Long Term or Short Term Jobs

     This week, we are asked to describe long term or short term jobs we have worked on or completed.  With my internship position, I am constantly working on many different jobs.  For example, at one point this week I was working on three different jobs pretty much simultaneously.  My position requires me to juggle many different things at once, and personally I would want it any other way.  Some of the short term jobs I have worked on include creating a postcard to be sent out to prospective students who have come to Holy Family with an interest in Radiology.  For this project, I was given a template but then had to essentially create the entire postcard with the given design from my supervisor.  Another short term project that I am currently working on is "save the date" postcards for the Alumni department at Holy Family for upcoming events in the fall.  Like the other project, my supervisor gave me the size paper that the project should be completed on, but then gave me free reign and asked me to draw out a few possible designs.  After collaborating with my supervisor, we decided which of the designs we liked best and I began working on the postcard.  After making the postcard perfect, it was sent to our client where I was able to personally talk to the client and received feedback about my work.  I very much enjoyed being able to personally see the reaction of the client receive their feedback.  Like I stated previously, I am always working on a new job, and can work on numerous jobs in one week.  The two jobs I have described above are just some of those that I have done thus far.

     The main long term job I have worked on is the "Pinterest" page for Holy Family.  We have not yet launched the page, but it is something I am constantly working on and am trying to better everyday.  This job is one that will never stop, and even after my time as an intern, I will most likely be working on it as a work study in the marketing department.  I have researched what other universities are doing with their "Pinterest" account, and come up with numerous "pin boards" that I would like to see our school use.  Thus far, I have put five of these "pin boards" into action and am constantly looking of new things to add to each board.  I enjoy that I was able to see this from its research stage up until when we launch it, and even into the distant future. 

     The article we read this week was both encouraging and reassuring to me.  When I began my internship, I pretty much realized that it would just be an internship, because it is a small department with only a few employees.  This article has given me some insight of how to keep in contact with the people I am working with and hopefully turning this into a job at some point.  I believe this article fully shows that just because you are not immediately offered a job does not mean that your work was poor or not appreciated.  Keeping in contact with the marketing department will be easy because I do my work study there, but I will keep in contact with them on a different level.  My internship is something that I truly hope turns into a job because I wake up everyday excited to go to work, and absolutely love everything that I am doing with my internship.

Hours Worked:
Monday 9am-2pm
Tuesday 9am-2pm
Wednesday 9am-2pm
Thursday 9am-2pm