The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
As a brief introduction to interning at Anthropologie, I will briefly describe how the store is set up and what the visual arts department is responsible for. When I first came to Anthropologie, the store was split up into 5 sections located in various areas of the store. Each section…
As the first of the 3 rolling admission deadlines approaches, City Year stepped into high gear to reach their quota of applications for the year. The application process isn’t easy, after 1000 applicants submitted applications last year a little over 200 were picked for this year’s service opportunity. The last…
Young copywriters, heed my words, embrace that unfamiliar technology you know as Twitter. Many advertising students scoff, laugh, and sneer at the suggestion of starting a Twitter account. Why? Its simplicity? Perhaps, it’s the stigma attached to it, that the whole user base expresses insignificant moments in their daily routine…
TEDxPhilly will be streaming live all day at National Mechanics on Thursday! Bring your friends! About TEDxPhilly: TEDxPhilly is an opportunity to celebrate what is happening right here, right now in Philadelphia and beyond. This daylong event will investigate the theme of right here, right now through multiple lenses and in…
This semester I am interning with Temple’s English Department. You may be wondering, why are you interning with them if you are an advertising student? The English Department at Temple is trying to create a community of students, alumni, and faculty through social media. That’s where I come in. I…
In 1977, The Voyager Spacecraft was sent into orbit. On this vessel of interstellar travel, there contains a golden record encapsulating human history through spoken languages, animal sounds, and musical selections. This record serves as tangible evidence of our existence to other possible intelligent life forms. If a new Voyager…
We just had our magazine launch party yesterday night for the first magazine at the Sporting Club at The Bellevue. What a success! It was a fairly good turn out, with just over a hundred people. There were drinks, food, and many photos taken! Check it out on their facebook…
Think that you have what it takes to create an awesome tv spot for Red Bull? If you answered “yes,” Red Bull has a really great opportunity for you. From now until December 12th Red Bull is inviting it’s users to come up with a :30 tv spot that expresses…
There are certain necessities in life that most of us take for granted. For example: toilet paper. I intended to rattle off multiple examples, but I think the TP reference qualifies as “nuff said.” We grow accustomed to certain everyday items, and eventually just forget how much we appreciate them.…
Throughout the past few years, there has been lots of talk about newspapers as a dying media. We hear it in our classes, in media articles, and even in newspapers! But although there has been lots of talk about print media diminishing, especially newspapers, as I learned today, newspapers are…
At this week’s meeting we did something a little bit different. It was movie night at TAC! For those who came out we got a chance to watch Art & Copy, a film about the advertising industry. It covered everything from big companies and agencies to the workers who put…
Where to look for paid agency internships in Philly and beyond.
