Internships

About a month and a half into my paid search internship with Harmelin Media this summer, I was surprised with the exciting news that our team would be taking a trip to visit our Google reps in New York City.…

Hi Everyone, My first summer internship in New York City, the Mecca of advertising and marketing, is a dream come true for me.  I am extremely thrilled to have gotten this opportunity to learn, network, and build on the skills…

Hi Everyone, After I was successful in my first few tasks given to me, I made few recommendations to improve their brands on the basis of the feedbacks got from the customers. I brought those issues in front of my…

Let me offer you a few definitions of the word INTERN: n. A student or recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training.  (thefreedictionary.com) n. People who are hired to do menial monotonous work that you couldn’t pay people people to do long term…

Spoiler Alert: They’re not! It’s just the crazy world of Pharmaceutical Advertising that may make you feel like you’re in a Charlie Brown classroom. Hello there! My name is Jackie McGrath. I am an intern at MediMedia Managed Markets, a…

  How much does a polar bear weigh? Enough to break the ice… Hi, I’m Austin. I’m currently tearing my way through a copywriting internship at S3, a smaller agency in northern New Jersey. While S3 isn’t pushing out media…

Hello all, Rob Sundry reporting from Vertex Inc. There is a lot to be said for a company that keeps its employees happy.  Often times you find that when a company has happy or content people working for them that…

    Hi guys, I am back with my second and final blog! I chose to wait until the final week of my internship to complete my final blog for specific reasoning. The whole point of any internship is to…

This summer I had the opportunity to be an Intern at Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, in their Speciality Marketing department. Specialty Marketing specializes in Oncology and Hep C related drugs. I am one of 13 interns! Working at Ogilvy CommonHealth has been…

I’ve been waiting patiently for the perfect blog entry. I wanted something interesting and motivational for my fellow peers to read. Not just a day-to-day post about ‘what I did at my internship today’ kind of post. And last week…

        Good afternoon,   My name is Matt Crawford and I am currently the marketing and advertising intern at Weston Fitness. Weston is located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia and is known as one of…

After working heavily with Lessonsmith in the company Defined Clarity, I was asked to do sales with Defined Clarity. The task I was asked to do was still involving research, but it was a different type. Defined Clarity’s main seller…

Starting at the end of May, I’ve gotten an internship at Defined Clarity. In the beginning of my internship at Defined Clarity, I was working as a researcher. I loved the atmosphere of the business, and everyone I was working…

Unforgettable is Red Tettmer’s mantra but it is also what my experience there has been. Yeah, yeah you can call it corny but it’s true. I never would have thought when I visited Red Tettemer on an agency crawl that…

This semester I had a creative internship at Red Tettemer + Partners. It came as a total shock because I won the internship at a Philly Ad club event. Definitely go to some if you get the chance! I was…

For my internship, I am working for three local radio stations (99.9 The Hawk, 107.1 The Bone, & ESPN Lehigh Valley). I do not have one specific position; rather, I go where I am needed in order to experience everything…

Hello, I’m Tom McCann, and I am currently an intern for the clothing company John Varvatos. It is a high fashion company that tries to inject a rock and roll feel into all its looks. This is perhaps what attracted…

For my internship at Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, the interns are put into groups to put together a project. Our project this year was to bring awareness of a pro bono client to the employees of Ogilvy CommonHealth. The client we…

Good afternoon everyone, this is Rob, Marketing Intern at Vertex, Inc.   Over the course of this internship there are many things I have learned about myself, the business/corporate world, as well as grasping in depth marketing concepts.   However, none of…

This is my final week interning at Skai Blue Media. Over the last couple of months I have found myself growing as a graphic designer and as a person. There have been many challenges following this internships, deadlines, edits, etc.…

I recently received the opportunity to intern at Xfinity Live!, a new and upcoming sports entertainment venue. Inside, there are 5 different restaurants, a shop, ice cream, and even a few bars! Inside, an enormous television overlooks the venue, with many other…

Hello again, as promised I will give you a little insight into what being an Art Director entails (or at least what I have been able to assist Rusty the Art Director with). My boss, Dawn, gave the opportunity to…

I have recently started an internship with Wired 96.5. I work under the on-air DJ Casey. I assist and help organize on-air activities, contribute to social media communications, keep up with general office duties as required, and even attend and…

Hello all, my name is Jose Martinez and I am currently interning at Lorel Marketing Group in King of Prussia. I came in as a production and pre-production intern working directly with Dawn Flook, the Production Director there and her…

I’m a geek. I like comic books, being a movie critic, playing video games, and reading about the recent misadventures of Lindsay Lohan. Ask me to write about any of that stuff and I’ve got you covered. Even though I…

This summer I have been working as the graphic design intern for EgoPo Classical Theater, a non-profit theater company that’s dedicated to community involvement, support of the arts, and revitalizing classical theater. It has been so much fun–I have learned…

My name is John  Favinger and have been working in the town of Narberth Pa. as an intern. At  Hashtag Multimedia, I found out that there is more to advertising then just coming up with print ads. I’m on the…

My name is Aleks, and I have spent the past few weeks interning for Temple’s Undergraduate Admissions department. My main task is to design and create email messages that are sent to students looking to enroll at Temple University, a…

When I started my search for internships, I thought that I knew exactly where I wanted to be working. I thought that I only wanted to get experience at ad agencies in particular and didn’t realize all of the other…

This week I was asked to create a campaign for the GoldFather, a cash for gold place around Baltimore area. I was eager to get started, so first thing I did was brain storm words that have the word Gold…

My name is Andrew DuBoe and am currently working as an intern at JM&A.  This new internship has been everything that I had imagined it would be. I could have been done school 8 months ago if I had just stuck…

Hi all! I’m Samantha Schatz (Sam) and I am about to start my fourth week of my internship in the creative department at Roska Healthcare Advertising. Before going into this internship I seriously had no idea what to expect. I’m…

A little more than a week ago I started a Retail/ Visual Internship at Nordstrom and the experience has been a whirlwind of information already! With fashion being my future I was hopeful that this internship would give me a…

A GUIDE TO INTERNSHIPS [Article courtesy of ] AIGA believes that quality internships provide an invaluable stepping stone towards professional practice and create continuity within the design profession. We thank those who open their doors to young designers and generously…