The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students
Hi everyone! My name is Alyssa Grant, and I am currently serving an internship at DePersico Group. DePersico Group is a design agency that specializes in food packaging. Being the only copywriter on site, I got a lot of writing experience, particularly in the CPG (consumer packaged goods) realm.…
Nearing the end of the semester, approaching my official graduation has been unreal. My internship as Genji’s graphic design intern consumed my life this semester, in the best way. This internship, and a pesky GenEd were all the credits I needed to fulfill in order to graduate this December. I…
I’ve been Genji’s graphic design intern for a month now. I couldn’t have asked for a better first internship opportunity. To provide some background, Peace Dining Corp is our parent company. There is Genji Retail Sushi (GRS) who is the sushi provider for Whole Foods Market. Then there Genji LLC, the office I…
When you are starting your first job expect the unexpected. Expect to be given something that is urgent and must be done in a few hours, expect to receive an urgent email where you have to rush to your office when you are about to go home after a long…
While we may think of social media as so prevalent and so simple that we don’t give a second thought to it. But it’s constantly evolving not only as new sites and services appear but as new uses for it are created by their communities. It’s this constant evolution and…
With all of the important work given to me at LevLane, I have to keep make sure I’m handing in all of my assignments in a timely manner. In an attempt to fight procrastination, I began thinking of all the detailed deliverables I’ve seen around the office and began changing…
In quick summation I spent the past semester as an administrative assistant and marketing intern at a nurse case management company called Advanced Rehabilitation Management. My particular duties ranged from day to day growing in complexity as I gained more exposure to the inner workings of the business. I approached…
As a research student in the Advertising department, it is a lot of times difficult to put yourself in real life scenarios of things that might happen during research or how it actually happens in the real world. This semester I interned at Schlesinger Associates, a market research company that facilitates…
As the Chinese wise-men say, “when the student is ready the teacher appears”. Working at Advanced Rehabilitation Management put me in the spotlight to create work that would be published and reviewed by eyes other than my own. AdvancedRM is a nurse case management company operating out of Valley Forge…
I spent the latter half of August and the first two weeks of the Fall 2015 semester hammering out the details of my internship with Independence Blue Cross Foundation. It was a long road, with many phone calls and emails exchanged but eventually everything worked itself out. I don’t remember what…
Nowadays internships are much more hands on and you get a chance to really work on projects rather than just do the busy work. Here are ten tips to help you get the most out of your internship. 1. Say hello- A simple hello and good morning is a great way…
Entering any industry can be intimidating, especially when you’re just starting out as an intern because we really don’t know what to expect. We’ve all heard the horror stories of being placed at a desk by the trash or having to do nothing but coffee runs. Or the polar opposite…
