Sitting in front of my desk thinking I wasn’t going to be making the 100 mark, well I guess I am! After reviewing my sheet and counting down the hours but also realizing I stay an extra hr at work finalizing work and assisting my supervisor that I would be willing to make the 100 mark. Even though this is a 9-5 job I stay an extra hr reviewing and finalizing any little detail that I know that needs to be tweaked the next day.

This morning I was able to speak to my supervisor about the grading sheet, but I wanted to know first hand if I was doing good job or a bad job. Lets just say I’m fantastic! I was glad to hear that I am doing a good job, Since my internship is to end around september I am able to extended it 3 more months from what she has told me.  My supervisor was explaining that I can stay here for a whole year If I wanted to, my plan is to stay at least a whole year. I was told that it is a great way to network and know everyone individually but also be able to get a job when the opportunity hits.

After the personal talk she showed me the presentation that the creative director made for the higher ups ( basically the owner of the company).  My supervisor is wanting me to showcase the work I’ve done so far for fullbeauty, she says that many of the interns she had didn’t get that far with having concepts being used to be executed in a full blown presentation. Today has been nothing but good news and I’m here stressing out.

Working at Fullbeauty under roaman’s has been an eye opening experience, from the minimal supervision to the ability to interact as one of the colleagues here, I was able to speak with my supervisor towards the grading sheet, she had a sense of humor to the point that she smirked and said “jen you have failed.” All jokes aside she said that she differentiates herself from all the other employees from fullbeauty because she wants to educate the intern as if they are actually doing real work that will be printed rather than have them do work that the others don’t want to do, we both agreed that when individuals do that they aren’t teaching their interns as much but be second rather than first.

Over the course of time that I have been here ‘I’ve felt as one of the team, I feel like I say this a lot.. But I do, there are times that it feels a bit lonely but certain things happen and then I start to appreciate being here even more. Being able to work on certain projects but as well interact with different individuals makes my day go by even more smoothly. The current project that I am working on is the design of the gift cards, even though my supervisor wasn’t in I was able to communicate with her via text and have her guide me to the proper file locations to start creating the designs of the gift cards. At the end of the day I was able to get various design concepts completed to allow variety and also to showcase that I was able to accomplish tasks with little supervision.

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If you’ve seen the movie, you would think working in fashion is exactly the same, tight deadlines and print mishaps. Well in the position I’m in I don’t have to worry towards those bugs. Since I am working on web content and email blasts things are simple, and everything is based off a template that the art director has given to everyone.

Some of the work that I’ve done deal with the web since I am the creative web intern, I am still doing graphic design work, but its mostly for the web. My supervisor is a kind person, she guides me thru the steps that deal with trying to complete a project. I was expecting a devil wears prada environment, everyone all dressed up, but I was lucky enough that they aren’t very demanding on what you wear. The people that work here already have a close relationship that at time when someone new comes on board they get kinda  drake* ( no new friends)  but they make the effort and I understand where they are coming from I’m the same way. New people means learning new things about them, plus I’m an intern I’m here only for a short while. But I will make the effort to show that I am part of the team even if  Im an intern.  

I keep referencing devil wears prada because I’m working in fashion something I would never be working at, yet here I am learning.

Working with a template kinda becomes an issue because everything is already set for you, not much room for creativity.

I appreciate that I don’t have to break my head open to create something new, and hope to god that it gets accepted but it would be nice. When you are working with a big company especially one that deals with clients that have been with you for years you have to think about it very carefully if its worth it to create something outside of their element.

They have various meetings on the re-designing of the site and also of the email blasts that they are to send out. The templates make it easier for everyone to go in and make the changes as well as to add new contents to an existing layout. My job has been recently doing research but also making old designs into greyscale templates for a big meeting for the higher ups.

Lately its been a bit slow but I love what I do I make sure to show a positive face when I’m bored or if I have completed a project way to fast. Even though the projects have been minimal they have taught me to be more observant and that even if I have completed the task to look it over simultaneously.