Junior Executive
Curtis
Experience Information
Employer: The San Jose Group
Job Title: Creative
Major: Advertising & Public Relations
Received Credit: Yes
Paid: No
Abroad: No
Description of the Organization
The San Jose Group is a middle size advertising and marketing agency based in downtown Chicago. They primarily focus on the Hispanic demographic but work with many different clients such as the Chicago White Sox's, Schools, insurance companies, etc. It is a very well organized agency and everyone I meet was very friendly and eager to teach the interns.
Description of the Tasks/Projects Completed
I was in the Creative Dept. I was given creative briefs from real clients then came together with the creative director and other interns and created video spots, radio spots, billboards and posters and many other creative things. Use lots of Illustrator and Photoshop.
Skills/Knowledge Gained Through The Experience
I learned to use Photoshop much better and was able to use there model of creating creative ideas to be able to create better ideas.
Favorite Part of the Experience
My favorite part was that I got to live in downtown Chicago.
How the Experience Influenced Future Career Goals
This internship has really helped me see that I have more passions of using the skill learned at GVSU and here at SJG to actually help people instead of just creating billboards that make people buy stuff.