So turns out the late nights and brain power put into this website and blog paid off because I scored an incredible internship at Swanson Russell here in Lincoln. I'm only a little over a month in and can already say that I feel I have absolutely lucked into this job. The people here are talented, humble and genuinely give a heck about my future as a copywriter.
My supervisor, Kelsey, started as an intern here when she was in school and now it's all come full circle and she has me as her intern. Boy am I going to learn a lot from her. She's so organized, tenacious, dedicated and confident, yet continuously learning. I feel lucky to be under her wing and get learn from her. I know I'm going to learn from her writing talent, that's a given, but the thing I think I'll also learn from her is how to be a young woman in a room full of people older than her, sometimes mostly men, and present ideas with confidence and poise, knowing they are kick ass and worth investing in. Super stoked to work with her.
My big boss is an absolute goof. His writing is captivating, he's hilarious, patient and I can tell he is all-in with helping me make the most of my time here. I messed up my interview and he looked past it and gave me a chance to prove myself outside of my mistake (I had the time wrong and was 20 minutes late. I thought I was 10 minutes early. I promise that is not a representation of who I am as a person lol). He saw me for my potential rather than my flaw and for that, I really am so grateful and will have that to fuel this fire under me to absolutely nail this internship.
In my first month, I've got to read through brand stories to get to know our clients, learn how a full-service agency functions logistically and have gotten the task of taking a stab at writing marquee lines for a local fast food chain. He said that writing marquee lines is a great exercise because of how structured it is. You only have 45-60 characters, made up of three to four lines with 15 characters each. In that time you have to get someone's attention, make an impression and make them think about how good the food sounds and that they need to "skrrt" on into the drive-thru line ASAP. I'm having a lot of fun writing these and I look forward to getting feedback and seeing what the finished lines become.
So in the style of Twitter and at 280 characters or less, here is the summary of my first month at Swanson Russell: I've gotten to do actual work, no fetching coffee, for incredibly talented, passionate and humble people that I feel incredibly blessed to work under and I'm so excited for what's to come. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude and completely motivated to freaking crush this.
Me at my super cool desk at my super cool real job.