The Halfway Hookup

Hey guys,

My name is Hanna, and no, I'm not kidding- there are three of us. This summer, it’s my job to help mark team up with some of the hottest celebs, stylists and makeup artists in the industry as the Alliance intern. Hey, it beats scooping ice cream in New Hampshire all summer, right?

As we plow head-on into the “over the hump” halfway point of our internship, I am super pumped for this upcoming week! Not only do I get to celebrate my 20th birthday and (four year anniversary with mark!) with the entire intern crew, but we are heading off tonight for round two of Gabrielle Bernstein time. At 7:00 p.m., the girls and I are attending motivational speaker turned author’s workshop on “mirroring.” Tonight she will explain (and give us the Readers Digest version) of the anciently rooted Law of Attraction. The workshop is centered around the power of positive energy. Come on guys, it’s time for us to get hip to the idea that what we see in ourselves is what we will get out of the world around us. And although quantum physics is not my area of expertise, nor is it part of my job description, I think this stuff is pretty cool! Gabrielle is one hooked-up woman making her mark! ;)

*Gabrielle beams in her profile picture featured on her booming social network site, herfuture.com

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In this economy (ah, why does everything always comes back to the dreaded “economy” reference) we are all watching our wallets. Whether you’re packing a lunch, carpooling or opting for DIY mani/pedi’s, it’s time to get serious about where we spend our money. Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox now, only so I can let you in on a little treasure some of the interns and I uncovered in Brooklyn on one of our “adventure” days off!
Enter: Beacon’s Closet. Think a 60s inspired vintage shop with an indie New York feel with a splash of Chanel thrown in. We discovered this thrifty find on our way into the borough, only to be greeted with storm brewing rainclouds. But I must say, maybe the silver lining was the $12.00 authentic Louis Vuitton bangle Claire, the creative intern, snatched up or the next to nothing Rock and Republic jeans outfitting the “sale” rack! Here’s a peek into my new favorite hotspot!

End of the 4th week...already.

Hey! I'm Hanna Uhling and I'm interning here at mark. this summer. I am in product development and have a fabulous mentor, as do we all. This week was amazing as Hannah P. has already stated in her blog. Last night I had the privilege to meet up with some of my cousins friends to talk about all of the amazing things to do in the city. Although we are here for a total of 10 weeks, 4 have already flew by and many of us are realizing we only have a limited amount of time here in the city. So fortunately, we now have a lot of fun ideas on all the events we must attend before leaving here in August.

As for outside of the internship, all of us enjoy going to local sushi restraunts, shopping, and of course exploring New York City. So far we have all had a wonderful experience here and are treated as if we are part of the mark. team. Tonight Robbie and I are going to "The Slip" concert. ---Listen to the song 'even rats,' it's the best. :) Should be a ton of fun though. We are quite excited. We will be making an appearance at the local PinkBerry shop for some FREE frozen yogert tonight. They are introducing new flavors so we might be there for awhile, knowing us.

Thats about all I have for now. :) 4th weekend will hopefully be a sucess in NYC. Not sure how it wouldn't be!

mark NEWSFLASH

Greetings and salutations,

I am Hannah Parrish the Public Relations intern at mark this summer.

That's me (in the yellow), hard at work with the fabulous Paige.

Here is a picture of the mark lobby:

Isn't it adorable?

I love Wednesday's a mark because we have "Making Their Mark" lunches with some super rad, inspiring, and empowering women. We have already had the opportunity to meet with Gabrielle Bernstein (Motivational Speaker extraordinaire), Eva Chen (Beauty Editor for Teen Vogue), Meredith Kahn (Designer/Owner of Made Her Think Jewelry), and today we are meeting with Polly Blitzer (Editor of BeautyBlitz.com). This internship has already provided me with more than I could have ever imagined.

Who would have thought that signing up to be a mark representative would have brought me a fabulous summer internship in NYC?

And mark is throwing me in full force. Yesterday was the launch event for the debut fashion collection designed by celebrity stylist, Britt Bardo. Britt has styled celebs Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz, Maggie Gyllenhal, and Hillary Duff. Her mark fashion line will debut in October 2009. (Be on the look out for these fashion essentials!) Here is a picture from the event and an exclusive sneak peak at the pieces Britt designed for mark!

Life in NYC is pretty exciting. This city is always moving and there are an endless variety of things to do. Weekends in the city are what I like to refer to as "exploring time." This basically consists of walking around as much of the city our legs and feet will allow us to. (We are also making good use of our Metro Cards).

