Beauty and Brains

By Kelsey DeMeire and Carli Garsow

Arielle Jamin
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magine waking up every day and
being excited to go to work. Excited
for the never-ending fun and chal-
lenges that come along with pro-
ducing a live TV segment.
Earning a job like that takes
education, hard work, passion, and
in Arielle Jamins case, personality. Jamin, a
former Long Beach State University journal-
ism 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 suc-
cess started at LBSU, where she was drawn
to journalism because of all the career pos-
sibilities it could lead to, including television
news.
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ternship 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 availability and I
went into Access Hollywood and thats how it all
began I guess.
Afer Jamins internship, Access Hollywood
ofered 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 graduate program.
While attending Cal State Los Angeles, now
living in the perfect city to jumpstart her career,
she worked as a freelance production assistant
helping out on random pilots to help build her
resume with television production.
To be honest, it didnt have to be Access
Hollywood, I just wanted to work in entertainment
news.
Afer graduate school, Jamin says she
bombarded Access Hollywood with emails and her
resume in hopes that a job would open up, and it
did, landing her frst actual job in the entertain-
ment 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 diferent shoots as well as help
producers locate footage when they needed it for a
piece/segment.
Nine months afer starting at Access Holly-
wood, Jamin was promoted to her current position
as an editorial production assistant. As an editorial
P.A., she gets to work on both Access Hollywood
Live (a morning talk show) and Access Hollywood
(an evening 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..
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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 producers,
shes focused on producing her own seg-
ment, Weekend Radar. Producing Weekend
Radar for Access Hollywoods weekend show
is Jamins biggest accomplishment to date.
Now that Im producing my own seg-
ment for our weekend show, its really cool
that I get to decide everything that goes into
a story and that I get to write it, and its kind
of like my baby you know? Its totally mine
so thats really cool.
Jamin says she enjoys coming into
work every day because every day is different
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
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 got 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
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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 work-
ing in entertainment.
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By Kelsey DeMeire and
Carli Garsow

Working as
an editorial produc-
tion assistant 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 inspir-
ing, said Samantha
Amoros, an editorial
production assistant
at Access Hollywood.
Jamin aspires
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producer in the
future, but shes not
limiting herself.
If theres any-
thing shes learned
from working at Access
Hollywood, its that she
is still learning about
everyones positions and
she doesnt want to limit
herself to just being a feld
producer.
Anytime theres
an opening there are
hundreds and hundreds
of people applying for the
same position, she said
about the cutthroat enter-
tainment business. You
have to be very aggressive;
everything is time sensi-
tive and can be stressful.
Everybody wants to get
to the top so you have to
show you are capable and
willing.
Along with living out her
passion for entertainment news, Jamin
is a trend-setting fashion model for the
notorious fashion designer Curly-V
Curly-V, a close friend of Ja-
mins, 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 serious-
ly enough to model but hes my best
friend so I felt comfortable, Jamin said.
Jamin, who on top of it all has
an entrepreneur mindset, is in the pro-
cess of starting a fashion and entertain
ment website with Curly V.
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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.
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By Kelsey DeMeire and
Carli Garsow
Access Hollywood by day, fashionista by night, Arielle Jamin is living
the Los Angeles dream.
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
yourself. Everyone makes
mistakes. What will set you
apart is how you choose to learn
from them.
Surviving in the
entertainment
Jungle:
Arielles
Five Tips
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
journey. Dont make life all
about the destination.. Your
road to success is where all the
memories are made! Even the
not-so-pleasant memories make
pretty darn good stories!
Photo BY Curly V. | Arielle Jamin