Internships

Katz Marketing Solutions

As my internship at Katz has come to an end, I look back and reflect on my experience. Katz has opened my eyes to a seemingly dying media: radio. Radio is extremely underestimated by the advertising community as many people…

Goodbye. Hello?

I am Cara Irizarry and I have been interning at Philly2night.com. Technically, today should be my last day at Philly2night. I have completed my ten weeks and one hundred and fifty hours. I have worked hard all summer long. However, a…

VIP is the way to be.

I am Cara Irizarry and I have been interning at Philly2night.com, a website for people who like to be in the know about nightlife, events, music, food, fashion, and art in Philadelphia. My internship was a social media position, a…

My day to day

As a  promotions intern at BENFM I come in and have a few things that I’ve done a few times, what I consider the core of my job here.  First thing I do when I come in is celebrity and…

That Social Stuff.

 I’m Cara Irizarry and I have been interning at Philly2night.com since May. Philly2night.com is an online resource for people who like to be in the know about events, music, food, fashion, and art in Philadelphia. Members can connect with other…

Radio: More Than What Meets the Ear

  Radio, in general, was nothing foreign to me.  I mean who doesn’t know what the radio is, right? Wrong.  My internship at Radio One has introduced me to a completely different world of radio.  At our initial internship meeting…

Philly mag in the Phall

As school is fast approaching, I am lucky enough to continue my internship through the fall at Philadelphia magazine. The project that I have been working on, since the beginning of May, is soon launching on the Design Home website…

But You Gotta Have Friends

Through the few months I have been interning at Radio One, on top of learning a lot about radio I have also built great relationships. Who would have known networking could be so fun!  When working long events, especially late…

Time Flies…

It’s hard to believe that the summer, and my time as an intern at CBS3, are almost over. It may sound cliche, but it feels like just yesterday I was at orientation, feeling overwhelmed, feeling like I might not be…

Commit To Fit

My name is Tony Lim. I am interning for a marketing/advertising position at Weston Fitness, a health club located in Center City Philadelphia on 19th and Market St. One of my tasks I was asked to complete was to create…

Learning the about different roles of an agency.

From being at Lunchbox, I’ve gotten to learn how chaotic the roles of Account Executives and Production Managers can be. Simply from a creative stand point, I am used to late nights of designing, searching for an interesting way to…

I Wanna Work for Radio One

When I first applied for an internship with WPHI 100.3 The Beat, I had no idea what to expect, I honestly thought it was going to be trips for coffee and runs to the copy machine and printer.  I was…

Speaking up

As an intern you think you know your place in the agency. There are preconceived notions before even going into an internship that in order to do well. You should do what you are told, to stay out of way…

Survey Says!

  It is known that surveying and focus groups can give you valuable insight into consumer brand perceptions. They can also be used to test potential ad campaigns and positioning before they are fully developed to make sure they are…

When you assume…

Before I even my internship at D4 Creative Group I had preconceived notions about what my tasks would entail. Coming from another internship at Red Tettemer + Partners I assumed that every agency runs under the same set of blue…

Wouldn’t it be nice?

Hey! It’s Amber Volponi, and it’s my last week at Temple University, College of Health Professions and Social Work (CHPSW) in the Communications and Marketing department. So all summer, I’ve been working on the College’s office monthly newsletter. I was…

Smile, It’s a photo shoot!

Hi Guys, This is Jasmine coming to you from Teen Vogue. So you guys have have already heard about my tips from an intern’s point of view. Now I wanted to share with you some fun things that I have…

MAKING my MARK

  As my internship with Chestnut Hill LOCAL newspaper winds down I reflect on my experiences and find that I am very satisfied with my work here. Though it was a fairly smaller scale internship I got a chance to…

Learning something new about new business

When I started my internship at D4 Creative Group I was under the impression that I would be taking on the position as an Account Management intern. However, as things progressed my title soon morphed into New Business intern and…

The Power of Pigs #1

I have an internship with Hatfield Quality Meats in their customer solutions department. Customer Solutions is split into three separate parts, Marketing, Sales, and customer service. I am the only intern in the whole department and I mostly help out…

