Hello, it has been 2 weeks since I’ve started my internship at Ogilvy. Really busy, really, really, busy. On my first week, I was briefed for TV spots for a promotion. That literally was all of my first week, everyday my partners and I would stay late, and we came in on the whole weekend. It was a really quick change of pace from sleeping ’til noon. Either way, the work is great, I’m given great briefs. TV on my first assignment, and now I’m working on a 360 campaign, and some new TV work for a huge client we’re pitching. I heard its rare interns get work like this, Ogilvy pretty much treats me as an art director, definite good thing (with the exception of my pay of course).
Would I take a full-time offer there? Maybe. Ogilvy’s great, the work’s great, but the more I work there, the more I realize how much I don’t know about the market. For instance, CP+B had a much bigger and younger culture in the creative department, and Ogilvy has a surprisingly much smaller creative department and the culture there is much more corporate and older. Yet, the smaller department and huge briefs gives more chances for ideas. Anyway, I still have time to explore Ogilvy, study if we’re a fit, and study other agencies out there.
Aside from work, not much has happened in the last 2 weeks. I looked more into moving out of the ‘rents place in April, and this area called The Annex seems to be the winner to where I’ll be moving into. I was considering Liberty Village but it might be too expensive. The Annex is a cool area, I would say similar to Uptown in Minneapolis or the Design District in Miami (except not as rundown and full of bums). It’s just north of the UofT campus, so a lot of student and post-grad youngsters are there. That area is full of bars, restaurants, and small cafes; just like Uptown; as well as the Bloor Cinema – a theater with 2 floors and shows all sorts of movies (indie, classics, and a weird place for Twilight,…). I’m really looking forward to move to there as soon as April.
Another thing I’m hoping the move and this new job will get me is meeting new people. It would be cool to be in the Annex and meet a new group who have the same values on things (Markham’s nice, but I’ve definitely out grown it).
So this is the plan, mid-end of February, I’m going to Chicago, to visit that crazy Katie Rogers, Lydia, and Tessa. I haven’t gotten a ticket yet, but it’s decided. It really hasn’t been that long (last September), but I’m definitely stoked to see them. Another place I want visit is LA. LA to visit Kevo and Mai (new creative team at Deutsch there), and I’m really gonna try to make this trip happen before mid-march so I can also see Nikki and Jordan before they leave Laguna Beach, I’d be super stoked if I saved up enough money to see them. Oh, and visit New York again at some point of course.
Get my own place, Chicago, LA, NY. I’ve got 1 out of 4 right now, it’ll happen.
