For my first day at the internship, I was in charge of two tasks. The first task required me to research all about becoming a Shutterstock contributor for Elizabeth Sutton. I had to first create the account and, from there, gather all the necessary information for becoming a contributor, including what to do and what not to do, revenue, etc. This information was gathered and organized into a Google document and uploaded to their master drive. At the end of the day, I had a one-on-one with Elizabeth to summarize all of the information I had gathered.
Here’s the document that contains information on becoming a Shutterstock contributor:
My second task was to start gathering images to be used for recipe blog posts. Based on the images that Jade provided for me, I had to generate ingredients separated for each recipe using AI. There are a total of 9 recipes. At first, I thought this task was easy to complete. However, since AI is not exactly perfect, I had to then edit some by hand. Unfortunately, Elizabeth was not happy with the progress I made and told me I need to be more productive next time. I will admit that this made me feel down, but at the same time, I’ve never tried to generate imagery with AI before. (9/17/25)
My second day at the internship went better. I did start off a little slow due to formatting the layout for the blog post. The images for each recipe follow the same layout. The problem was aligning everything the same way, making sure things are centered. Once I got the layout down, I was able to lay out four of the different recipes. I communicated with Jade during the entirety of my shift. She gave me feedback on images as well as the layout as a whole. The images are from photos that were taken during a dinner party Elizabeth had recently hosted and all layouts must have a variety of imagery. One image is food mocked up on one of her plates. To add a little context, Elizabeth Sutton designs tableware: she has created custom plates and bowls. (9/22/25)
Today, for my internship, I worked remotely, the same time from 9 to 5. I continued working on the layouts for each recipe. My current workflow for this task involves me working on multiple layouts at the same time, which has helped me work faster. I only need to lay out two or more recipes and then finalize the rest. Officially, two of the recipes for the blog site have been approved by Jade. I feel accomplished today. (9/24/25)
Finalized recipe layouts:
