Arielle Jamin Imagine waking up every day and being excited to go to work. Excited for the never-ending fun and challenges that come along with pro- ducing a live TV segment. Earning a job like that takes edu- cation, hard work, passion, and in Arielle Jamins case, personality. Jamin, a former Long Beach State University journalism student, possesses all of those things. Little did Jamin know, her dream of working in the cutthroat entertainment world would come true. Jamins road to success started at LBSU, where she was drawn to journalism because of all the ca- reer possibilities it could lead to, including television news. VIIIc acnuIng !!\, Icv Ivs internship was with NBCs late night talk show, Last Call with Carson Daly. Through that internship, Jamin met and had a casual conversation with the head of NBCs human resources department where she told her that she had an interest in entertainment news. That meeting eventually landed her an internship with Access Hollywood. When an opening came up, she (NBCs head of HR) wanted me to come in right away, right after my internship with Carson Daly, but I had summer school and couldnt make it, Jamin said. She thought of me again the next time there was an avail- ability and I went into Access Hollywood and thats how it all began I guess. After Jamins internship, Access Holly- wood offered her a job; however, she turned it down for graduate school. I always wanted to go to grad school and I wanted to be successful at it. But I kept in touch for those two years. Very determined, Jamin continued her education at Cal State Los Angeles because of their Telecommunications and Film grad- uate program. While attending Cal State Los Ange- les, now living in the perfect city to jump- start her career, she worked as a freelance production assistant helping out on random pilots to help build her resume with televi- sion production. To be honest, it didnt have to be Access Hollywood, I just wanted to work in entertainment news. After graduate school, Jamin says she bombarded Access Hollywood with emails and her resume in hopes that a job would ocn u, anu I uIu, IanuIng Icv Ivs acuaI job in the entertainment world. She started at the company in the videotape operations department, at an entry-level position. Her job was to archive show footage that had been collected from different shoots as well as help producers lo- cate footage when they needed it for a piece/ segment. Nine months after starting at Access Hollywood, Jamin was promoted to her cur- rent position as an editorial production as- sistant. As an editorial P.A., she gets to work on both Access Hollywood live (a morning Access Hollywood by day, fash- ionista by night, Arielle Jamin is living the Los Angeles dream. talk show) and Access Hollywood (an eve- ning entertainment news magazine show). Jamin arrives at work bright and early at 6 a.m. every day for the morning meeting. Her day continues with pulling footage and cutting it for each segment on the morning show. She does everything again for the eve- ning show; along with helping the producers prep their pieces by going through footage and logging verbatim of what people are say- ing on camera. When Jamin isnt assisting pro ducers, shes focused on producing her own seg- ment, Weekend Radar. Producing Weekend Radar for Access Hollywoods weekend show is Jamins biggest accomplishment to date. Photo by Curly V. Now that Im producing my own segment for our weekend show, I get to decide everything that goes into a story and I get to write it, and its kind of like my baby you know? Its totally mine so thats really cool. where we actually have guests you know come in and then the other one is a news magazine show where we go out on shoots, to premieres and junkets. For me the most exciting thing was meeting the backstreet boys. Growing up they were the biggest things ever. I was ob- sessed with them and I go to watch them sing a capella two feet away from me. After they performed, Jamin and some her colleges (who were wearing Backstreet Boys hats), stood outside their dressing room and waited for them. One of the members was in the bathroom so they knocked on the bathroom door like crazy people to get a Icuvc wII Ic InaI ncnIcv of Ic Ianu. We basically stalked them. It was super unprofessional but we got our picture. Luckily our producers understood, Jamin said giggling. Those are some of the perks of working in entertainment. Working as an editorial production as- sistant on two different shows every day can be hectic, but Jamin handles it with ease. On the busy days, she never has a complaint, always ready to work and does it all in a timely manner. Its inspiring, Jamin says she enjoys coming into work every day because every day is differ- ent and exciting. Its nice that Im not just working at a news program thats one show, its two shows, Jamin said. One is a live talk show said Samantha Am- oros, an editorial production assistant at Access Hollywood. Jamin aspires o Icconc a IcIu producer in the future, but shes not limiting herself. If theres anything shes learned from work- ing at Access Holly- wood, its that she is still learning about everyones positions and she doesnt want to limit herself to just IcIng a IcIu vouuc- er. Anytime theres an opening there are hundreds and hundreds of people applying for the same position, she said about the cutthroat entertain- ment business. You have to be very ag- gressive; everything is time sensitive and can be stressful. Everybody wants to get to the top so you have to show you are capable and will- ing. Along with liv- ing out her passion for entertainment news, Jamin is a trend-setting fashion model for the notori- ous fashion designer Curly-V. I just wanted to work in enterteinment news Curly-V, a close friend of Jamins, interned under Jeremy Scott and David LaChapelle. Curly-V produced a music video staring Jamin that included over a thousand pictures taken of her wearing clothes from his line. I dont take myself seri- ously enough to model but hes my best friend so I felt comfort- able, Jamin said. Jamin, who on top of it all has an entrepreneur mindset, is in the process of starting a fash- ion and entertainment website with Curly V. Vc wan I o ucInIcIy be fun and have different col- umns with mix of entertainment and fashion, up and coming art- ists, and people who are starting out in the business, she said. Jamin has the whole pack- age, brains and beauty. Whether it was Jamins internships, work ethic, education or determina- tion that got her this far, theres no doubt this young lady has a bright future ahead. Photo of Arielle Jamin at Access Hollywood Surviving in the Entertainment Jungle: Ariells Five Tips 1. Stop comparing yourself to others. You are unique and your path to success will be too. Theres no one formula for achieving your goals. 2. NO ones perfect, but it doesnt hurt to strive to be the best. 3. Dont be too critical of your- self. Everyone makes mistakes. What will set you apart is how you choose to learn from them. 4. Dont be afraid to ask for what you want and really go for it. Even if things dont go your way, chances are you wont be worse off for trying. 5. Have FUN and enjoy the jour- ney. Dont make life all about the destination.. Your road to success is where all the memo- ries are made! Even the not-so- pleasant memories make pretty darn good stories! Photo by Curly V.