(Some More) New Intern Tips
With all of the important work given to me at LevLane, I have to keep make sure I’m handing in all of my assignments in a timely manner. In an attempt to fight procrastination, I began thinking of all the…
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The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
Internships
Learning From Mistakes and Failing with Grace
In quick summation I spent the past semester as an administrative assistant and marketing intern at a nurse case management company called Advanced Rehabilitation Management. My particular duties ranged from day to day growing in complexity as I gained more…
The Realness of Research
As a research student in the Advertising department, it is a lot of times difficult to put yourself in real life scenarios of things that might happen during research or how it actually happens in the real world. This semester I…
Building Confidence – A New Perspective
As the Chinese wise-men say, “when the student is ready the teacher appears”. Working at Advanced Rehabilitation Management put me in the spotlight to create work that would be published and reviewed by eyes other than my own. AdvancedRM is…
Stranger in a Strange Land
I spent the latter half of August and the first two weeks of the Fall 2015 semester hammering out the details of my internship with Independence Blue Cross Foundation. It was a long road, with many phone calls and emails exchanged…
Ten ways to get the most out of your internship-
Nowadays internships are much more hands on and you get a chance to really work on projects rather than just do the busy work. Here are ten tips to help you get the most out of your internship. 1. Say…
The Right Fit
Entering any industry can be intimidating, especially when you’re just starting out as an intern because we really don’t know what to expect. We’ve all heard the horror stories of being placed at a desk by the trash or having…
Do The Unexpected, You Might Make A Valuable Impression
When I first began my internship at Ben FM radio station as a sales intern, I expected my duties to strictly pertain to working with the sales team and account managers. Delightfully that was not the case. While working at Ben, I…
My Revelation: I Love Media
After a knowledge-packed two months of media work at LevLane, I realized that I thoroughly enjoy MEDIA. It’s a department I wasn’t able to fully learn in class, but lucky for me, I was able to gain real-world experience. After…
A Blog Post on How My Internship Taught Me How to Write a Blog Post
I am an avid blog reader. I spend 90% of my time on BuzzFeed and only use Facebook to share the interesting blogs I’ve read with people who don’t care. Surprisingly, with all the experience I’ve had reading blogs, I’ve…
Interning, Learning and actually enjoying it.
My name is Jenny Hood, I am a graphic design intern at Dave Magrogan Group. It is a young, fast-paced, growing company. The own five restaurant chains: Kildare’s Irish Pub, Doc Magrogans Oyster House, Barra Rossa, Harvest Seasonal Grill, and…
The Moment of Truth
On the first day of my internship, the other intern and myself were given a list of daily responsibilities we would be in charge of throughout the semester. Most of them were just your regular office activities, but “Group…
Speak out and you will be heard
Philadelphia Magazine is such a well known company it is almost impossible not to have heard of it. But I bet many people don’t recognize the name behind the company: David Lipson. He is the President and owner of the…
All Aboard, Young Intern
As the photography and graphic design intern for the Independence Seaport Museum, I was in charge of spearheading various projects. When it came to documenting different events and posting about them afterwards, while utilizing a vibrant and friendly tone, I…
Positive thoughts brings positive actions
Initially, I thought I was going to be just one of the many Advertising interns at Philadelphia Magazine. To my surprise I was treated just like everyone else. Every morning that I came in I was greeted as anyone else would…
More than the Money
Of course a huge part of a job is the pay. You want to be able to pay your bills and have some money to spend too. As I’m getting closer to graduation, closer to job hunting and closer to…
Chaos at the Concert
A couple of weeks ago, my supervisor asked me if I wanted to work the Stevie Wonder concert. I immediately said yes, not caring about what my specific responsibilities included because the main reason why I chose to intern at…
Don’t Hold Yourself Back
While on my third internship in a row, I have definitely learned a variety of information that I wouldn’t necessarily learn in class. The number one thing I learned that took some time for me to realize is the fact that just…
Feeling like a Star
Within the first few weeks of my internship, I have helped with a lot of different tasks. I have updated the Pathways to Housing Pa website in small ways. I have monitored a campaign and written social media shout outs,…
Sometimes All That Matters Is Who Likes You
The other week I was dropped from a hold at my freelance job. This happens all the time – jobs cancel, dates get moved around… no big deal. But then I came in to the studio and overheard them talking…
The road to the top is full of trash and coffee.
