My summer Start-Up experience

Hello, my name is Jake Lewis. I am a senior who is about to graduate from Klein College of Media and Communication studying Advertising with a concentration in Brand Strategy and Research.  At the beginning of the summer I was asked by my former Diamond Edge Communication client if I was looking for a job.  He told me about this start-up dry cleaning and laundry delivery service called iHATElaundry.com that was looking for a marketing and sales coordinator.  After he introduced me to the CEO of the company we set up a few interview sessions over Zoom I was hired.…

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Adjusting to Working from Home

At the beginning of the summer I was given the opportunity to work at a start-up laundry delivery service company as a Marketing and Sales Coordinator.  This was a full time job where I was going to work on market research as well as the marketing and advertising for a new company that was trying to break into the Philadelphia market. Due to COVID-19 all of my work would be entirely online. I didn’t think this would be a problem as classes in the spring had moved online and I was taking summer classes online too. However when working for…

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A Whole New World

Hey, I’m Arianna Rich and I’m a rising junior ad major at Temple University. By a chance encounter a few months ago, I met the woman who is now my boss, and I have learned many lessons since and continue to grow every day. My internship position is at LOA Orthodontics in my hometown of Lancaster, PA. I know, what would a girl in advertising be doing at an orthodontist office? Well, the answer varies depending on who you ask, actually. When I am in the office, I work with a team of awesome women who gracefully handle our reception,…

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THE FIRST INTERN FOR THIS POSITION…and probably the last.

  Greetings internees, my name is Cyleigh Russell-Grace, I’m currently a sophomore here at Temple University studying advertising with a double concentration in Brand Strategy and Art Direction. I am currently interning as a creative assistant for Recphilly, which is a creative workspace/agency in Philadelphia, PA. Can we talk about manifestation for a bit? It starts in November, my friend and I bought tickets to attend the monthly Creator Talk Recphilly hosts, we’ve been looking forward to this for a while and because of the growing presence Rec was making in Philly and to me, we felt the urge to…

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My First Internship with First Outcomes

I’m Ashley Jasinski and I’m currently a rising Junior at Temple University. I’m majoring in Advertising, Art Direction while also studying to get a certificate in Film Studies. I’ve secured my first ever internship with a small startup digital healthcare company called First Outcomes. The company uses a mix of precision health data, AI, and machine learning technology to improve people’s health. My job there is to help assist in the digital marketing and communications department, specifically the advertising visuals. I’ve been working on creating their website and illustrations for papers as well. So far, only being a few weeks into…

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Even After the Cows Went Home

My name is Ray Lapinski, I am an advertising student in the art direction track and I am originally from a little town named Oley, PA. This out of the way town is full of the typical things you will find in rural PA including town fairs, cornfields, and lots of cows, like a lot of cows. But one thing unexpected about our little town is a vibrant, professional, and welcoming grassroots community arts center called Clay on Main. When tasked with the job of finding an internship for my major requirements I knew that Philadelphia would be full of…

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Internship experience

Hello, everyone, my name is Arnold a senior Advertising and brand strategy major at Temple University. I am currently having the privilege to intern with Temple athletics department. Temple’s athletic is a department that oversees all sports activities at Temple university making sure that every sport-related event is organized and has enough entertainment for our fans to enjoy. during this internship, I learned a lot about what it means to be organized and prepared for anything that I do in life.  learned the importance of teamwork and different ways to market events. I have always been a big sports fan…

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Interning at Philly PR Girl During a Pandemic!

Interning at Philly PR Girl During a Pandemic! This summer I received the opportunity and had the pleasure to intern with Philly PR Girl as their Graphic Design Assistant. This was my first ever internship, and I can proudly say that I am glad I started off with them and had a tremendous experience. Kate Marlys did an incredible job being organized and transitioning the whole team to being remote and doing everything from everyone different households. This experience has taught me that I can have rules of what a specific design needs to contain, but I have full rein…

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I Got My First Internship During a Global Pandemic!

Landing My First Ever Internship During a Global Pandemic! Landing an internship with Philly PR Girl as their Graphic Design Assistant has been truly amazing for me. I remember back in March when lockdown was first put into place being stressed on how I was going to land an internship and if they were going to still be running. During the mists of the pandemic, I decided to use my love for art and social media as an outlet to help keep my mental health more positive. I have been spending all of my free time creating and selling custom…

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Social Media Intern at OuiWed.co

Hello everybody! My name is Francesca Thorn and I’m currently a senior advertising major at Temple University with a concentration in strategy and research. With everything turning to remote work due to COVID-19, I decided to keep my options open to many different job positions with different companies. With a heavy interest in fashion and design, I mainly decided to apply to as many social media management and marketing internships positions that would revolve around using your creativity and learning how to better utilize social media. After a long search, I had the pleasure of interning for Brittany Burns as…

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Working for JPMorgan Chase within the inaugural Virtual Internship CLDP Class

Today was the first day of the last week of my virtual internship with JPMC. I will admit that I am feeling bitter sweet by the fact that I have to end. I was trying my best to stay on as an extended intern during the school year but unfortunately due to Covid they aren’t extending any extra internships. This  experience wasn’t how I expected it to be being that in the years prior, interns are placed on teams to work as direct reports under managers and now this year, we are all following suit on a mock case study…

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My experience working remotely at RAPP.

Hello! My name is Heather Gaskell and I am a soon to be grad of Temple U! This summer, I was a copywriting intern at an ad agency called Rapp, in their Dallas office. Going into this internship, I honestly had no idea what to expect. It was my first internship working remotely and it was one of the only places that I had applied to who had decided to keep their summer internship program. But, as I am entering the final two weeks of my internship, I can say with confidence that it has been one of the most…

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Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!

Hi everyone! My name is Natalie Petrenko and I will be a Senior this upcoming Fall. I am majoring in Advertising with a concentration in Media Planning. This Summer I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to intern at Harmelin Media as the Social team’s first remote intern. Even though I have a concentration in Media Planning, I never had experience working in a media buying agency before. After seeing the application for this internship, I realized that I do not have as much experience as I would have liked to. I was hesitant on even applying because I…

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