Finally Tommy got back to me and told me to some in Tuesday October 1^st 2013.

I was really excited to start my internship because I didn’t know what to expect. I came in and I was introduced to Joe Siciliano who is the prepress specialist at the company, and who is going to be my mentor/supervisor. He immediately gave me a job that he was working for the Guggenheim museum and told me to do some Photoshop retouching. I think he did this just to see my skills and my thought process. So after 10 to 15 minutes he came back and said I like what you’re doing but let me show you how to do it faster an easier. So He sat down and in less then 30 seconds he did what I had been trying to for the last 15 minutes. I was amazed as how easy he made it seem, and in fact it was easy, the thing is that he solved the problem another way and it worked very well. After he did that I realized this guy was the real deal, definitely someone I would like to learn from. So he kept working on other files while I watched him. He finished and then said that’s all I have for now so if you want let me see your schoolwork and see if I could help you. We went over some stuff and then he had the idea to introduce me to Michael Kagan the CEO of an in house company called Aviddd. Mike was actually looking for an intern too, so we decided to share my intern hours between Cosmos and Aviddd. Aviddd does a special way of printing that requires knowledge in Illustrator in order to create 3D prints with use of patterns and a special paper. I was so excited that now I had 2 internships. The rest of the day I spent with Joe and at 3pm I was gone, very happy an excited about this new experience I was about to jump into.

I am a little concerned about my internship for many reasons. It is already the third week and I have not started my internship. I tried getting in touch with Tommy from Cosmos Communications this whole week, to give him my schedule and my resume as he asked. It has been a difficult task to perform since he was not answering my emails. Finally he answered yesterday 9/24/13 with an email saying that he will get back to me when he has more time, because he has been busy with clients. At this point I am freaking out and feeling like I have made the mistake of putting all my eggs in one basket. I am concerned at the fact that I have not started and I don’t even know when I will start or if I will ever start, I have 120 hours to make up. I am thinking on giving it one more week and if nothing happens I will have to start from scratch once again, and I don’t know how long that is going to take. I plan on emailing Tommy this whole week every other day to see if he gives me an answer on when I am going to start. I am really interested in doing my internship, not only because I need it to pass the class, but also because I know it is going to helpful and significant experience for my future after I graduate. This internship is going to prepare me for the real world. I find this very necessary in my case since I feel I am unprepared for what’s to come once I leave school.

Last week I was again working on designing the One Direction marketing book. Finally I finished it and now I started with new project. This week Tuesday I am working on the second revision of Masterworks Logo and new logo for Okeh Records. I mostly get one or two days to work on each project, but sometimes very hard to finish the assignment on time. I work most of the time two to three days and if I cannot continue I just submit the work on the server. I think Sony Music is the best place to work because they always have something to do. I also applied to Amalgamted Bank for graphic design position and this Thursday I have an interview with them. Hopefully, I will get this internship too.

Week three I started working on One Direction band marketing book. I was so excited to work for this project because it will help me to create a nice piece for my portfolio. I like working on a real project, where I can say I worked on this project. When they gave me all the contents, I was nervous and did not understand how they gave me. It was totally mess with small paper and taped with some writing on the book. Hard to understand the content they gave me to add or remove on existing template. I was scared to touch the old design copy because I didn’t want to change the format. So I worked on it very carefully. Timeline was the most time consuming page because of the format. I took the project home and decided to finish some of the works so I can deliver the project on time. Wednesday was my second day for that week and stated to work and trying to finish the project as soon as possible. I asked the art director if I could change the layout and make it nicer. He gave permission and told me to have fun with it. I start working on it again from the beginning to end and then finally I created a nicer layout for that book. When I showed him, he said, “beautiful!” and told me to keep working on it. It was hard to finish it in two days but I did my best I could do.

Thanks to Prof. Mason, I managed to get in touch with the Vice President of video company, EyeView. On Thursday, October 3rd, I went to the EyeView corporation in Manhattan and met the Vice President of the company to discuss about working as an intern. The Vice President was very respectful and I got to speak with him about my works as well as myself and my interest in design and web. Also, I got to learn about the company, their mission, and why they exist. This seems like the job for me that I definitely would like to become an intern for. As of now, I’m currently waiting for their reply to see if I get accepted. I’m hoping for the best they do!

– Thomas M