by Jamie Feola
One word: MacGyver. Give me a double-monitor G5 and a mouse
and I can do anything.
I already can’t imagine being an intern at any other
company. I’ve seen every facet of the industry that I hear about and a whole
lot more. From logo and magazine design to beer research (really!); from calling
radio stations and faxing trafficking instruction sheets to the day I received a
printed copy of the Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition issue I helped
design, I can say my classmates and friends are fully jealous. Besides, now I
can happily say that my work has been seen by far more than just my parents and
close friends!
I got to witness the birth of a coworker’s baby, spent a few
days in the office with Maggie the terrier mix, made mandatory breakfast taco runs
on Fridays, had a 21st birthday party thrown for me, and became extremely close to the whole Toolbox family that I will undoubtedly keep in
touch with. They even let Kathryn—the other intern—and me loose on the Today
Show when they visited San Antonio! I woke up every morning at the crack of a
college kid’s dawn (7:30 am) with a goofy smile knowing I would spend 6 hours doing
what I love. What was really a 13-week internship seemed like a few quick days.
All in all, I felt like everything but an intern the whole
time at Toolbox; I was never chained to a computer chair or forced to complete
menial tasks; I never even had to brew coffee (which, to this day, I still
don’t really know how to do), and I was never
looked down upon. Did my college friends with other internships get to attend photo
shoots, recording sessions, client lunches, and client meetings with senior management?
I seriously doubt it. Everyone here has shared a wealth of knowledge with me—valuable
lessons that I now have under my belt. Toolbox helped me learn that working in
our industry is serious stuff that can also be a boatload of fun—knowing that I
will eventually get to work at a place like Toolbox makes hours upon hours
spent designing in a 24-hour college computer lab working towards my degree
completely worth it.
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