Internships

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…

Sebago x Stash Collection Launch + Photo Exhibition

Earlier this month we put together a launch party with the shoe company Sebago to release their latest collaborative shoe collection. Sebago teamed up with NYC graffitti legend Stash to put together a new footwear collection. In addition to the footwear, we…

Day 1 at Red Tettemer

Click here for a Tour of Red Tettemer. My name is Katie McKown and I have been interning as an Account Manager at Red Tettemer and Partners since the end of June. I started not knowing anything about Account Management other…

Keep calm and Move on

Hi everyone, this is Jasmine coming to you from Teen Vogue again! One great thing about being an intern is that when you make a mistake it isn’t the end of the world! That’s not to say don’t be mindful…

I have to meet who?!

It’s Amber Volponi, the lonely intern at Temple University, College of Health Professions and Social Work (CHPSW), Communications and Marketing Department. Whoa, that was a mouth full! In the very same first week as having to do a newsletter, I…

My experience beyond the classroom.

I just finished my marketing internship with At Media. Being my first internship, I had no idea what to expect but what I got was an incredible experience I will always keep as my foundation for my career. I learned…

PR to Account Management

I have been interning in the account management department at the Brownstein Group since January.  Up until early June, my desk was located in the PR department.  In June, Brownstein decided to get new furniture in various departments and trade…

Communication is Key

My internship at the Brownstein Group has taught me many things about the advertising industry.  First hand experience teaches you things a classroom cannot.  Working with real clients with people who are passionate about what they do has assured me…

Importance of interning!

Hey guys! My name is Jasmine and I am currently an assistant intern at Teen Vogue! It has been amazing summer so far so I just wanted to give some tips that have helped me thus far. I know we…

Small agency, big responsibility

What’s the saying? “Finding a job is a full-time job.” Sorry to spit clichés, but it seems the same can be applied to internships. I worked my tail off just to get an internship, an UNPAID internship at that. It’s…

Don’t overthink it

Before I began my internship at the Brownstein Group, I had no idea what to expect.  I talked to people who had internships before, but nothing could prepare me for what I would experience at Brownstein.  As an account management…

chl –– THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA

This summer I have been interning at Chestnut Hill LOCAL newspaper and it has been a very interesting experience to say the least. An  endless supply of projects and ideas from my boss, Larry Hochberger, has kept me busy and…

The Beginning of the End

The start of August marks the end of my internship at SAY Media in New York City.  I have spent the better part of my summer living and working in New York, it will be sad to leave it all…

Let’s Party… Best of Philly 2011

Every year, Philadelphia Magazine unleashes their Best of Philly issue, offering up their take on the best services, styles, and stores that this diverse city has to offer. The award is relatively prestigious. I say “relatively” because there were 253…

The Best of Philly… in North Philly!

Being a Design Home intern forPhiladelphiamagazine, does not just mean working solely on this project. Yes, it is my main focus and job, but I do get to experience other parts of Philadelphiamagazine that make this internship so wonderful. Last…

Progression.

Things seemed to plateau during the middle of my time at MayoSeitz Media, but sure enough, things began to get challenging again. And I mean really challenging! Especially for an intern who was used to making prelog spreadsheets and filing…

Philly mag!

I currently am interning for Philadelphia magazine, and although I have not stayed on top of my blogs, I actually have been working there since the beginning of May. I work as a sales intern, but my major job is…