Office Politics

Interning at At Media revealed to me a role of advertising agencies that I had yet to associate with it. I had the opportunity to assist with the campaign for a candidate running for City Council in Philadelphia’s 2nd District…

The Power of Pigs #2

The past 3 weeks have been very exciting. Three weeks ago, I was asked to help with Hatfield Meat’s Christmas holiday ham promotions. I was moved from the sales department to the marketing and promotional department. Along with helping them…

The next “Big thing”

Working at Ogilvy and Mather has opened my eyes to major trends emerging in the industry. I believe the next “Big Thing” in advertising is complicated given the array of pieces that are needed to create any great cohesive campaign…

Wrapping up my Internship

Interning at a television station has taught me a  lot this summer. Long drives into New Jersey, hours of co-editing, close captioning, that is, repeating everything being said on screen into a microphone, and blogging has added up to an exhausting, but…

Long interesting meeting.

Hi again, Today I sat in on my first meeting on the top floor. This meeting was about the new stance FHB has on one of their long term clients, ABC fine wines and liquors. FHB has been the ad…

Lasting Impressions at At Media

My time interning at At Media flew by. I feel like I am more prepared to enter my senior year at Temple because this experience has reinforced how important this final semester is. I was intrigued by the inner workings…

Dolce Caffè Font

This week, I was sent in a post from the artists who designed this font! Inspired by the café culture that forms such an integral part of everyday life in Europe, Dolce Caffè is a sweet & stylish handwritten font…

Miles High Productions – The final week

This is the final week for my internship with Miles High Productions. With only one final report to submit to the marketing manager, the only other task that I need to get accomplished is my phone conference with the president…

Taco Doritos

Well today was my last day of my internship at Katz Marketing Solutions and also my big presentation. I had to pick a brand to present on, and I picked Doritos because of their large budget capabilities and because of…

NBC Philadelphia – The Final Week

As these ten weeks at NBC Philadelphia flew right by, I am able to look back on this experience as a major success. I have networked with highly ranked officials from every department throughout this organization. My main tool in…

Inspiring Ad Man

Hello again bloggers, Just wanted to take some time to talk about what inspirations I have had for myself to be in the field of advertising. I have to say that from day one it was me watching cartoons on…

Never Giving Up

My name is Tony Lim. I am interning at Weston Fitness, a health club in Philadelphia, located at 19th and Market. While working here as a marketing/advertising position, the experience is teaching me many positive things. A major important thing…

Design-Create-Develop-Market-Brand

My name is Sami Souders and I am a senior at Temple University. This summer, I found myself among other Temple graduates at the small but flourishing advertising agency, At Media. Founded by Antoinette Johnson and Tyler Westnedge in 2006, the…

Putting my addictions to work!

This summer I started interning at JahRock’n Productions. JahRock’n Productions is a media company located in New York. You can visit their site at www.jahrockn.com. Part of my job as a marketing intern for JahRock’n was to control the social…

bizzaro world

Times at Chestnut Hill Local newspaper have been moving fast. I am very excited to be on the ground floor of a brand new project that has officials in Mount Airy buzzing. CHL will be coming out with a brand…

Expectations and Realization

When I tell people that I intern at 95.7 WBEN I always get the same response.  “Wow, a radio station? That must be awesome! You must have so much fun.” Verbatim. Everytime.  And I’ll admit, I thought the same exact…

The best day so far!

Interning at Red Tettemer I am constantly helping other people and learning different things. Diana and Susan, another account manager, have been teaching me how to create status sheets and what they are used for. A status sheet is like…

Keeping in Touch with the Fans

For the summer I decided to take the initiative and suggest to my bosses at Ubiq-Walnut that the store be responsible for its own social networking and website as opposed to the “office” overseeing everything that transpires socially. Interestingly enough…

Projects, Projects, and Projects

Since my first day another intern has been assigned to my boss, Diana. Her name Is Olivia and she is from Rowan University. From here on we work together on projects for the most part. Our first major project together…

FHB- Getting around.

Hi fellow bloggers, I would like to let you all know about my positive experiences I am having down in beautiful Orlando Florida. First things first, I am working at my Fathers agency Fry Hammond Barr(FHB) this summer for the…