April 2011

Lego Ambient

Above is a sample of an idea produced by Access Agency for Lego. Although it is just a concept, it is probably one of the better ambient/viral tactics I’ve seen in recent years. One thing I’m not sure about is the…

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Lamar Peterson Illustration

Have you ever seen a piece of work (art) and had only one single thought on it? A thought like (excuse my French) “what the fuck is happening right now?” This is exactly what I think when I see the…

LevLane

Internships are great ways to gain experience in your field of work prior to graduating from college. The goal of gaining a media planning internship this spring was  not only to see if this is the line of work I…

It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye

As my internship comes to a close I’m grateful for the experience. I have learned so much and met great people.  Interning at The Gabriel Institute has taught me that you never really know where you’ll end up in your…

A Blog About A Blog

= What better way to intrigue all you bloggers than to talk about…a blog!? That’s what I thought. Regardless of irony, it’s something that I really want to share. Brownstein, like many companies has… a blog. Unlike the others, however,…

Interning, not working out, at a gym.

I currently am finishing up my internship at Weston Fitness located on the corner of 19th and Market. As I mentioned in my last post, it is primarily marketing based but also incorporates some art direction advertising within the job.…

Building websites

Here at Two 1 Five Design Group, I’ve been working on many websites with my boss. We are currently handling Buymorecontacts.com and Eyeland.com. I have never learned the process of actually building the websites with coding therefore I was helping…

Marvel Volkswagen Spoof

Marvel Comics took the Volkswagen “The Force” video and made their own dupe on it. While still wondering the legality behind it, I think it was a simple, easy, and effective idea to market their new cinematic release of…

Keep It Moving

Before starting an internship of any kind, I was under a certain impression about the formula campaign. The client wants more sales…so- you do the research, you make some ads, you follow the results…Kazam. Right? Nope!   Interning with the…

Final Decisions

The end of the semester is here, which means the ending of my internship at Creative Video. Even though I’ve been here since November, it seems like the days went by rather quickly. I enjoy my days working here. I…

Social Media is the New Black

Last week at Finch I got an amazing opportunity. I got to learn all about how to create and manage a Facebook ad from some of the best people in the business. Until now I thought the whole process seemed…

Wrapping up at WOGL

Sadly, my last day at WOGL is coming up, tomorrow actually!  There were many ups and downs at my internship, but overall I believe it to be a successful learning experience.  While I did have “intern responsibilities” like file invoices…

Temple University Portfolio Night!

The Temple Advertising Club (TAC) will be having a Portfolio Night open to students both in the creative and accounting tracks. There will be advertising professionals from all over Philadelphia including ad agencies Razorfish, Dudnyk and LevLane. Don’t miss out…

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Hatch Easter Egg Design Contest

Hatch is holding its 4th annual easter egg design contest. Honestly I’ve never even heard of the contest until recently, although I knew about Hatch as a firm. There are some pretty good ones in there, my favorite of course…

Identity Design: The Landing by Jamie Stolarski

Below are images from the new identity design created for The Landing by Jamie Stolarski. The Landing is a jazz club in San Antonio, I can’t think of many well designed jazz club identities, Jamie on the other hand killed…

Time for Action!

I’m an intern at Creative Video, a video production company located in New Jersey. I was hired at the end of the winter semester as a graphic design intern. Since there wasn’t much design needed during the winter break, I…

Legality Issues as an Intern

Working as an intern at the Office of Sustainability I have run into many legal issues with design. So far at the office I have to make sure certain brochures and fliers are approved by Temple authorities. One example of…

The little things in life.

At my current internship at Philly Magazine I’ve gotten the opportunity to meet a lot of great people (see my last blog about networking) and learn a ton of tools that will help me in the future. Because it is…

Becky Last seen: Neiman Group

I started my Spring semester internship with Neiman Group in January and have loved every Monday/Wednesday/Friday since! Neiman Group is located in the 1619 building on Walnut Street, which is the old NBC building. My label at Neiman is New…

And we’re rolling.

Today was a good day. Today, I was inspired. One of our clients is in the workings with Brownstein to execute a TV spot for a new product. This may make me sound like a six year old, but…I can’t…

Networking is your power tool.

I’ve always been told that the last semester of senior year is the most difficult. It’s the period in your life when you have the least time to yourself. Yet regardless how many times I have been told this I…

The day I’ve been dreading..

<—See that girl? That’s what I’m going to look like a few weeks from now. Graduation; the day I’ve been dreading for the past four years is less than a month away. To some people, graduation may seem like an…

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Glennz

One of my favorite illustrators of all time, Glenn Jones better known as Glennz, has released some fresh work! I’ve been following him for awhile and his illustration wits have always inspired me. He takes stereotypes, personification, and literalism to the right…

Branded Entertainment Campaigns

Actor David Keochner (Anchorman, Waiting) is having a free-form interview with Sarah Silverman. It’s hilarious, awkward, but most importantly it’s taking place in a Denny’s booth over breakfast. The series is called Always Open (watch here) and it’s the newest…

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Split Web Type

I recently found this fresh idea utilizing web type. Manufactura Independente did a nice little write up which you can find in the links I posted. Anyways, web type has always sucked, true type that is (not images). They (Manufactura) managed to…

KYW: A Different Perspective

I really wasn’t sure what to write this blog about, however it came to me just this past Friday when the Director of Digital Media from the advertising department asked for someone who was in “promotions and not doing anything…

Best experience I have had so far!

I literally can’t put into words what I have obtained from my internship. Therefore, I will just start by saying that this internship has opened new doors I never though would be possible! My internship at MayoSeitz Media (www.mayoseitzmedia.com)…

Who Loves Ya?

Hey everyone, My name is Deione Sydnor, senior advertising major at Temple University. I set out with what seemed like an impossible mission at the beginning of my senior year, take 36 credits in 2 semesters with 2 internships. Fortunately,…

LevLane Advertising|PR|Interactive Agency

Before stepping into LevLane Advertising’s Media department, my expectations for  being responsible for the creation of a segment of a media plan were minimal. Shortly into the internship I was given the assignment of contacting radio stations located in Chicago,…

Ad agencies really are as fun as professors say they are

My account management internship experience at the Brownstein Group has been very positive.  It is interesting to see how everything you talk about in ad courses actually happens in an agency.  From account managers constantly meeting with the creative team to discuss…

What I Know for Sure…

…Is that I still have a lot to learn. Though I’ve completed my required 150 hours at MOD Worldwide for the semester, I plan to continue to take advantage of this great opportunity and gain as much experience as I…

Internship in Retrospect

As my internship at Maiden Media () comes to an end, I figured I’d blog about some of the things I’ve learned in the last three months that I’m sure a lot of people can relate to as little students…

Now What?!

              My internship ended this past Friday, I am graduating in less than a month, and I am now posed with the daunting question most people in my position are faced with.. now what?…