A Creative Intern’s Opportunity

Since college, I’ve wanted to work for Brogan & Partners. I heard great things about both their award-winning creative and warm, friendly work culture. Sadly, it seemed as though I had graduated at the worst possible time in our ad community’s history. Then, the clouds opened up and finally shed a bit of light when I was presented with an opportunity for an internship here!

Over the 3 months working here I got back a lot of what I had lost. At the College for Creative Studies ad department, there aren’t many boundaries to what you can do creatively. Then, the diploma is accepted and you’re spit out into the real world (which does not always involve the mind-blasting creative projects you dreamed of). Things tend to get watered down, over-analyzed and put through the appropriate systems.

But, it’s different at Brogan. And working here has reminded me why I enjoy advertising so much and why I wanted to go into this field in the first place. They strive to produce breakthrough, award winning advertising while still meeting the satisfaction of their clients. I’ve never worked at an agency that was able to find a happy medium between the two.

It’s also been fun and educational getting the chance to develop creative for non-automotive accounts. There’s a satisfaction that comes from working on creative healthcare accounts, because you really feel like your helping market something that helps so many people.

I’ve always seen advertising as smart art. It’s not just a place to showcase your creative abilities, but it also needs to be smart, intuitive and effective. This is something that Brogan & Partners helped teach me. I will take many good memories and new insights away from my time here. More importantly though, the experience has gotten me excited about advertising again. And at this point in my career I couldn’t ask for anything more.

Interested in an internship at Brogan?  Let me know if I can give you any pointers!