Internships

Student Center: More Than Just an Office

As we all ease out of our Turkey Day food-comas (and leftovers too), I’m ready to finish this semester strong– but not without taking a moment to reflect on my internship at the Student Center! In the (now belated) spirit…

Think about what appeals to people

Hi! My name is Kozue Hinasato, and I had been interned at hy•lo labs since September. I had many experiences that I could not have at school  through this internship such as meetings with clients, developing contents for social media, shooting videos,…

Restaurant Branding

I have been interning at hy•lo labs this semester. hy•lo labs is an experiential marketing agency. Their model utilizes through physical and digital interactions to connect brands to consumers. I have been learning social media marketing skills that establish brands as…

Bittersweet Farewell to Wired/XTU

Over the past three months I have been interning in the promotions department of Philadelphia’s top radio stations, Wired 96.5 and 92.5 XTU. Over the course of the semester, I have long dreaded the arrival of my final days interning…

Red Tettemer and O’Connell + Partners

My name is Chi Hwan Moon and I am a double major in Advertising and Film.  I’ve been working at Red Tettemer for about three months. Lately, I’ve been working with a video that involves the company Dial.  Being able…

A Glimpse into the Owl’s Nest (Part I)

Hello everybody!! My name is Carla Bohman and I’ve spent the last few months doing an internship with the marketing sector in the Temple Athletics Department. To be honest I really did not know that I was getting myself into…

Life, Liberty, and LevLane

I can’t begin to explain what a fantastic experience it’s been to intern at LevLane. Let me tell you about my experiences with the Philadelphia rockstars of advertising this Fall Semester: They know my name. They treat me as a…

Photoshoots are Fun! (and Hard)

Being an intern at a small business has its perks! I’m Taja Davis, and I am a marketing intern at In Bliss Weddings– a growing wedding website run out of Philadelphia. This semester, I took part in assisting at a…

Closing With Some Suspense

As I began my last week at Comcast-Spectacor, my expectations were relatively low in terms of the work I would be completed or the overall experience I would have in my last hours. After all, what unpaid intern would expect…

So far, SO good at The Blockley

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…

Hosting the Show Every Night

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…

Art Direction @ PhillyBASS’D

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…

Competitor Research at ASI

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…

Goodbye For Now

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…

Don’t Call It The SAC

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…

Work Can Be Fun!

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.…

Creative Intern at College Glasses

  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…

Is it really over?

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…

Learning Experience at Phillybass’d.

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…

Work with Stream!

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…

Red Tettemer and O’Connell + Partners

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…

Waaaaake Up Philadelphia!

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,…

Discovering What M Really Means

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…

Riding with Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners

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…

Woah, I’m halfway there.

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…

My #1 Lesson So Far

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…

The Start to my Career in Advertising

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…

Intern 101 Chapter I

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…

Promoting Hollywood with Allied-THA

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…

Five Tips to Land Your First Internship

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…

The Little Things In Life

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…

Sixers Brett Brown

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…

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…