Thursday, August 6, 2009

All Great things must come to an end!

So it's August 6th and this is the last offical day of our internship! This as been an amazing ride! This internship has been one of those defining moments in ones life when they know that they have reached a place that has allowed them to grow into the person that they want to be. Our senior managment team was so very proud ever intern this year and we truly raised the bar for the next internship class, which YOU could be apart of. Mark truly is all about helping young women make thier "mark", and this summer has truly proven that!

As I said in my title- all great things must come to an end... i have been so blessed this summer. it has truly been a life changing experenice.. I will never be the same and I'm so thankful for this summer taking me into the next level of my life.

I loved all the interns and I'm excited to see that they had a great experience too! Everyone worked so hard and thier efforts have truly been noticed!

Taylor's Top Ten

If you're reading this, thank you for following our wonderful summer here at mark.!

Most of the interns have already presented their final presentations, but tomorrow at 10am I will be standing in the Mark Conference Room, nervously presenting my project. I have learned so much this summer and am so thankful for getting this opportunity! I know how limited the space was and that there were a lot of broken hearts who didn't get to join us this summer, but I only hope that if you were one of those, that you will apply again next summer! I had such a great time, inside and outside of the office, and I want all mark. girls to get the same experience!!!

Since I'm presenting in the morning, I won't be long, but I do want to share with you what my top experiences were as a mark. intern. It was such an honor to get to be a beauty and fashion intern so why not share with everyone else?!

They aren't in any order (there's no way I could decide) but they are definitely my personal favorites!

1. Britt Bardo Event

The PR Britt Bardo event at Sweetiepie in the West Village was so mark. and chic and fun! We got to see Britt's pieces she create for mark. and got great styling tips from Britt herself!

2. Dress for Success day

Our philanthropy day (actually last Thursday) was spent at the Dress For Success warehouse in Brooklyn. We got to sort through all the donated clothes to pick out the appropriate pieces that the organization can use. It was a great day, and to learn more about Dress for Success, go to http://www.dressforsuccess.org/



3. Firmenich trip

Our Firmenich trip was amazing too! They are a fragrance house that we use (Jewel, Bohista, one in the making :o)....) and we got to learn about how they work and learn about smelling scents.


7. Marie Claire

Marie Claire was earlier in the summer, and is another company that has a mark. intern working for them this summer. We got a full tour of the building they are in (Hearst tower!!) which was one of the best buildings I've seen here. We also got to here several speakers while there and learned about both the editorial side and advertising side of a WONDERFUL magazine!


8. Meeting Lauren Conrad

This day was great because we (interns) got to meet the girl that is the face of mark.! We can think that as reps we are the face, but ultimately it is Lauren who is the one in the spotlight and getting the media talking about her. Even though she didn't have but a few minutes to talk about us, it was very considerate of her to take time out of her schedule to let us come to her studio while she was doing live interviews!


9. CEW Event

This event is an annual event with the featured speaker being Leslie Blodgett, the creator of Bare Escentuals. It was basically a networking, social hour in the beginning, then all different types of women, business owners or not, sat in a banquet hall to listen to an interview and conversation with Leslie. She talked about everything from life to starting her company to giving advice to all women. It was very inspiring to see so many other women supporting the beauty industry!

10. Coffee with Claudia

Even though I have no pictures from Coffee with Claudia, it was still a favorite of mine. This is a monthly catch up for the whole mark. team to come together and listen to Claudia get everyone on the same page for a brief second :o) Working on this side of mark, not just as a rep, I saw that every single person that works here does a job that MULTIPLE people could do!! So seeing everyone come together in morning to hear Claudia and drink coffee was a great time to see mark. as a whole and not just from my marketing department view.


So that is my wonderful top 10 list of being a Summer 2009 mark. Intern. I hate narrowing it down because it seemed like I could say something interesting about every single day in the office!! But I hope you have a great feeling about mark. and this intership...and I hope you apply next summer :o)

For now I must sleep since I present my project tomorrow (yikes!!) but again, thank you for following us this summer - it's so great to have supporters and to share our experiences with everyone!


Love always,
Taylor Skidmore


PS..If you want more pictures of the summer, feel free to take a look at my personal blog as well