Saying Goodbye Is Never Easy

Genesis Monterrubio

1. What did you enjoy most about your internship experience at Compadre?

I think my favorite part of interning here was posting on social media and creating copy for it. It was rewarding to see the process of planning, execution, and sharing it with others.

2. What was your favorite project that you worked on, and how did you contribute?

I would say the Compadre Holiday Campaign because I was able to see it come to life from the planning stages at the beginning of my internship to the final execution at the end of it. I was able to gain experience in planning, budgeting, and organization because of this project. I even got to work with some amazing Compadres! 

3. What was the most important or helpful thing you learned during your internship?

I learned the importance of research especially in marketing! No matter what you plan and execute, research is the main foundation to a successful project.

4. If you could give one piece of advice to future interns, what would it be?

Try to see every possible angle of the agency. There are a lot of teams and they all eventually come together to make projects happen. It's fun to see them come together and to make their ideas come to life.

5. If you had to capture your internship experience in a single GIF, what would it be?

Yuan Li

1. What did you enjoy most about your internship experience at Compadre?

I loved coming into the office and communicating with everybody! It is nice to get out of the house and connect with people. We are also involved with some clients' projects and understand how this works.

2. What was your favorite project that you worked on, and how did you contribute?

My favorite was helping the holiday project and we get to do dumb things for the holidays album cover design.

3. What was the most important or helpful thing you learned during your internship?

Try to keep your files organized, because you will never know if someone is going to jump in the project.

4. If you could give one piece of advice to future interns, what would it be?

Always ask questions! If you don’t understand the instructions you should always ask, it will save a lot of time and help you achieve your goals.

5. If you had to capture your internship experience in a single GIF, what would it be?

Xiaoxue Meng

1. What did you enjoy most about your internship experience at Compadre?

I loved coming into the office and communicating with everybody! It is nice to get out of the house and connect with people. We are also involved with some clients' projects and understand how this works.

2. What was your favorite project that you worked on, and how did you contribute?

My favorite was helping the holiday project and we get to do dumb things for the holidays album cover design.

3. What was the most important or helpful thing you learned during your internship?

Try to keep your files organized, because you will never know if someone is going to jump in the project.

4. If you could give one piece of advice to future interns, what would it be?

Always ask questions! If you don’t understand the instructions you should always ask, it will save a lot of time and help you achieve your goals.

5. If you had to capture your internship experience in a single GIF, what would it be?

Nancy Gao

1. What did you enjoy most about your internship experience at Compadre?

Designing for the real client, got feedback from them, which helped me to get a sense of what their standard is. Also working with different departments is really a meaningful experience for me.

2. What was your favorite project that you worked on, and how did you contribute?

My favorite one is the Holiday Gift package, including physical cards and digital album covers. I designed some of them, like photoshopping images, selecting proper fonts and layout.

3. What was the most important or helpful thing you learned during your internship?

I think the DTV work was the most influential thing during my internship. Working with the DTV team definitely helped me understand how a team works for different deadlines. Thank you again to my DTV team!

4. If you could give one piece of advice to future interns, what would it be?

Keep an eye on every single detail when you design because you don’t want your teammates to get confused. Also always ask your mentor if you have anything unclear, they are there for help.

5. If you had to capture your internship experience in a single GIF, what would it be?

Blake Kaiser

1. What did you enjoy most about your internship experience at Compadre?

Watching everyone in separate departments come together to work on projects.

2. What was your favorite project that you worked on, and how did you contribute?

My favorite project was for UFC Power Slap, getting the chance to fly to vegas to shoot BTS for them was awesome.

3. What was the most important or helpful thing you learned during your internship?

The most important thing I learned is to just be patient, in editorial there will be notes after notes and you just have to learn to be nimble to roll with that.

4. If you could give one piece of advice to future interns, what would it be?

Ask questions! Even if you think they are stupid, it never hurts to ask.

5. If you had to capture your internship experience in a single GIF, what would it be?