The most valuable skill I’ve learned so far at my internship is how to keep the trash can empty and the coffee flowing. Basically with what I do, my entire job is to make sure that there are no problems…
Be Someone to Remember
Everyday when I walk into my internship at Siquis in Baltimore, as a junior account executive I don’t just try to do great work, but I try to make an impression on people. I make a point to say good…
Sky High Blue
Who would have thought starting an internship would shape my future and the things I want compared to the things I thought I wanted. Joining the Independence Blue Cross team was intimidating. Going into the big city everyday to go to…
Beyond the Job Description
As an Account Management intern at LevLane Advertising, I thought my summer would be spent crunching numbers at a tiny desk tucked away from the “real” employees. One hour into my first day on the job, I quickly discovered that…
When in doubt always ask!
You know how often as an intern you are trusted to handle work that is important to the team and not just actual grunt work? Not very often that’s what! So when you are actually tasked with some thing…
What a Rush
What a Rush For the past two months I’ve been interning at a full service ad agency called Siquis as a junior account executive. It is located in Baltimore and it relatively small with about 30 people employed there. I…
Network Network Network
From as long as I can remember I have not been the small talker. I’d run out of something to say in about two seconds flat and then just stand there awkwardly. This hindered me from even trying to talk…
What we do at R.B. Packaging Innovations
Being an intern at R.B. Packaging Innovations has been a once in a lifetime chance for me to work alongside my brother in revolutionizing the prescription pill bottle. We have a unique design that not only saves cost in packaging and…
The Ball is Beginning to Roll
Today we met with one of the largest plastic manufacturing companies in the world to discuss our revolutionary prescription pill bottle. It was the second time meeting with this company and it went very well. We have, and presented, molded…
Umm… What Now?
My Internship is almost over. Now what? I worked at Red Tettemer because I knew it would be a well-established agency that would be able to teach me a lot. I really liked the range of clients they worked with…
Pipe Up
The line between “well informed, eager young professional” and “blabbermouth” is a fine one. When I first expressed interest in entering the Advertising game to the folks back home, I was hit with a few, “That’s a good idea, you…
Share Your Summer, but Fall into Fall
Summer always goes so fast, doesn’t it? It’s little things that start approaching in late July that grab our attention and remind us of the fact that it unfortunately doesn’t last forever. The “Back to School” commercials, fall clothes…
Where I Don’t Belong
I have never seen Mad Men. In high school, my freshman journalism teacher was so gung ho about the program that I decided to avoid it at all costs, just to stick it to the man. To this day, I…
CALLING ALL INTERNS
When you start your first internship, you are most likely going to be so nervous that you only worry about all the things you’ll mess up on. Take some chill pills – you’re fine. I felt the same way. But…
Keep Work at Work
I cheated at interning. LevLane Advertising|PR|Digital let me inside their walls as a copywriting intern, treated me with nothing but kindness, told me anything they thought might possibly help push my abilities as a writer, and I had the gaul to…
Be a Chameleon
I was hired as an Account Management Intern at Levlane for the summer. This being my first internship, I figured that I would basically be following an Account Manager all summer and simply learning about the job. Little did I…
Going the Distance
If you thought group projects were tiresome while you’re in the same class room, imagine having 3 group members in Chicago, 2 group members in New York (different locations), and 2 in Philadelphia, all working together on a four week…
Art + Food Event
My name is Rachel Gomberg and I am an upcoming Senior in the Advertising program with a focus in Art Direction. This Summer I’ve had the pleasure of interning with Art Sphere Inc., a non-profit organization located in Philly which…
What’s Behind the Big Blue Door?
Dozens of highly motivated and generous people who put in countless hours of work to make their dream come true – their own small business. I have been able to get to know several entrepreneurs of the Incubator Program in the Small…
Fun in the City
Hello everyone! I’ve been meaning to post for so long now. My laptop has been damaged for weeks and I’m breaking in my new one with a blog post 🙂 Currently I’m interning at NEST, which is more or…