The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
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…
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 was so thrilled to start my internship at this place,…
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 from major motion picture studios. There are many office across…
Throughout this book, the author, Martin Lindstrom, attempts to prove to his readers that through neurological testing, advertisers can discover what consumers really want, because sometimes their words aren’t the complete truth. Each chapter offers a different example of a test done often times through fMRI testing that show which…
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 my first internship, and I could not be more thankful…
Jonah Berger’s book Contagious explores why certain things catch on and become popular. He starts by dismissing the belief that many, including myself, thought to be true; that a small number of “influencers” cause idea or products to catch on. He opens this discussion by stating that all people hold…
Throughout Consumer.ology, Philip Graves discusses market research. He explains what exactly it is and what needs to change within it in order to gather reliable information. While I went into this book with the idea that market research (i.e. collecting consumer opinions through in-depth interviews, focus groups, customer satisfaction questionnaires,…
Why We Buy When you step into a store or shopping environment, have you ever wondered why signs are placed where they are or why there is two feet of walking in between isles? Paco Underhill, the author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, created a company…
