The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
I’m about half-way through my marketing/promo internship at The Blockley, a privately owned music venue in University City, and I must say it has been a good time so far. My work load generally consists of writing social media posts, creating…
Branding as a whole is a science as we know in the world of marketing and advertising. Small and fresh brands, including self-branding, have the hardest work ahead of them in creating a household name for themselves. But the one…
Hi. My name is Philip Morris and I’m a senior studying advertising. This semester I am a Project Development intern with Comcast-Spectacor which is based out the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia. The greatest take away I have thus…
Hello, all! My name is Rosa Doherty. I’ve been interning with Star Group since September and I’ve loved every busy, crazy minute of it. I’m lucky to be one of only three interns and I get to work with a…
Hello all, my name is Rosa Doherty. I’m a senior Advertising major all set to graduate in May, as I’m very proud to say. Just a few months ago I couldn’t acknowledge the lurking monster of graduation without whimpering. Having…
This semester I have been interning at Philly Bass’d Entertainment as a graphic designer. I have one week to go and wanted to talk about first impressions, projects I have worked on, the atmosphere here and the people I have had…
Hey everyone! I’m wrapping up my third month as the marketing intern at Advanced Sports International. Not only have I learned a ton about the bicycle industry, but I’ve also learned a great deal about how much goes into a…
I am thankful for the opportunities and experiences I’ve had interning for PHL17. Looking back I cannot believe how much I’ve done in just a matter of weeks. I’ve attended company meetings, sales calls with Streams Companies and South Philly…
Hey, everyone! It’s your friendly neighborhood Student Center Marketing Intern, Kelly, reporting for duty! Wait– Student Center? As in your internship takes place right on Temple’s campus? Yes, it does! I’m livin’ the dream. After spending my sophomore and junior…
This past month at Allied-THA, a marketing agency that promotes major motion pictures in the Philadelphia area, I have been a part of two really fun and exciting things. The first occurred at the Ritz Five Theater in Center City.…
Hello fellow SMC peers! My name is Jean Alban, I am a senior at Temple majoring in Advertising – Art direction track. I have been interning at College Glasses since April and I have nothing but good things to…
I can’t believe that my semester at Philadelphia magazine is coming to an end. I only have two days left of my internship in their sales department and it seems like just yesterday that I started there. The end of…
My experience a Phillybass’d Entertainment has taught me the importance of being critiqued. Before coming to my internship the only creative work I was working on would be for class assignments and that only entailed me turning in assignments and…
I am currently an account management intern at Stream Companies. Going there three times a week is something I actually like to do. The atmosphere there is very laid back, fun and serious at the same time. The experience thus…
I’ve been working at Red for a little more than two months now. There are many perks of the agency and one of them is the view from the top floor of the Widner Building in Philly. The environment of…
Hey everyone! My name is Lindsay Webber and I am a senior here at Temple studying advertising. Over the past few months I have been interning with two of Philly’s top radio stations, Wired 96.5 and 92.5 XTU. So far,…
This semester I find myself interning at M, a small branding, advertising and design agency in Old City. Founded just over a decade ago by four guys (two business side, two creative), M is still thriving in Philadelphia. Staffed at…
Hey there! My name it Mitchell Katz. I’m a third-year advertising major and general business studies minor at Temple. During the Fall 2013 semester, I will be interning in the Account Management Department of Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners, a…
Since I am almost halfway through my internship at Philadelphia magazine, I thought that this would be an ideal time to write a blog post about my time there! I cannot believe I have already been working there for a…
Hi everyone, I’m Jacquelyn and I am interning this fall at a company called Advanced Sports International, an international bike distributor. I am working in their marketing department, helping develop an advertising schedule and plan for 2014. Our goal is to…
My name is Laura and I’m interning at Barilotti Wealth Strategies. My supervisor Christy is a Certified Financial Planner which pretty much means what it sounds like; she advises her clients on anything that may affect them financially. For the…
It feels like just yesterday I started my internship @Harmelin Media. I heard a lot of positive things about this place such as it is a good start for interning, people are in there are nice, etc. Frankly speaking, I…
Hello! My name is Stephanie DeLorenzo and I am currently interning at Allied-THA in Center City. So far, it has been one of the most fun and valuable experiences of my life. Allied-THA is a marketing agency that promotes films…
For the last three months I have served as a Media Intern at LevLane, one of Philadelphia’s most prominent and respected advertising agencies (I would flat-out tell you that they are the coolest one, but that would be biased.) It’s…
During the first week of my internship I was extremely shy. I was intimidated by my coworkers at PHL17. As I sat silently at my desk, an employee came up to introduce himself. He asked if I had met the…
My Sixers office internship has come to an end, it was undoubtably one of the the best experiences of my life. I made so many connections and learned so much about being in a business setting, and how people in…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Waddup Temple Ad! For the past few months I’ve been working at Esquire Magazine in NYC. Working in their fashion closet has been an amazing experience. On the day to day I check in new items from designers and prepare…
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…
At the beginning of this semester I accepted an internship doing door to door sales with campus special. Though it was a great opportunity, I quickly realized after day 1 how much I hated it and how miserable my summer…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
