‘Buying the Intern T-Shirt’, My Last Day Interning
Posted by JStephens | Filed under Advertising, Culinary, Dana News, Hospitality News, Updates
Hello Internet,
Only minutes remain between now and the weekend, a time usually looked upon with great joy. By the time lunch rolls around, no pun intended, most are ready to clock out. Eyes glazed over from a long weeks worth of harsh illumination from the computer screen, the arrival of 5:00 on Friday is as anticipated as the final countdown before a school child’s summer recess. Do I feel the same? Yes and no. Like anybody else, I am excited to go home, for, it is the weekend. Lying just ahead are two days of relaxing, catching up on past due things, and the immersion of any number personal pursuits.
But today I feel different. Today marks my last day as an intern here at DANA, and my first experience in a “real-world, post-college” job. I started my internship 10 weeks ago, shortly after the end of the school. Not knowing what to expect, but wanting to make a good first impression I came in on my first day wearing dress clothes and a tie. Immediately after walking through the door I noticed how overdressed I was. From that day forward I did things the DANA way, casual and relaxed, but still ‘down to business’.
During the ten weeks I spent here at DANA, I have seen a lot, done a lot, and experienced even more. Interning at DANA has given me more than a taste, practically a full meal, of agency life. During my short-lived tenure I bounced around from department to department: filing invoices and moving boxes for accounting, organizing magazines and calling contacts for the media department, and making comps, contact sheets, and learning about the printing process from the creative team.
These past ten weeks have definitely given me a strong foundation in the basis of how an agency works. I am glad for the experience, even if all of it wasn’t fun and games. I did my fair share of data entry, some of which I was unable to complete. I still have a box full of business cards to input to the database. In that sense, thank goodness this is my last day. For the most part however, things went well. I was able to meet new people, learn new things, try to make people laugh, and see advertising from the inside.
Thanks for reading my posts and being interested. If you would like to keep in touch with me please do so, all my pertinent info can be found online at www.jacobstephens.com
Goodbye
-Jake
July 31st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
good luck jake