Trying out Temple Football

When many people think of fall, they think of apple cider, pumpkin picking, changing leaves, and of course, weekends dedicated to college football. With football season in full swing, I have had the opportunity to intern with Temple football and assist with their advertising, their graphics, and their behind-the-scene operations.  My name is Jocelyn Burns, and I am a junior advertising major following the art direction track in the Klein School of Media and Communication. As a NCAA Division 1 football program, my role is a small but critical part to the overall success of the program. Every graphic or…

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Success is a choice

Last month, John Zissimos came to my class to talk about his inspirational journey – from being a Temple alum to being VP of Creative, Brand & Media at Google. Although several weeks have passed by since the day I listened to Mr. Zissimos’s story, the lessons I learned from him remained to be everlasting.  
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Being the first intern

Something I do not think many people actually get to do at this point in time is to be the very first intern a company ever has. So far being the first intern has been such a rewarding learning experience for not just myself but the company as well. Every week I show up and get a list of things that need to be accomplished including social media posts updates, social media trend updates, branding, merchandising, ordering of products, etc. As I go through the work I am supposed to complete, I almost always improvise from the way that they…

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From LOLs to Money

Having this professor from London come and talk to us was extremely informative and interesting. As mentioned in the lecture, Facebook and Google use our information to recognize certain people of certain types like certain things. The world wide web sets standards while also distributing information, and allows for information to be made available to all of us at once. He went on to talk about the difference between Google and Facebook’s revenue in 2017; Google brought in 111 billion USD while Facebook brought in 40.6 billion. About 85% of Google’s money came from advertising, and a whopping 98% of…

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The Life of a Small Firm

The Life of a Small Firm Hello everyone, my name is Margo Adams and I am a graphic design intern at Platinum Brands, a fairly small communications firm in Center City, Philadelphia. I am a junior majoring in Advertising on the creative direction track. Here is a little something I learned from my first ever internship-
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Philly Girl Meets The Big Apple

Hello! My name is Shannon Vo and I’m a senior majoring in Advertising, concentrating on account management. This semester, I am interning for Sony Music Entertainment in New York City under Legacy Recordings. Before my internship at Sony Music, I had only been to New York City about two times. My first trip up to the Big Apple was scary but so exciting. Besides the insane amount of traffic, the two-hour bus ride was quite peaceful. I remember entering through the doors of the building and just being so overwhelmed. I was finally in the space where I wanted to…

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