When you start your first internship, you are most likely going to be so nervous that you only worry about all the things you’ll mess up on. Take some chill pills – you’re fine. I felt the same way. But after working at Red Tettemer for a couple of months, I’ve got a much better understanding of how agencies run. You will understand too once you begin interning, The people who hired you know that you’re new to all of this. So, here are my Top Three Must-Knows for the new interns out there. 1. ASK QUESTIONS Your team would…

I was hired as an Account Management Intern at Levlane for the summer. This being my first internship, I figured that I would basically be following an Account Manager all summer and simply learning about the job. Little did I know, I would be helping with not only the account department, but PR and client relations. Whenever someone needed a little extra help, I was there to assist. Surprisingly,I spent a few weeks working on the Massage Envy account for PR. Some of my suggestions for a brand ambassador program were actually sent to the client. It’s great to know…

If you thought group projects were tiresome while you’re in the same class room, imagine having 3 group members in Chicago, 2 group members in New York (different locations), and 2 in Philadelphia, all working together on a four week project that we have to present on the 1st day we all meet each other face to face. Can you say, welcome to the real world? During my internship at Digitas Health in Philadelphia, the first 4 weeks of the program were really dedicated to our knowledge. We learned the ins and outs of the company, did specific tasks to help…

My name is Rachel Gomberg and I am an upcoming Senior in the Advertising program with a focus in Art Direction. This Summer I’ve had the pleasure of interning with Art Sphere Inc., a non-profit organization located in Philly which provides art classes to low-income youth in the city. In addition to art classes they do fundraiser events, mural events, and neighborhood clean-ups. I was hired specifically as their graphic design intern right in the middle of the coordination of their latest fundraiser event titled “Art & Food”. This event has many big-name sponsors in Philly, mainly the Art Institute…

Dozens of highly motivated and generous people who put in countless hours of work to make their dream come true – their own small business.  I have been able to get to know several entrepreneurs of the Incubator Program in the Small Business Development Center and am grateful that everyone is always so helpful and outgoing.  They aren’t so consumed in their everyday work that they forget about the lives of others, I have had numerous conversations about my summer classes, from Spanish to swimming and also the Women’s World Cup and Temple women’s soccer. You might think of a serious-looking, always…

  Hello everyone! I’ve been meaning to post for so long now. My laptop has been damaged for weeks and I’m breaking in my new one with a blog post 🙂 Currently I’m interning at NEST, which is more or less a hip child enrichment center Sounds random, but I’m on their marketing team, and it’s a blast. Being at NEST has shown me so many clever and fun marketing skills. Really, much of our advertising is through ourselves. Sure we hand out flyers, schedules, and discounts to customers at events or even when new members come into the center,…

I have been determined to have a career in advertising ever since my junior year of high school. I came into college with my declared major in Advertising Account Management, and then later decided to get a Business Studies minor in order to expand my resume. So when I got the internship at Levlane in the Account Management department, I was ecstatic. I came into the job with the idea that this is exactly what I want to do with my future. After this summer, I only have one more semester left in college. That pretty much leaves me with 5…

I honestly probably haven’t thought of the question; “what do you want to be when you grow up” since I was about 12, but recently during my internship program I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my future. (Which I’m sure everyone has). I view  this question in a completely different context today then I used to. Technically, I’m grown up- but do I know exactly what I am? I knew since the time I first began applying for colleges that I wanted to do something where I could utilize my creativity and critical thinking. Of course, my path has…

I am doing an internship with the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications at Temple University. On Tuesday I attended the Creative Brief Meeting for the upcoming 15th Street Station Domination which will coincide with when the Pope is here in September. This will include platform posters, station kings and wrapped turnstiles. This was the first time I was invited to attend one of these meetings. In attendance was the Senior Director of the Creative Team, the Creative Director and Brand Manager, the Graphic Designer who will head the project, the Production and Traffic Coordinator, and the Advertising Manager. The Advertising…

Hi, my name is Oyinda Medugbon and I am currently working at an internship at Time Warner Cable’s Marketing department in New York. My track is copy and I always thought I’d work on the agency side, creating and writing copy for advertising like I’d seen on Mad Men. However as anyone knows those internships are pretty hard to come by, especially in the BIg Apple so I started to explore other opportunities on the corporate side which I’d never considered before.Turns out that was probably the best idea I’d ever had! If you’re an advertising major and you’ve never thought…

Is anyone else in awe of how many notes they take? I mean seriously, I’ve been interning as an Associate Producer at Digitas Health in Philadelphia for a little more than three weeks, and already have basically filled an entire note book with notes, drawings (mostly relevant I promise), and a lot of arrows. At times as a visual learner I find it extremely difficult to retain any sort of information unless I experience it in some way, so typically I write down notes, then go back through and visualize what I have written. When you’re sitting through a multitude…