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. It has taught me a lot about being in a busy business setting where things need to be done and close to perfect in a snap. That is something that you need to be thrown into in order to learn. Sure we have deadlines at school but they are not as harsh as in the business industry. Sometimes things will…

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 TV’s that surround it. Xfinity Live! has an incredible atmosphere, and I work in the center of it all, a DJ booth. Even though I do not DJ, my station consists of a mac with two monitors. I usually work in the mornings, and my daily duties consist of lowering the lights (to make it more club-esque), making sure all…

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 work with the creative team during a photo shoot for Stoneberry. They are  a catalogue-based company that sells and/or rents everything from home goods to jewelry. The shoot I was involved with was one for bedding and drapes that they will be offering for the holiday season. Rusty’s job (and mine) is to make sure that the composition in the shot…

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 operate special events. My favorite part so far was working at Wired Fest. It was very interesting seeing from an outside perspective how those watching the show act, rather than being one of them. It gave me a lot of laughs. While I am at the station, I remain in the studio as Casey runs her on-air show. Being behind…

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 production team. While working with Dawn and the production team I had the opportunity to apply my eye for detail and knowledge of the Adobe design suite and more specifically, InDesign. Luckily, during the spring semester I took an Intermediate Design class taught by Kathy Mueller and in this class, I got the chance to get a basic understanding of the…

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 played sports until college, I was never really invested in major sports teams. So when my boss asked me to write blogs about Hunter Pence from the Philadelphia Phillies and his “Let’s Go Eat!” campaign, needless to say I wasn’t very excited. I don’t follow the Phillies, and didn’t know where to start. I feel like this could be a…

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 a great deal about myself, the non-profit business model, and have even been able to get a clearer picture of my own future career goals. If you’re like me and have a penchant for the unusual, my best advice for those looking for internships in advertising is not to pigeonhole yourself too soon. As an ad major, there is a…

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 copywriting track for advertising and was only looking to create ads with interesting headlines and information. However, after working with Hashtag, I realized that there are many different aspects of the business that copywriting can take me. I’ve worked with blogs, social media content, press releases, emails, and dialogue for commercials. Writing takes part in every function of the company,…

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 total audience of roughly 6,000 people per message. Since these messages are heavily viewed, they undergo a LOT of scrutiny from my supervisor as well as her bosses. Despite the pressure, I really enjoyed the work I’ve done throughout the summer. My next post will go a bit further into that.     My typical day consists of a large…

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 opportunities that could teach me so much. I started my internship at Skai Blue Media which is a full service PR agency where I act as their graphic design intern. Everyday that I work I have creative graphic projects to work on including invitations for events, posters, lower thirds for videos, banners for websites, fashion look books, logos, anything you…

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 in it. I came up with the idea that a guy would come into the shop with strange things that aren’t gold but have the word in it. The first ad I wrote started off  with a guy walking into the store and upon being greeted he says he needs some quick cash for Gold and asks “how much can…

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 with my social media internship I had last fall. However, it was a miserable job. I sat at the computer screen on twitter and facebook and was expected to look up what was trending and post things like “did you know today is national eat a hoagie day? Join us at blah blah blah for a 15% off your hoagie…

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 definitely way less experienced in advertising than anyone else in the department because I changed my major during spring 2011 and have completed all of my advertising requirements since then! (this internship is my last requirement before receiving my diploma) I had no idea how to find an internship, what to expect, how it was going to work…etc etc. Lucky…