Today began with me hustling to work to make a 9:30 meeting with someone that ended up being canceled. This left me with more time to polish my presentation and to finish error checking material.
Before I knew it, my presentation was upon me. It went very well, developing into a conversation about social media and its place in advertising.
After this I packed up my desk, thanked everyone, said my goodbyes, and was on my way.
As I write this, I am sitting on a bus 30 minutes out of Boston, on my way up to school. The last two weeks have been a period of immense learning for me, and I thank anyone who was involved. I would especially like to thank Carrie Bloch and Kerry Sweeney without whom this would not have been possible.
Thanks for reading, and I hope to see many of you at graduation!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
English Muffin
I was not feeling very well again this morning so I had a simple breakfast and got out of the house.
As soon as I got to work I began to deal with the mountain of emails leftover from my absence.
After this I got hard to work on my case studies. This consumed most of my time today, along with QA checking some new marketing material.
Tomorrow is my big presentation and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. I not only have to present to Carrie and Kerry, their mangers will also be there. The pressure is on.
After I finish up with that, off I head back up to Proctor to Graduate!
As soon as I got to work I began to deal with the mountain of emails leftover from my absence.
After this I got hard to work on my case studies. This consumed most of my time today, along with QA checking some new marketing material.
Tomorrow is my big presentation and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. I not only have to present to Carrie and Kerry, their mangers will also be there. The pressure is on.
After I finish up with that, off I head back up to Proctor to Graduate!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Last week.
What did you learn this week?
This week involve a lot of use for my time management skills. While I did have some meetings, there where nowhere near as many as I had last week. This meant that I was left with a lot more time to work on my case studies. This meant that I also had to learn what Digitas’s definition of case studies.
Did you like what you were doing?
Very much so. One of the most interesting things I did was checking material for errors before it shipped. For example, web sites and mail ads were some of the things that I was asked to look at. This interested me particularly because I could view stuff way in advance of when regular consumers could. Needless to say, I can’t talk about anything I have gleaned.
Why do you suppose you were asked to do a certain activity?
I think it is pretty obvious as to why I was asked to check materials. Had anything shipped with mistakes on it, it would have cause Digitas and the company they were representing a great deal of embarrassment. This happens from time to time in the industry and is very bad. It is for this reason that everything that Digitas does is checked over by hundreds of eyes before it goes out.
Did everything happen as you expected it would or were there some surprises?
The main surprise this week was me being stricken my sickness on Friday. We are pretty sure it was the flu, and as I am writing this I am in bed trying to get better. Sadly, my illness made me miss a very interesting day at the office, including a lunch out with the boys. It also got me a little behind in my case studies.
How will you benefit from this week’s activities?
Yet again, I have learned much from this week at Digitas. I have also made more contacts this week, including a couple people quite high up in Digitas. These people could be very useful if later on down the road I need another internship or even a job!
This week involve a lot of use for my time management skills. While I did have some meetings, there where nowhere near as many as I had last week. This meant that I was left with a lot more time to work on my case studies. This meant that I also had to learn what Digitas’s definition of case studies.
Did you like what you were doing?
Very much so. One of the most interesting things I did was checking material for errors before it shipped. For example, web sites and mail ads were some of the things that I was asked to look at. This interested me particularly because I could view stuff way in advance of when regular consumers could. Needless to say, I can’t talk about anything I have gleaned.
Why do you suppose you were asked to do a certain activity?
I think it is pretty obvious as to why I was asked to check materials. Had anything shipped with mistakes on it, it would have cause Digitas and the company they were representing a great deal of embarrassment. This happens from time to time in the industry and is very bad. It is for this reason that everything that Digitas does is checked over by hundreds of eyes before it goes out.
Did everything happen as you expected it would or were there some surprises?
The main surprise this week was me being stricken my sickness on Friday. We are pretty sure it was the flu, and as I am writing this I am in bed trying to get better. Sadly, my illness made me miss a very interesting day at the office, including a lunch out with the boys. It also got me a little behind in my case studies.
How will you benefit from this week’s activities?
Yet again, I have learned much from this week at Digitas. I have also made more contacts this week, including a couple people quite high up in Digitas. These people could be very useful if later on down the road I need another internship or even a job!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Nothing.
Sorry to be posting this so late but I have been in bed all day sick with the flu.
Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow but if not I have all weekend to get better.
Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow but if not I have all weekend to get better.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Cereal.
Today was a absolutely gorgeous day in the city. The sun was shining and people seem generally happy that the rains of earlier in the week are behind us. Although I was stuck inside all day, my day was very, very interesting.
First off, I got ALOT of work done on my case studies. Possibly more than the last three days combined. Then I went out to lunch with a Senior leader in creative and proceeded to pick his brain about many things, including but not limited to the iPad, Flash, music and the future of advertising. Overall, it was immensely enjoying to have lunch with a geek as big as myself, who had gone on to use his passions to score an amazing job. It was really exciting to see that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel.
After this, I had a meeting with someone on the Search team. These are the people that help facilitated buying ad space from the likes of Google, Bing and Yahoo!. She told me all about the processes these companies use to determine who gets to go to the top of the search results.
All in all, another great day at Digitas!
First off, I got ALOT of work done on my case studies. Possibly more than the last three days combined. Then I went out to lunch with a Senior leader in creative and proceeded to pick his brain about many things, including but not limited to the iPad, Flash, music and the future of advertising. Overall, it was immensely enjoying to have lunch with a geek as big as myself, who had gone on to use his passions to score an amazing job. It was really exciting to see that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel.
After this, I had a meeting with someone on the Search team. These are the people that help facilitated buying ad space from the likes of Google, Bing and Yahoo!. She told me all about the processes these companies use to determine who gets to go to the top of the search results.
All in all, another great day at Digitas!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Smoothie With Bagel and Lox
Today was... slow. Yes I did have a couple of meetings but the majority of time I spent working at my desk. So I decided that I would take this chance to show you a little more of Digitas.
The desk I pass every morning
My trusty access card at the ready
The Kitchen.
COFFEE..
An example of the office security.
One of the hundreds of card readers.
The view from my floor.
Tomorrow is promising to be a very interesting day. Check back to see if it delivers!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Greek Yogurt and Fruit with Granola
Bleak: the only way to describe the weather outside right now. Thankfully it is much nicer inside the offices of Digitas. Today is yet another calm day with which I can play catchup on my case study work.
This morning began with the soft vibrations of my phone's alarm against my face. I immediately rolled over to try and escape the disruption, and soon went back to sleep. To my surprise I awoke to the vibrations on my face yet again. As soon as I opened my eyes I understood: there was my phone, stuck to my face. After my bonding session with my phone had ended I jumped into the shower, and soon was on my way to work.
This morning I had a meeting with a Project Manager, where I learned what exactly they do day-to-day. Overall they manage the deadlines and budgets of the projects they are assigned to.
After this I was given the job of beta testing a new site before it went live. It was here that I found a couple of small problems with the site and let the developers know what needed to be fixed.
After this I had a quick meeting with someone in upper management to make sure that I was enjoying my time here. (Hint: I am)
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