Category: Internships

IFCC is so used to creating their fliers, brochures, newsletters with Adobe Acrobat that I couldn’t take it. It doesn’t have the same flexibility as Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign. So I took the reins into my own hands and I’ve been using the regular Adobe programs so far. My time management had really increased as I’ve been working here. The programs I’m used to have given the work I’ve created a touch of my own. And I’m so excited about that!  I’ve been getting projects done more quickly. The office life is pretty quiet. We usually all get plugged into our music while we work. I usually ask for feedback as soon as I’m done with an idea and we have email chats about what works and what doesn’t. Here is a flier I did for their event.

This week the project coordinator wasn’t there and I had finished all of my work for the week so I decided to update my resume and give it a whole new redesign. It used to be two pages but now it’s one. And honestly, I think I’ll jazz up my portfolio while I work on it too.

Honestly, I’ve never applied to so many places in my life at the same time. At one point I became so scared that I wasn’t going to get a call back that I went and looked at every internship that was in my range for travel and sent them my resume and portfolio.

I had an offer from a very kind woman who worked from home at her own agency but it was way too far. Her place was almost near Coney Island!!!

I had an interview with ClickDaily but they didn’t want me so.. I moved onto the next and it went pretty well. At first I was really nervous that when I went to the building where the interview was being held at, I told the guard I was having an interview. And he smiled and wished me good luck. As I went inside the elevator I saw the buttons and it said the building had 39 floors!!

Honestly I’ve never been that high in my life except when on an airplane.

The interview was MUCH longer than ClickDaily’s. The interviewer seemed really charismatic and actually cared about my portfolio.

I was myself during the interview with IFCC(the Informal Family Child Care Project)

The woman who interviewed me was named Angelica and she said to email her with a reference and Professor Nicolau’s email. I was so excited that I almost dropped my phone when I got the email the next day that I had gotten the job!!

Today was the first day of my internship class and it went pretty well. Professor Nicolau was really thorough when it came to how much you need an internship to pass the course. And I completely understand. I’m just pretty scared because I’ve barely worked three different jobs since I was 14 and wasn’t used to being in a new place. At all. Today I will work on my resume and reorganize my portfolio because God only knows I really want to get an internship.

I’ve looked at all the contacts Professor Nicolau has given us and I’m pretty excited and anxious at the same time. I hope I get one.