Experiences at Discovery Communications

That if you work hard your efforts are always recognize. Don't stay quite at your desk but expose your ideas to your managers.

Pay attention to detail

Thru a friend who was also extremetely excited about working there.

While I was interning at Carlyn Davis Casting, a fellow intern had a part-time job in Discovery's legal department. She encouraged me to apply to a couple of openings, and within a few weeks I had an interview. I ended up working in legal for two years. While my interests fall more on the creative side of the industry (writing and development, specifically), I found that legal was a great place to learn the business.

Everything a company does filters through legal at some point. I helped to draft the contracts for some of our networks' biggest shows. I knew about every claim that was filed against the company, and about every complaint letter recieved. I attended intense meetings about rights management when "new media" was just starting out. What I learned in those meetings has proven invaluable in my current position with the digital media team. Now I'm on the other side of the rights requests, but at least I understand what they mean!...