The Cougar Phenomena
The Cougar has become the latest buzz of pop culture phenomena. From shows like The Real Desperate Housewives, Sex in the City, and the recent, Cougar Town, to the constant tabloid reports of Cougars ‘on the prowl”, there is no…
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The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
May 2011
Forget Disaster… Disruption means SUCCESS
In most instances, disruption spells disaster but in the case of international advertising agency TBWA, disruption meant innovation. Innovation that would challenge conventional thinking and set precedence in the advertising industry. Author and co-founder of TBWA, Jean- Marie Dru, discusses…
A Rewarding Foursquare
I know Sheryl is getting tired of my posting from my native blog Popflys, but I just had to share this one. Developed around the framework of Foursquare, the app Turf basically “gamifies” the experience with rewards and social interaction…
You win some, You lose some
Just like with anything else in life, some times you have a good day and some times you have a bad day. There are ups and down to everything, including the ad biz. Since I’ve been interning at Neiman Group,…
The moral of the story is: Morale
One thing every aspiring advertising executive must learn to deal with is working long, very long, hours so it’s important to keep the team’s spirits up! There is no such thing as a steady 9-5. What I’ve learned from interning…
Fox Wrap Up
As my time as an intern at Fox winds down, there has been a lot of exciting projects I have been working on. For the past year Fox was secretly working on a new re-branding campaign which has been very…
Flyers Playoff
I have an internship with the Philadelphia Flyers. These past couple of weeks have been crazy at the internship obviously because it is playoff time! At the internship I am a part of the in-game promotional team called the Fun…
The End Is Here
I have now reached the final week of my internship at The Nouveau Image. It has truly been a very rewarding experience. I was able to learn a lot during the course of the internship. I always enjoy being able…
Keeping the Pulse on Advertising Via Tumblr
(typical Tumblr post) Not to brag or nothin, but I’ve been on Tumblr for about a year now. I won’t wow you with how many followers I have either (more than 39, less than 41). But besides being a great…
NO FACEBOOK… ?!
On my drive to Philly this morning I was listening to NPR, and learned that China has created it’s own form of Facebook, in english meaning “everybody.” The irony of the title? They were forced to create this social networking…
Fresh Branding
A fresh new branding campaign has been launched for Stack Architects. The creators of this clean and concise design are The Consult. “They were looking for a fresh brand identity that would reflect its craft and, being a new organisation,…
The Final Curtain
To quote Frank Sinatra, “the end is here and so I face the final curtain”. As the semester comes to a close, so is this chapter in my Finch Brands internship experience. I’ve been asked to stay on for the…
And the waiting begins..
So I have finished my internship at LevLane Advertising. I had an amazing time learning and getting to know some of the people there. I woke up today, without an alarm, to the time that i would have gone in.…
Once you tell them you can help, they know
Interning at the Brownstein Group has been a great opportunity. It is an established agency in the city with big clients and innovative people. As time has gone on, I have made a realization about interning. Everyone is always busy. From creating, to communicating,…
My last Week
Thanks to MayoSeitz Media I will be considering a career in Media Planning! I am on my last week at my internship. Tuesday is the last full day and Thursday is the Cinco de MayoSeitz party. Something I am extremely excited…
OK! Magazine is More Than OK!
Right when I walked into the office on the 4th floor of the 44th and 6th ave. office of OK! Magazine, I knew it was the place I wanted to be. As a web intern at OK! Magazine, I feel…
Darwin’s Got Nothing On Us
If there is one thing I have gained from this internship it is experience. Before this internship all my knowledge of the advertising and marketing world consisted of theoretical situations and hypothetical in class clients. Finch Brands has really helped…
Knowing what you don’t know
As I look back on this semester as an intern at the Avenue of the Arts, I feel that it was a great start to my career. I not only gained experience, but I also realized what I didn’t know,…
The kitchen table internship comes to a close and a career unfolds…
I have a job. Sheffield Furniture & Interiors has hired me as their official Copywriter. The responsibilities that I have as employee are basically the same responsibilities that I had as an intern, which is doing almost all of the…
Millennials…A Generation of Change
We have been told that if we work really hard we will succeed. We won trophies. We learned that everyone is a winner. 75 % of us use social networking sites that have started revolutions… (And stalked our ex’s). We…