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INTER VIEW DEVON CAVANAGH

Tell us about yourself. more. My job is to create media coverage and
I am 26 years old, living in Liberty Village on the public awareness of new and existing TV series
west side of downtown Toronto. I work on the on our networks.
publicity team at Corus Entertainment, and I am
passionate about all things TV and pop culture. What does an average workday look like for you,
Some of my favourite things are sunny park days from waking up to tucking in at the end of the
and cottage weekends, the Real Housewives night?
franchise, pop music from the early aughts, All days start with coffee and checking social
salacious murder mysteries, a dirty martini media for what news I missed overnight. At work,
or good glass of red wine, and trying out new my day-to-day can include pitching interviews
restaurants or going to old favourites. I love to to media, monitoring coverage, writing press
travel and have gone to Asia, Caribbean, Europe, releases, working with influencers, and planning
and the Mediterranean over the last few years. events. I keep work-night evenings pretty low-
I’m hoping to check a few more places off my key. I like to get in a workout, have dinner with
bucket list in 2019. Having grown up north in my boyfriend or close friends, catch up on my
Sault Ste. Marie, I also like being in nature more favourite show, or maybe catch a movie.
than one may expect, and I love boating, hiking,
and swimming in Lake Superior. What common misconceptions do people have
about what you do?
You work at Corus Entertainment. What I think a lot of people think public relations is like
sacrifices did you have to make in your life to what was portrayed by Samantha on Sex and the
succeed in your position? City—all hob-knobbing and swanky parties. In
I feel really lucky that Corus values a healthy reality, while there are some really fun and glam
work/life balance. I don’t feel as if I’ve had to aspects to it, it is a lot of hard work, and you are
sacrifice anything to succeed in my position. The behind the scenes shining the spotlight on others,
only place where I may have missed out was not not being the centre of attention like Samantha.
taking time between school and work to travel,
but I’m doing my best to make up for it now. What are your biggest highlights from working
for Corus Entertainment to date?
How would you describe your job? My job has put me in some cool situations,
I work on the publicity team for Corus’s lifestyle including working with The Real Housewives,
content, which includes brands like Food Network riding on a golf cart through a music festival
Canada, Slice, National Geographic, Lifetime, and with the Property Brothers, appearing in the
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