Obtaining an internship wasn’t as difficult as I had originally thought. I already know several people in companies and I had spoken with them about an internship. A slight problem was that one of the internships wanted me to travel for it. I would have been doing film, editing, and campaigns, but in various states. I would have loved to do it but was in no position to be traveling. I work as a barista in a NYC based coffee company and so I decided to ask if I can do an internship with them or at least work with them in their design & media department.
The coffee industry is full of packaging, design, advertising, and media. I figured I’d do my internship in the coffee industry since it would combine my love for coffee and shooting. I asked my current company that I’m working for, and they loved the idea. They are already familiar with my work and had even reminded me that we had talked about me being involved in the creative department when I came in for my barista interview.
Their head of operations is currently located in Long Island City, Queen. They do work primarily in NYC. They also do some in New Jersey but plan on expanding internationally. I’m excited to be working in their creative department because they can also connect me to bigger coffee companies about my work.
