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Age: 25
City: New York
Industry: Public Relations
Job Title: Beauty Account Manager
Years of Experience: 3
Salary: $60k
What does your job title mean? What does your job entail?
I mainly handle pitching, events and makeup artist/influencer relations for major beauty/wellness brands.
When do you wake up?
6am–go to the gym, come home, get ready, walk my dog and pack breakfast + lunch for the day.
At 9am I am…
Heading into the office (as long as the subway doesn’t fail me!)
At 11am I am…
Either answering emails, coming back from a breakfast meeting with an editor, influencer or MUA, on a conference call, pitching new products or putting together an event deck–every day is different!
What does lunch normally look like for you?
Depending on the day, I will go grab lunch (salad or stir fry are my go-to) and eat at my desk while answering emails or catching up on The Hollywood Reporter articles. If I bring lunch, it’s typically a salad or dinner leftovers. I’ll eat at my desk and then try to step outside for a walk and normally “stumble” into Zara or Topshop 🙂
At 1pm I am…
Probably about to eat or go pick up lunch!
At 3pm I am… 
Same as 11am–depending on the day, I’m either answering emails, on a conference call, pitching new products or putting together an event deck.
At 5pm I am…
In a meeting or have hit a wall for the day and am reading the latest from Byrdie, Refinery 29 or Glamour to try to get over the slump and finish the day.
How does a workday end for you? What time do you normally leave work?
I have a dog and can’t always afford a dog walker, so I try to leave as close to 6pm as possible to get back to her for a walk. I make sure the major points on my to-do list are finished (no one needs any edits/info/etc from me) and remind myself that not everything can be done in one day. Then, I head to the subway.
What do you do after work? An event? Dinner? More work?
Depending on the day, I may have a dinner meeting with an editor or influencer or am working/attending an event, but typically I go home for a walk to Riverside Park and catch up on my TV shows or catch dinner and a movie with my boyfriend (shoutout to Movie Pass).
What time do you go to bed? 
I try to go to bed around 11/11:30–the night ends with an episode of whatever I’m binge-watching (currently One Tree Hill for the fifth time), another walk with my dog, and a skincare routine some may call “aggressive.”
Is there anything about your job you’d like people to know?
Every day is different, and it can be a lot of fun and creative, but it’s also a lot of desk work and sitting in front of a computer, glued to your inbox–it’s not always an episode of The Hills!