Tenth Entry: November 3rd. Wow, November already, the time is just flying by. My nerves have not gotten any better, I’m still just as tense and they doodling has subsided a bit. I’ve been doing a bit of reading this time around.
In regards to my Internships, Cre@tive Designs has been kind of touch and go. Everything is remote work. Rico will e-mail me something then call me immediately after, to see if I got it. He doesn’t pressure me on any work AT ALL. Which I find both very intriguing and annoying. Right now I’m illustrating a few tattoo designs for a start-up digital-pen company, Lera. He’s so hands off that when I e-mail him some ideas back, he just replies…”Not bad, trying adding some more detail and some color.” I’m dying for him to be MORE specific. Sprint, on the other hand, has been really uplifting.
Starting every meeting with a cup of coffee is nice. It’s become a ritual, as if no one in that entire office has any issues with caffeine. Linda, one of the interns there is always bugging me, “Hey, Travis are you alive and awake? Need some coffee?” Everyone must be addicts or something, but I don’t complain. I suppose they just really want to make sure everybody has the energy to get work done, especially since we are sitting a majority of the time, they don’t want the day to drag. We start off with round table discussions on this we found interesting in the week, whether it be Ad related or just something in the news. Katie, one of the managers who works with Kevin, is persistent in picking my brain for something interesting.
Sprint actually posted the campaign online that I was referencing last week, about a few days ago. Right on Halloween if I’m not mistaken. Here’s the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh5zfHgeVr8. I love the added graphics to the logo and the new #MoveForward tag. Before it used to be #GettingBetterEveryday. It’s a better approach with move forward since the message is the same and the hashtag itself comes across easier. It’s short and sweet. When our meetings are over for the week, I have to catch Kevin up to speed to make sure he’s logging everything in. “Don’t sweat it, you worry too much. I think you’re at 20 hours total or something…or was it 2 and a half?” Rest assured I know I’m at 48. I shouldn’t always look into it so much, but I overwhelmed with the semester and can’t afford to lose track of time.
