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Toolbox Studios Announces 2011 Summer Intern

San Antonio, TX — Award-winning communication design firm Toolbox Studios, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Matt Finlay and Julia Orrange to the Toolbox team as 2011 summer interns. They will become the latest in a long line of qualified student candidates to be chosen by Toolbox to participate in its selective internship program.

Finlay will gain valuable experience in copywriting and management of social media while acting as an assistant in design and production. Orrange will be assisting with the management of client accounts, as well as collaborating with other team members in marketing communications and social media.

Matt Finlay is a sophomore creative writing major at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is also a San Antonio native. As a member of the prestigious Humanities Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon, and a published writer, Finlay brings a unique perspective to Toolbox.

“The prospect of being surrounded by the creative minds at Toolbox was my motivation in applying for this position,” said Finlay. “When I found out I’d be working at Toolbox over the summer, I was definitely excited.”

Julia Orrange, who grew up in Georgetown, TX, is a rising senior at Trinity University in San Antonio studying marketing and international business. She previously worked as an account executive in the advertising department of her university’s newspaper, and will continue to hold that title when she returns to school in the fall.

“Working with Toolbox Studios this summer will be an amazing opportunity” Orrange said. “What better way to experience marketing than through an internship with such a reputable firm.”

Reflections from a Toolbox Design Intern

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.