On the subway with Taylor Skidmore (Marketing Intern), Claire Artelt (Creative Intern), Me (Hannah Parrish, Public Relations Intern), and Rachel Martino (Online Intern).

Stay tuned for more updates from the mark Summer 2009 interns.

Love and lip gloss,

Hannah Parrish

Week 3 Update!!

Hi everyone! My name is Taylor and I'm one of the marketing interns here at mark.!

I hope if you're reading this then you will also share it with other girls who are interested in next summer's internship :o) We have had a great time so far, and since it's my day to blog, I want to update everyone on our busy week from last week.

Starting on Tuesday, we had the chance to visit Marie Claire (the magazine) because one of our interns is co-working with mark. and Marie Claire, but she is actually at MC's office. So after working most of the day, we got off a few hours early and walked over to the Hearst Building where most of the magazines are officed. It was a great experience because we got to see a presentation and hear from several employees from MC about their business and what they personally do!

Since I'm a marketing major at Texas Tech, and the marketing intern :o) this visit opened my eyes to new opportunitues and ideas as to what I might want to go into after I graduate!

Here are a few pictures from our visit:

This is our whole group of interns, plus Dawn and two of the "graduate" interns from last summer - we are in one of the conference rooms in the Hearst Building!

This is the Marie Claire floor!

We also got a tour of the whole building, and got to go to the Good Housekeeping Research floor - this is where people are actually paid to use products to see if they work how they claim to work. There was so many rooms of different people working - washing clothes, vaccuuming, cooking, testing objects, etc

After our "field trip" to Marie Claire on Tuessday, we then had the opportunity on Wednesday night to attend the CEW event after work. This is the Corporate Executive Women annual event, that is held by a panel of women who do various things throughout the year. This particular event was a live interview of Leslie Blodgett, the creator and CEO of Bare Escentuals. It was another great opportunity because before the interview, there was an hour designated just for networking among hundreds of individuals, particularly women :o)

Here are a few pictures of Wednesday:

During the day, we surprised Hannah P. (1 of 3!) for her 20th birthday! These cupcakes were ordered from Crumbs (if you ever get the chance to eat here, do it!)

This is after work at the CEW event. After the mingling/networking hour, we went up to a bigger room and watched the interview of Leslie...the woman on the right of the stage

Some of us sitting at the event! From the left, there is Ashley S., Hanna T., Kristiauna, me, and Lauren (another "graduate" intern who is at Kaplow working with mark.)

A close up of Leslie!

Once Thursday came, I couldn't believe how fast the week had flown by! We were actually supposed to meet Lauren Conrad on this day, but because of her schedule and book signings, it got moved until Friday morning.

So Friday, we got to work at normal time, then at 11 we left to walk to Lauren's studio that she was doing live interviews at.

Here is a picture of us and Lauren:

And these pictures are of once we were back in the office, we had to help PR open hundreds of hook-ups for the Brit Bardo event this week...so I had fun with my new camera

I hope everyone feels filled in with how our time here is going! I know that for me it had flown by :o( This week should also be another pretty busy week, so hopefully more pictures will be up soon!

Let us know if anyone has any questions and we'll love to talk about our experiences here

Love from the mark. office,

Taylor and the rest of the 2009 interns

Week 3

This week will definitely be busy, but exciting. We are booked with meetings & events all week. I know by Friday everyone will be exhausted.
Thursday we will meet Lauren Conrad though :), which is pretty exciting.






Robbie over the weekend. (UNC Greensboro Campus Sales Manager, Sales Intern 2009)

Hanna T. shopping over the weekend. (Northeastern University, Global Alliances Intern 2009)

Happy Blogging :)

Hey mark. girls :)The interns here at the main office in NYC are going to be blogging from now on. We'll post pictures, update you on what's happening in the mark. world, and even make video blogs som

etimes too!

Check it out!

Lauren will be promoting her new book, LA Candy,

at The Grove in L.A. on June 16th at 7:00 in the Barnes & Noble!

You're going to have a super-sneak-peak into our lives and our office now.

Stay tuned to read about our adventures!

love & lipgloss,

Ashleigh Angelette

P.S. If you have signed up to be

a rep yet, what are you waiting for?! Feel free to ask me ANYTHING about what be

ing a rep is like or your responsibilities. It's basically the best job ever!

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