Everyone has a different story to tell. We all start in our careers and hobbies in different ways. I definitely did not think that I would have the job I have today.
Bear River High School Student Government
In high school I was taking a digital media class, it was honestly just an elective class and I didn’t think anything would come out of it. I thought it would be a fun class to try out and just learn about digital media, from photo and video to social media. At the end of the trimester, my teacher came up to me and asked me if I ever thought about joining Student Government. I told him, not really. With that he told me that Student Government wanted to offer me a position to be their Student Body Tech. The Student Body Tech is basically someone who takes care of all things video related, from making senior tribute videos to making videos for fundraisers. That is basically their main job. I told him that I was interested and then he sent me to the Student Government Advisor, who at the time was, Ashlee Reeder. Ashlee talked to me more about it and told me should would let me know in a few days whether or not I was chosen for the position. A few days later I found out that I was chosen to be the Student Body Tech for my Junior and Senior year of high school.
Now to say when I started I had no idea what I was doing is an understatement. The only video stuff I knew was what I had learned in my digital media class. But those were some of the best years of my life. Student Government showed me what it takes time to learn things and to never give up. I had no idea what I was doing, but I worked hard, asked for help when I needed it, and keep trying to improve. The people I met on Student Government helped me get to where I am today.
UVU Sports Videographer
In 2017, I ended my time on Student Government and graduated from high school. In order to pay for college I applied to be a work study student and I got a job interview for a social media job working for the Athletic Marketing Department at UVU. When I went into my interview I didn’t think that I would end up being a videographer. In my interview I talked about my experience and how I made video for Student Government in high school. After that they decided to hire me on as a videographer.
I was so nervous and had no idea what I was doing. But I had the best teacher. Matt Mansfield, who currently works for Turner Sports, was my supervisor for two years while he was at UVU and he helped me becoming the videographer I am. When I first started, I helped a little bit with editing during games, but at one women’s soccer game Matt told me I was going to film. To say I was terrified is an understatement. I kept telling him I had no ideas what I was doing and that I wasn’t sure where to go. And he was just like Kailee you can do it. So I did and ever since I having been filming for almost every sport and have created content for almost all of them. Matt is who helped me be the videographer I am today.
He showed me that we can’t let fear rule what we do, that failure is the key to success and when we fail we just have to get back up and learn from what happened. I definitely didn’t think that I would be doing videography for Athletics, but it has showed me something and given me the opportunity to do something that I truly enjoy and want to continue as a possible career when I graduate. We all start somewhere and my journey happened to begin at Bear River High School and continue on to Utah Valley University.Â
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