The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
“I would like to make it mandatory that everyone in advertising read David Ogilvy’s first book, Confessions of an Advertising Man at least once a year.” George Parker commented that in Business Insider. Media Week also evaluated this book as the “required reading for anyone in business”. In Confessions of…
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 say about my time there so far! College Glasses is…
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 this semester also means the end of my junior year.…
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 receiving grades. In the classroom I did not go through…
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 far is teaching me how to complete tasks by deadlines,…
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 the office is also inspiring and the occasional dog or…
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, I have had an overall positive experience with the two…
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 under 30 people, M is broken into the typical account,…
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 large advertising agency in Center City, Philadelphia. It is 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 month and a half. I picture myself on my first…
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 make ASI’s 5 brands and most important 2014 bikes known…
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 most part I’ve had a very positive experience. My title…
