successful event.
- I think it's different for everybody,
and I think that for me,
either you're successful because you now have
your dream clients that you've always wanted
to work with or the people you've ever wanted
to work with, and that's success.
I don't know yet exactly
where I may wanna grow from here,
but I feel like I'm always willing to see.
And it is just about loving your job
and enjoying what you're doing. - That's a good point, too.
Work-life balance is so important.
I've learned that even as I've grown and changed jobs,
how important that is over time.
- Well, you worked a lot when I was a kid and-
- Yeah.
- You know, I feel like definitely,
I was both inspired by that, and I learned from that.
Because, you know, I think
that you've always told me, "I don't know
if I would've worked as much like that anymore," you know?
And I think to me, having Junie, my baby,
is like, okay, I don't wanna work as many hours
as you had to work, but I also wanna show her
what it's like to be a really successful person,
and like you showed me. - Do you like your job?
Are you happy there?
[Jasmine laughs] - Yes, I'm very happy.
I always tell my company, I'm like, “I do love it here.”
I've had jobs that,
you know, I was really unhappy at,
and you feel trapped.
You don't know how you're gonna move
forward from it. And I've loved
every single day at my job.
I feel like what's cool, especially being
at a music museum, is there's stuff
like shows, but there's also exhibits,
and there's also various press opportunities.
So, every single day is different.
They asked us to bring in props from our workspace,
and, of course, we both bring
[laughing] in my daughter.
- My granddaughter. - My little Juniper.
I'm always drinking my morning tea
with her, you know? - Of course.
- And you keep your pens and pencils-
- It's my pencil holder that my daughter gave me
with beautiful pictures of the baby
all around it that I absolutely love.
- Before we throw her into the workforce,
she's basically there already with us.
[Jasmine laughing] - Exactly, yeah.
- Do you feel like you have a better sense
of what I do for work now?
- Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm.
I thought I knew it pretty well, but I've learned quite a bit.
Yes, and it's very- I think it's interesting.
It sounds really fun. - Mm-hmm.
Thanks for watching.
If you enjoyed this, make sure to click through
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[beep] - And I get
to go to some events,
[Jasmine laughs] which I like.
- Always on the guest list.
[both laughing]