August 2013

The Beginning to an End

This week marks the last week of my internship at Transparent Healthcare. Time went by so fast. I cannot believe that in so little time I could learn so much. I learned many new programs and how to use them…

It’s not Goodbye, It’s See You Later

Wrapping up my time at Esquire has been so bittersweet. This summer I worked closely with designer clothes, attended fashion events and photo shoots where I learned roles between fashion directors, designers and stylists. Aside from the glamour, I spent…

Inspired by Trap Door Athletics

As I began my internship workign with Trap Door Athletics 10 weeks ago, I felt a bit uncertain in my decision as it would be my second internship working within the fitness industry. With a hope to see myself in…

Coming to an End

  Hey Guys!! Can you believe it is already August 1st?! Sheesh, where has the summer gone? I am more than ready for this summer to be over because this will be my final semester EVER of college! Bring it…

My Time So Far at Focus Pointe

My name is Jordan and I’m interning at Focus Pointe Global in Center City this summer. I’m a winter kind of guy myself so (and I’m sure someone out there can relate to this) the gaps where you aren’t in…

My Classroom in the Real World

Hello everyone, my name is Yvette Ramos and I am an advertising major and a senior at Temple University. This past month I have been interning at a company called Transparent Healthcare. It is based out of Swarthmore, but provides…

The Beginning

  Hey Guys!! I am more than excited to get this internship-ball rolling this summer. As the graphic design intern at Phillybass’d Entertainment, I have a bunch of projects in line for the summer that I am more than excited…

8 Simple Steps to Succeed

Hello, my name is Ashley Leonard. I am an Advertising major at Temple University, focusing on the art direction. I have completed my internship at Shooters Inc, a production company on walnut street. I have had many tasks, big and…

First International Pop Up Agency, We Are Y5!

Y5! My team and I have created the first international pop up advertising agency and its name is Y5. We are founded under the Marcus Graham Project, a non-profit organization aimed to promote diversity in advertising. Our four clients are…

Philadelphia 76ers Intern

Hello all I got the amazing opportunity to intern for the philadelphia 76ers in the camps department. I started in early may and came in beyond scared. I wanted this internship so badly, I applied for months before I actually…

The Focus Groups of FPG

Since my last update I’ve moved from re-wording and re-posting material to posting it on my own, which doesn’t necessarily add any difficulty to the assignment, it just gets rather time-consuming.  I’m now posting on six different sites where Focus…

Ryan Mackey Beach Tennis USA

As an intern at Beach Tennis USA, I have many responsibilities, duties and challenges I deal with daily. My main duty on the job is to promote beach tennis. Calling camps and schools is very important for our business. Once…

A Summer of Experience

Keystone Funding, a mortgage and realty group has introduced me into a new level of business knowledge, something I feel can never be taught in a classroom. I have spent about half my summer interning here and I can truly…

Honored and Humbled.

This summer in Dallas under the Marcus Graham Project has been INSANE! First I would like to state that if you ever told me that I would do everything I did this summer a year ago, I would have never…

Yesterday I Sold My First Campaign

This is my last day as the Interactive Production intern for Saatchi & Saatchi’s Team One in Los Angeles, California. I have had an amazing experience this summer and I am so sad to be leaving. My mentor Evan was…

Changing Perspectives Through Experience

Throughout the past few months, I have been interning full-time at Evoke Health, an advertising agency that deals with pharmaceutical companies. I came into this experience, hoping to learn more about the account executives and the sort of work that…

Hands On

Today is beginning of my 5th week at Keystone Funding. I am really enjoying the reality of the business setting that surrounds me. I arrived today at the office at 9:00 AM to begin my task. Every Monday I update…

The final week/my final thoughts

So this is the last week of my internship at E.I. & Design Group, and I couldn’t have asked for more of a learning experience than what I gained here during the summer. The coolest part about my internship was…

A New Chapter at Coyne Chemical

As our summer winds down, mornings get chillier, our days longer, I reflect on the summer internship I spent being part of the Coyne Chemical family. This summer I had the opportunity to work at one of oldest family-owned chemical…

A Chemical Reaction

My summer was full of inspiration and direction. This summer I had the opportunity to intern at George S. Coyne Chemical; a family owned chemical company since 1868. Coming into the company my knowledge about chemicals/chemistry was limited. However, I…

Insightful and Fulfilling

Shayne Maister here. My summer internship at Agency|51 has been a very rewarding and fulfilling experience. I’ve learned so much about the advertising industry and how I can contribute to the industry by tapping into different skill sets I had…

Making Your Internship a Success

As I complete the final two weeks of my internship with CBS Philly, I have come up with some valuable tips for taking advantage of the intern experience and becoming established within the advertising industry. Collect business cards and contact…

Summer Learning for the Future

This summer, time has gone by so quickly at the fast moving start-up, Defined Clarity. During the two months I have worked as a marketing intern, we have been developing the marketing strategy of their new HR software, gatherDocs. Our…