BBDO

Update: I got the offer from BBDO! :) Yay Yay Yay!

Although it was not my first choice for this semester (JWT Emerging Media was), I am very happy with it.

I will be doing New Business and Digital work for them! I am super excited because a good friend of mine is also working for them. I hope it will be a great experience, but I'm almost certain it will be.

Yay! This means I will have a lot to write about in my next blogs. Please stay tuned, if there are any readers out there, to my upcoming blogs because I will be writing about my insider experiences at BBDO headquarters in NY.

SUPER PUMPED YEAH!

ARF vs. BBDO

Today, I got an offer from Advertising Research Foundation for a marketing internship this Spring.

http://www.thearf.org/

Pros:

• The lady who interviewed me was extremely friendly.
• The office is located on Park Ave, which was a plus for me (location really matters!!).
• The office's style is open-floor, meaning there are no walls, no 'hierarchy'
• There are lots of networking opportunities at the various member events. Could lead to better jobs.

Cons:

• No wall = no privacy
• Full-time opportunity is slim... why work for someone if you are looking to work for someone else?

Pro:4

Con:2

On the other hand... I am waiting for response from BBDO's New Business Development and PR department.

http://www.bbdo.com/worldwide

I am told that I am going against another guy who they have yet to interview. How BBDO and nAnz paths crossed was this: Last semester I was accepted into the same position, but I needed college credit to take it, and it was too late into the semester for that. Thus, had to reject it to take DeVries, which I am not complaining about. I loved DeVries.

Pros:

• One of the top players in the ad world
• Good hands-on experience with New Business and PR
• Great office location -- a few blocks from where I live!!
• My good friend is currently interning there, so that would be super fun
• The 2 bosses I'd be working with are AWESOME.

Cons:

• No guarantee of full-time
• PR and New Business are very small areas of BBDO, which is an advertisement agency

Pro:5

Con:2

I will respond to ARF the moment I hear back from BBDO. Right now, it's BBDO in the lead with one more pro than ARF.

Crossing my fingers and toes!

The Alpha and the Omega

The inspiration for [Aim for the Moon...Market] is one simple belief: one day I will make it big in the marketing world.

However, we all know the cliche: it is about the journey, not the destination.

So where am I on that journey as of 01/26/10? I'm still at home tying my shoelace.

People know me as nAnz. I am 21, senior in Stern majoring in Marketing and Economics. I didn't decide on the marketing part until some time last semester, when I realized that I could never turn back. On that day, I had to say goodbye to a graduation filled with dollar signs and endless pride on my mother's face when she talked about her successful daughter who was working 18 hours a day analyzing other dollar signs.

Basically, marketing is the alpha and omega of my career aspirations.

1. I am taking 4 marketing classes this semester, and I literally jump out of bed in the morning filled with excitement. I LOVE SCHOOL!! Did I just say that? The last time I said that I was what... in... grade 7?

2. I loved my previous marketing internships at DeVries PR, MSN China, and MySpace China. If anyone is interested in hearing about my internship experiences in those companies, leave a comment and I will go over them in another post.

and lastly...

I want to aim for the moon, and if one day I land there, I will do marketing for them. Hehe. :)

nAnz*