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An Interview with our resident PM Style Chatter, Erin

by on ‎03-24-2015 03:48 PM

Hey lay-dees! Time for another PM Style blog. This week, Erin, our adorbs associate Producer who handles our live chat on my Fb page during the show. Coolest fun fact: Erin's twin sis does the same thing for AM Style. So who is Erin, and what makes her tick? Warning. Prepare to fall in love. She's lovely!




Name: Erin 


Age: 28


Hometown: Willow Grove, PA


Years at QVC: 4years


Job title: Associate Producer


 


What is your role on PM Style? What do you love about it?


I’m an associate producer with an additional role of “social” producing. So in addition to knowing about the live show, (yes sometimes I’m on headsets during the chat), moving cameras, checking lights, etc., I also get the opportunity to chat with the lovely viewers for PM Style on FB.



What do you love about it?


That’s easy! There is something I find particularly thrilling about being involved in a live unscripted show, while simultaneously maintaining a very live and interactive conversation with our viewers. I love being able to relay FB questions or comments from the chat to the production team, and vice versa. I’m kind of like the liaison between the viewer, the production team, and Shawn! I love the sense of community and friendship that seems to naturally forge whenever shopping and good people come together.



What's your most memorable or funny viewer connection through chatting during shows?


I was trying to locate a shoe a viewer asked about during the chat. She said she saw a model wearing them a few Monday nights prior. Given my determination to track down these shoes, I must have supplied more than 6 item numbers based on her description—with no success! Eventually, the other ladies chatting started to help me out by asking for a better description. We were all working on it and it became a real mystery to solve! We went back and forth suggesting and tracking down item numbers. Finally, when it was all said and done, the viewer realized it was the very first item number I had given her!! It was fun to experience the support of the ladies from the FB chat to help a fellow friend out! We all had a good laugh!!



You have a twin sister Kate who does something similar for AMStyle. Tell us more about your relationship? It's ironic you both work at QVC?


It’s great that we both work at the Q! We’ve done everything together our whole lives; I think it would be weird if we didn’t work with each other in some capacity. We are best friends. There is no one closer to me than my twin sister-- we have been together since before our first breath, she truly is an extension of me.



Do twins really think the same thoughts?


Absolutely! We often finish each other sentences, or come out of our bedrooms wearing the same outfit-- even now at 28! We know each other so well that I can look at her from across a room and know exactly what she is thinking! We even scored the same exact number on our College Prep Exams!



How are you and Kate the same; how are you different? 


We are the same in many areas of life, sense of humor, goals, quirky personality traits, sense of style (for the most part). Our voices are almost identical! She left me a voice mail once, and I was convinced I left it for myself! We are a little different in terms of risk taking. I’d say Kate is open to trying new things, where I am much more cautious in my approach at life.


 


What's your total dream Job?


Not to sound cheesy, but I love working here at the Q-- I love live television in general, and the countless opportunities in this field are bountiful enough to supply multiple dream jobs. If I had another dream job, it would be an Investigative Reporter. A close third would be to work as a High Fashion Model (Clearly I wasn’t blessed with the height for that, but it’s still a dream, right?!)


 


What's your biggest fear?


I’m deathly afraid of dogs, heights, small spaces, etc. But on a more rhetorical level, I’m afraid that one day I’m going to look back at all the things and goals I wanted to accomplish but never did because I was too scared to try, or waited too long.


 


What's your dream vacation? 


Any place warm, any island will do! Eventually, I’d love to see the culture and grandeur of Europe, but right now, I’d settle for an ocean view, my toes in the sand, and a soft breeze that carries the sweet smell of sun tan oil and island music.


 


What’s your Guilty Pleasure? 


Candy, and shopping,  particularly fragrance shopping. I have over 40 bottles of perfume and cologne, as I wear both. I take fragrance shopping very seriously from classics to new scents—it’s my favorite accessory. Each day I take in to consideration the outfit I’m wearing, the time of day, the season, and what feelings I’m trying to invoke by wearing that scent. Deep I know!



 


What's your fav (or first) purchase from QVC?


Given my love of being tan, I realize that tanning beds are not healthy or safe, so when I first used St. Tropez, it gave me an instant tan that I could control, saved me money, and is defi...


                                                                                                                 


Hobbies when you're not working?


I work out a lot! I enjoy running, and lifting weights as well. One of my other favorite past time is scouring the internet for information about anything that pops in my head. For example: How Amish Quilts are made, who invented the first cookie?, etc. There is so much of the world to learn about!



 


Nickname: Twin


 


Something people would be surprised to learn about you?


I’ve never brought a guy or potential suitor home to meet my Mom and Dad, as I rarely date.


 


You take a lot of great candid photos of me for PMS that you post on Instagram. You have a real knack for taking cool photos. What's your secret or a few tips?


Thank you! Depending on the subject, whether it’s a person or an object, I love trying different angles, positions, and perspectives. Don’t use too many crazy filters as it can alter the natural beauty of whatever you are taking the photo of. Take into consideration lighting, shadows, and the best features that you want to highlight, and let that be your main focus.



What is the Craziest thing you've ever done to take a photo?


On set, I’ve literally crawled on my hands and knees to get just the right “angle” or position. I once wanted to make a product look more authentic, it was a “crystal breath freshener,” so I crushed up the breath crystals and sprinkled them all over the table and the product, taped a flashlight to the table to light it underneath, and then had someone rotate the tabletop so it matched the winter scenery in the back of the set. I think I took 60 photos before I was happy with ONE!


 


Totally irrelevant but, since PMS girls talk about everything, what's your favorite feature on a man?


Ha! Can I list a few features?! I love a guy with a “melt-worthy” smile; add a few dimples and a five o’clock shadow and I’m swooning. I also have a thing for nice proportionate hands on a man-- it’s weird, but I love it!


 


Can you give viewers any behind the scenes scoop and the show, me, the models? Sitting on the sidelines of a live show has got to be crazy, what's it like?


It is BUSY! Everyone from the producers on the floor to the producers and directors in the control room, the models, and backstage crew are all in constant contact with each other and Shawn to deliver the best possible show. And no matter how much preparation is involved pre-show, something is bound to change-- it’s just the nature of the game; but learning to roll with it, and make it fun is what it’s all about. Shawn makes the job look easy, which I can assure you means she knows her stuff, because she has a lot of people talking to her, motioning to her, switching things up all in a matter of seconds! It’s a phenomenal thing to watch, and better yet, to be a part of!!


Sure hope you'll chat with me on Shawn's Facebook Page on Monday Nights. You can also check her out on Instagram and if you've missed any PM Style shows with Shawn Killinger so far, her collection is available here.


~ Erin