Once you tell them you can help, they know

Interning at the Brownstein Group has been a great opportunity.  It is an established agency in the city with big clients and innovative people.  As time has gone on, I have made a realization about interning.  Everyone is always busy.  From creating, to communicating, to meeting, it seems that people in the agency don’t have much down time.  That being said, as an intern, you are supposed to relieve some of their workload.  There are times I finish a project and need something else to work on.  When this happens, I either email account management or the strategy team or visit them directly.  I let them know if…

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My last Week

Thanks to MayoSeitz Media I will be considering a career in Media Planning! I am on my last week at my internship. Tuesday is the last full day and Thursday is the Cinco de MayoSeitz party. Something I am extremely excited about. People at the office keep on saying saying its a great opportunity to network and meet people that could help me in the future. I will truly miss going to the MayoSeitz Media kitchen and finding some donuts, hoagies, chocolates, banana chips, cake and veggie cream cheese bagels! On Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) many vendors will go to…

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OK! Magazine is More Than OK!

Right when I walked into the office on the 4th floor of the 44th and 6th ave. office of OK! Magazine, I knew it was the place I wanted to be. As a web intern at OK! Magazine, I feel right like a true employee. I had interviewed at Cosmopolitan Magazine also and knew that I did not want to be in an internship program, I wanted to get as much real world experience as I possibly can. At OK! I have my own desk, my own duties and write my own stories. The freedom I have there I never…

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Darwin’s Got Nothing On Us

If there is one thing I have gained from this internship it is experience. Before this internship all my knowledge of the advertising and marketing world consisted of theoretical situations and hypothetical in class clients. Finch Brands has really helped me conceptualize and give meaning to the material I am learning in my classes. This position has strengthened my decision to enter into the world of advertising and has really helped me understand what I was getting myself into. When it comes to my future in the business, I fully intend on taking a few pointers from our company symbol,…

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Knowing what you don’t know

As I look back on this semester as an intern at the Avenue of the Arts, I feel that it was a great start to my career.  I not only gained experience, but I also realized what I didn’t know, which I think is an important aspect of interning.  There’s a quote by Donald Rumsfield about knowing that I think really sums up what I’m trying to say. “There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also…

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The kitchen table internship comes to a close and a career unfolds…

I have a job. Sheffield Furniture & Interiors has hired me as their official Copywriter. The responsibilities that I have as employee are basically the same responsibilities that I had as an intern, which is doing almost all of the writing for the ads, their website, and their newest blog. I was extraordinarily excited when they hired me, because the owner of the company said that he has been through advertisers who’ve been in the industry for 10 years and he has never been pleased with any of them. He said that he rarely feels the need to correct or…

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Millennials…A Generation of Change

We have been told that if we work really hard we will succeed. We won trophies. We learned that everyone is a winner. 75 % of us use social networking sites that have started revolutions… (And stalked our ex’s). We grew up with color tv’s, cellphones, computers, iPods, and DVD’s. Let’s face it over 20% of us currently own iPhones. We are the Millennials. And to be honest, We ROCK! Yes I’m talking about those of us born in-between 1980 and approximately 1995. We are the most ethnically diverse and educated group of youth EVER and we are proud of…

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Lego Ambient

Above is a sample of an idea produced by Access Agency for Lego. Although it is just a concept, it is probably one of the better ambient/viral tactics I’ve seen in recent years. One thing I’m not sure about is the agency, I honestly think they’re fake. All of their work is just in concept form. They have a lot of sweet ideas, but I think they’re just waiting for some client to be stoked on their shit and start shooting bills at them.

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Saying Goodbye to a long Workout

    I just had my last day at Weston Fitness, it was a weird change to end, but it is nice to not have to go Center City every other day. As I mentioned in my previous post; overall, the experience was a worthwhile experience. However, it was not very advertising oriented. It taught me more about Marketing, which I found out I enjoyed a lot and I believe that is a big thing to learn in a internship. I came into this internship aware that it was at a gym and the lack of advertisements that would truly…

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The 10 Most Stressful Jobs (and yes fellow advertisers, we’re on here)

As us seniors come close to graduating and finalizing our career choices with actual jobs, freshman/sophmores come to a crossroads of choosing a major, we all spend much time considering all aspects of a job as it would affect our lives. A major factor in choosing a job is the stress that it might put on you. With perfect timing,  CarreerCast just released findings from research conducted to discover what American’s found to be the top 10 most stressful jobs. The results were uncovered by asking respondents to rate 11 stress factors found in the workplace: “outlook/growth potential, travel, deadlines, working in the…

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Lamar Peterson Illustration

Have you ever seen a piece of work (art) and had only one single thought on it? A thought like (excuse my French) “what the fuck is happening right now?” This is exactly what I think when I see the Illustrations by Lamar Peterson, and it is awesome! I really love when illustrators/painters/artists and even designers just take a “work sabbatical” and go completely nuts. This is how Lamar works all of the time it seems.  

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LevLane

Internships are great ways to gain experience in your field of work prior to graduating from college. The goal of gaining a media planning internship this spring was  not only to see if this is the line of work I want to get myself into, but to expand the experience on my resume past account management. I learned a lot while working at my internship with LevLane, although it was mainly focused on television ratings, I contacted a lot of media reps, learned billing systems that a lot of agencies use, and participated in planning meeting for clients. My most…

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It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye

As my internship comes to a close I’m grateful for the experience. I have learned so much and met great people.  Interning at The Gabriel Institute has taught me that you never really know where you’ll end up in your career but it’s important to enjoy yourself and be satisfied with whatever you are doing. I have met people with laundry lists of accomplishments and a variety of past occupations. Being able to intern with a group of people with different educational, career, and personal backgrounds was a joy. From my internship, I have learned that working successfully as a…

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A Blog About A Blog

= What better way to intrigue all you bloggers than to talk about…a blog!? That’s what I thought. Regardless of irony, it’s something that I really want to share. Brownstein, like many companies has… a blog. Unlike the others, however, it is not all about the agency- each and every member of the agency take turns in expressing their thoughts and interests on almost any fun topic, especially current advertising. It not only sparks new interests and knowledge, but it reflects the diversity of the agency…and I love it! Posts can range from anything from social media to cooky furniture,…

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Interning, not working out, at a gym.

I currently am finishing up my internship at Weston Fitness located on the corner of 19th and Market. As I mentioned in my last post, it is primarily marketing based but also incorporates some art direction advertising within the job. Thus far, the internship has gone well, people are friendly, and the hours are convenient. However, this is not an ideal place for an advertising major. Sure, they need advertisements to keep their gym alive, but the real fact of the matter is, without a good gym with good amenities, people will not return. Yet, the one bonus Weston Fitness has over…

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