November 2012

Opportunities Aren’t Given They’re Made

We’ve all seen the campaign that look school pride to a new level and on Wednesday, November 28th the amazingly talented team from Neiman advertising agency ventured to North Philadelphia to give us a behind the scenes look at how…

PHL: Modern Renaissance City

As a Temple Student and thus a Philadelphia resident I seem to often forget that tons of people visit Philadelphia as a vacation spot each and every day. That was until I came across PHL Partners, a “toolkit” to show…

Intern Promotions DO Exist!

After about two months of being at my internship, I was promoted (without pay) to an editor of one of my company’s websites. I-g Creative is a marketing and online publishing company with about five different websites on different topics…

Finding a Mentor

It’s no secret that the business world is primarily dominated by men. This fact is especially evident when you look at the number of women in executive positions compared to men. While statistics vary, the ratio is around 1:10. What…

Laughing While Learning with the Braithwaite Crew

I began interning at Braithwaite Communications at the end of August.  Braithwaite is a Branding, PR and Marketing firm located at 1500 Walnut St.  I took on a confidential crisis project on my first day and from then on I knew that I wouldn’t…

Philadelphia Flyers Internship

When I first got hired as a intern with the Philadelphia Flyers, I expected an experience to be very different than the one I am having because of the current lockout state. I was hired as a game night promotions…

I heart Chemicals.

The word Chemical can be scary, unless you have done your research. I spent the entire summer researching chemicals at my internship. I became consumed with chemicals.  Researching chemicals that I could not pronounce, I found myself conducting more research…

Temple Made: Behind The Scenes

Self Made. Philly Made. Temple Made. Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Hillel at Temple University (1441 Norris Street) You’ve heard the slogan, but ever wonder where it came from? Curious about the creative minds behind Temple’s…

Target’s Deals Duet

Black Friday is right around the corner which means lines wrapped around the building, security trying to prevent people from trampling each other, and yes those oh so sweet holiday discounts. As the days draw nearer I couldn’t help but…

Small in Size, Big in Creativity – i-g creative

This past semester I have been interning at i-g creative, a small company in Northern Liberties thats work encompasses the entire creative realm. There’s advertising, marketing, photography, event planning, graphic design, online publishing, public relations and…I think I’ve gotten my…

DIY: Professional Skill Building

I have learned a lot about the advertising/communications industry as an advertising student at Temple University.  I’ve gained many useful skills for (hopefully) helping me achieve a successful career as a professional in communications, mostly through classwork and homework. I…

The Most Interesting Voicemail In The World

Everyone knows the Most Interesting Man in the World but not many know of his parrot “who has learned to mimic his every vocal nuance” on his voicemail. Yup, you heard correct  Dos Equis has a new mural advertising for…

The “Gangnam Style” Sensation

Last month South Korean rapper Psy’s Gangnam Style set a Guinness World Record for most likes on youtube in just three months with over two hundred million times. The viral sensation has taken off in the United States as well…

Sell, Sell, and ReSale some more…

Since my internship is unique, in the sense that it doubles as my job, I often end up playing two roles: one of a Sales Associate, and the other as Director of Advertising and Marketing. Up to this point, my…

The AD industry: Stress, but Great Rewards

Throughout my whole experience as an account service intern at Tag Strategies, the internship has taught me how valuable it is to apply the knowledge you learned from the classroom into the real world. It has also taught me that…

Party Like It’s 1929

For the past couple of months I’ve been an intern at a Philadelphia food tour company called (oddly enough) City Food Tours. The company sells tours around different neighborhoods in Philadelphia that involve not only sight seeing and history lessons…

A pleasant surprise

I have been continuing my first internship here at Finch Brands for a few months now .  Finch Brands, for those who aren’t familiar with it, is a Philadelphia based boutique branding agency located in Old City near 3rd and…

Coming Out Party At: I-g Creative

This past semester, I have been interning at I-g Creative.  I-g Creative is “an entertainment marketing and online publishing agency specializing in the creation and management of online networks and communities.”  I received this offer in the summertime and I…

Sandy & Social Media

Unfortunately this past week the East Coast experienced the wrath of the super storm Sandy. Leaving millions of people without power and thousands without homes, the social media frenzy began growing in size alongside the hurricane.  It was no surprise…

Marketing PHL, Discovering PHL

Before I started my senior year here at Temple, I came to the sad realization that I didn’t know nearly enough about the city I’ve been living in for three years. What is NoLibs? Where is NoLibs? Can I even…

The Social Media Sidekick

Hello! My name in Lauren Resnick, I’m a senior at Temple University studying what we’re all hear to read about, Advertising! I am currently the Marketing Intern over at Focus Pointe Global in Center City. FPG is a national marketing…