To quote the most boring version of a Jerry Seinfield stand-up, “What’s the deal with virtual internships?” Like everything this past year there was the good, the bad, and the lonely.  The good: I interned this summer at Spark Foundry, a media marketing agency based in New York City. I was based in Philadelphia, PA; Providence, Rhode Island; and Estero, Florida. If this internship was totally in-person I wouldn’t have been able to accept it and probably never would have thought to apply for it. Everyone I worked with had been working virtually since last March, so they were used…

Hi, my name is Pratyusha Chintalapudi, and I am a Senior in Advertising, with a concentration in Media Planning, at Temple University. It has been a wild journey to get to this place. Before I was at Klein College, I was studying Entrepreneurship at Fox School — until I felt an urge to get into the creative space. This led me to the advertising field; I loved the aspect of creating something so unique that someone would want to buy it. It was the mixture of business and creativity that I yearned for.This summer I was honored with the opportunity…

I am good at following directions. It is a strong suit of mine. Coming from a past job experience where endless direction and input was suffocatingly placed on my shoulders, to an internship with quite a bit of creative freedom, I never knew how much I would learn that self-accountability and confrontation are keys to success.

Over the past three years in my experience in college I have constantly come to discover that I thrive best when I am not restricted in my ability to create, in my ability to have access to creative spaces, and in my ability to witness the creativity of others.

Hey Temple community! My name is Allison Silibovsky and I am a senior here at Temple studying Advertising and Media Studies and Production. For the Summer of 2021, I had the honor of being welcomed to the nest as the newest finch of Finch Brands! I was in their strategy department as a Brand Strategy Intern where I was able to work on clients who sell everything from cupcakes to an MBA degree to even a good old fashioned mattress. Finch Brands is a marketing and brand consulting firm located in Center City, Philadelphia. While they do offer services that…

I’m Julianna Fosco, a rising senior with a double major in advertising and media production. This summer, I had the opportunity to work for FCB CURE as a copywriting intern.

My name is Isaac Schein, a junior Advertising major with a concentration in brand strategy and research. This summer, I landed a position as a program development intern at The Clio Awards.

My name is Tarah Carter, and this summer I had the pleasure of being a business leadership intern at Allen & Gerritsen.

My name is Chris Currie, and I will be a senior advertising major with a concentration in media planning this fall. For this summer semester I interned at BLENDi, which is an up-and-coming company that specializes in on-the-go, portable blenders.

It might be hard to believe, but during the span of only two months, I learned a lifetime’s worth of information.

Hello! My name is Dylan Salek and I am a rising senior studying advertising with a concentration in media planning. This summer I had the opportunity to intern at the Clio Awards.

Hello! I’m Carly Civello, a rising senior studying advertising with concentrations in art direction and copywriting. Over the last 10 weeks, I’ve had the privilege of remotely interning at flytedesk.

Hi! My name is Kamilah Bryant and I am currently a rising senior interning at Ogilvy Health remotely, as an account management intern for the summer of 2021.