Julie's first blog

Hi Everyone! I am sure I have been introduced to almost everyone by now, but I must admit I am horrible at remembering names so don't hesitate to reintroduce yourself if you're walking by my desk! 

I go to the Fashion Institute of Technology and I am majoring in Advertising and Marketing Communications, I know it's weird that I go to fashion school but I don't major in anything relating to fashion but NYU was too expensive and FIT professors have to have at least 10 years experience in the industry so at least I'm not learning out of text books!

Enough about school though. I am from Hershey, PA (yes, it really smells like chocolate there!). I love to travel, I lived in Italy for 5 months and have been to Australia and New Zealand and tons of other places.  If I could hop on a plane and go anywhere today I would definitely go to Dubai (hopefully with an endless supply of money).  My brother works for US airways in Vegas so it works out well that I get to fly for free considering I am a poor college student. I also love sushi, cheesy reality shows (real world, the bachelor, the hills), and my top 3 favorite TV shows are Grey's Anatomy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Gossip Girl, and I loooove to eat (Thai and Japanese are my favorite but I set a goal that while I am living in NY I want to try food from as many different countries as possible. Other things I love: Facebook, the beach, Perez Hilton, the summer, driving (I miss my Jetta!), and hockey (Go Pens!). 

As for this internship, I really love it so far and I am excited to learn more everyday.  I am hoping to be able to learn all aspects from planning the actual event to marketing. I am still getting used to this IMing and E-mailing people in the same room as me because I would really prefer talking to people face to face so if I come to your desk instead of IMing that's why.  Also, I would really love to work at as many events as possible so I am able to see everything I have worked on come together. 

One last thing- Everyone should watch these two videos, they are AWESOME! It's a video of this guy matt that travels around the world and does a silly little dance in every place he goes. Make sure your volume is turned up! (If the links don't work go to youtube and type in where the hell is matt)

Don't forget to stop by and say hi!

Your new intern,

Julie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWUrj22pRD0

To all of you new interns...

You are the luckiest people in the world right now. MKG is the greatest company to work for! Take time to really get to know everyone in the office. They are all wonderful people and really know what they are doing. I was only there for a short few months in the summer and I think about everything I learned and experienced every day. Have a wonderful experience and take time to remember how lucky you are to be in such a fantastic place.

Good luck!

Tess

Oh yes...please take time to read/watch REAL INTERNS STEP...ha it is an old blog from July.

NewBe #2

Dearest MKG-ers,

Kimber here! For those of you that I haven't had the chance to meet yet... hi! I'm sure I'll being seeing you soon. I am the second production intern to come aboard for this spring semester and, since I am just getting to know MKGand each of you, I thought I'd share a little bit about myself...

I just moved to the Upper East Side from Phoenix, AZ, where it is a GORGEOUS 74 degrees today! I am 22 and nearly a graduate at Arizona State.  I've known that I wanted to go into event production & planning since two years ago when I found out from an ASU professor that there was such a career, while at an event that I had planned and produced!  GO figure... I was already doing it!  I'm a bit of a foodie and I live for all things sweet... especially chocolate.  Something unique about me...?  I'm a professionally trained cake-decorator, I left a dog, a bird, 2 snakes, 20-30 tortoises & 1 turtle back in AZ, & I LOVE cliff jumping.

SO... I made it through my first week fairly easily and I am so excited to get into the good stuff :) & really get to know, more extensively, the design & production side of the events industry.  I look forward to my second week and I hope you guys don't feel the need to take it easy on me... I love this stuff so throw me into the mix!!

More soon! 

Special K

First Blog! Woot

Heyy-- Thought I would throw together my first blog before I took off for the day.  The last two days have gone by pretty fast despite by hellish commute haha... And after successfully mistaking Jake for Andrew and accidently bypassing Cody on all of Maneesh's calls (my B :) ) I'm definitely excited to tackle whatever you guys throw at me and have a lot of fun these next few months!  Everyone's been extremely nice and welcoming and I already feel like I've learned quite a bit for the time I've been here after stumbling across bizbash.com and picking up a few of the industry Mags.  A lot of the work I've been given has given me some good insight as to what I'm in for too.

Well, all I can say is I am very excited to see all things that go in to these events and get to know everyone better!  I'll have more for you next week I'm sure.  Stay cool ;)

Brit

Fresh Bait!

Lizzie here...

I just want to say we are so thrilled to be welcoming our new class of interns to MKG Productions.  Our first intern, Brittany Wier began on her journey yesterday and was quick to pick up on all things MKG. Kimberly Coonen and Julie Hudson will both be joining our team in the next few weeks, and I'm sure will definitely contribute to our "pink spirit".

So Hooray for the newbies! You have an awesome road ahead of you.

We hope you learn, laugh, and of course LOVE all things MKG.

Signing off now-

Hoots

I remember when I came into MKG for the first time. It was my interview and was a hot muggy August afternoon. Now as I sit hear on this freezing cold snowy December day I cannot believe it is my last day here. All the memories of everything that has happened lays behind me like something resembling my favorite dream. I can Honestly say I had the time of my life working with the MKG team. A group of young professionals so talented,bright,and eager to help one another is extremely hard to come across in a cut throat market like New York. I never once felt uncomfortable or afraid to ask a fellow MKGer to help or explain a project. I had the opportunity to work on a variation of projects ranging from research to executing an event with my peers. All the events were so different in their vision and design but one thing in common that was shared was their execution. They were all done with such pride and creativity that everyone involved could not help but be fulfilled with a great sense of dignity. I will take with me on my next adventure all that I have learned here. It makes me sad to know that I will not be here anymore. But It makes me proud and confident knowing that I had this experience over the past four months.  So I will not say goodbye but see you all later , its better fitting because I hope to stay on board as a production Assistant with the operations department for future events. So to everyone here, I will see you later , and thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are all rock stars. Peace.

Last Day :(

Wow... when they say time flies when your having fun they sure mean it. 

I can't believe today is my last day working at MKG PRODUCTIONS.  These past three months have flown by so fast and have honestly taken my breath away. Each day unfolded a new and exciting project that I had the pleasure of working on. From working endlessly on our hypothetical projects to working real events such as Ray Ban and Target I have honestly learned so much. I will be sure to take this knowledge with me on my future endeavors! I am so proud of all of the work we have accomplished in the past three months and honestly am astounded by what an incredible company MKG truly is. This internship has without a doubt exceeded all of my expectations. Each and every one  of you has made an impact on my life, and for that I am forever grateful. You are all truly amazing, innovative people and it has been an honor to have worked with all of you! Once again you will never know how thankful I am for providing me with the wonderful opportunity of working at MKG. I will miss you all and will be sure to keep in touch! 

My email is reden@uvm.edu

Please don't be shy to email me! I would love to hear from all of you and all of the amazing things going on in your lives!

Best,

Rachel