Confused Intern

My first splash into Oath and the tech industry in general. Documenting my experiences with the Ad Creative Technology (ACT) Team and intern ~culture~. My Oath: "Call your shot"

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Hello Beloved Fans, 

OKOK so this is not totally descriptive of my syllabus week at school.... but i have definitely seen some of this in my ~peers~. These past 2 weeks have been interesting. I finished my time as a full time Oath intern, went back to Minneapolis for a while, started my senior year at Creighton and resumed at Oath as a part time intern. You could say it is a ~time of transition~ in my life. 

I am sure many of you are concerned about how all of this change will effect my ~professional life~ at Oath. My answer to you is: I am back and better than ever. I am motivated to engage in more long term projects since I will now be here until May. I am excited to continue collaborating with everyone and learning even more. I feel incredibly #blessed to be with such a great team as I march towards my demise in May (adulthood). 

As far as intern drama goes, there is not a lot. Most of my comrades have fallen and disappeared to who knows what. But, luckily, the infamous Kit has retained her position with AOS against all odds. Im sure she will bring some drama (tea) often enough. I even heard she has some “tea” for me at lunch today......... Stay tuned. 

XOXO Gossip Longterm Intern

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Hello Adoring Fans, 

I know it has been a minute since my last post.... We have already established that my genius needs some time to breathe in between posts. Anyways, in explanation of the photo above: I GOT EXTENDED THROUGH MAY! Thats right, your favorite intern isn't going anywhere. I also just realized that this position is now my last position before I need to find an adult job in May so I can, like, support myself and feed myself and stuff I guess...... But lets just pretend thats not gona happen for a bit. 

I will now recap some happenings in my intern life. I have been working on a few projects including the showcase and an all-new shiny Street page for the Omaha office. Now, with the extension, I will have time to work on the fine details of these projects. 

I would like to make a shoutout to my team and all of you, my fans. Without you I would not have gotten this extension..... Jokes on that though because I am pretty sure Kit is the only one that reads these so that means I made it on my own like Kyle Jenner! 

XOXO Gossip (Longterm?) Intern 

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Whirlwind

Hello adoring fans, 

I know it has been a hot second since my last update. As the old people are always saying “the summer is just flying by”! I have been busy with many tasks that have me on my toes. Whether it is helping Jenna and Lindsay with with Sales Engineer tasks to developing a new Street page for the Omaha office, I am always learning new ways of getting things done. I have also enjoyed collaborating with the ACT team across the country and beyond. 

As far as the ~intern lifestyle~ goes, things have been pretty good. We recently planned an outing for drinks and tacos as Mula, a very good restaurant that millennials like to drink tequila at. We have also had a bit of intern drama; finally. We had a minor misunderstanding around the budget for out tequila adventure that caused some of the interns to begin attempting to calculate exactly how many tacos we would have. As those who know me are aware of, I get stressed when others are stressed about things that are not real problems. Luckily, on this season of the Real Interns of Oath Omaha, we were able to bring clarity to our budget woes and actually ended up having quiet a bit of cash to spare. Stay tuned to see where we will adventure next! 

Again, I greatly apologize for my hiatus from Tumblr and will work hard to keep you, my adoring fans, up to date on my adventures. 

Until next time, 

XOXO 

Gossip Intern 

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ADULTING

Hello world! 

I regret that I was unable to post last week due to my incredibly busy schedule (jk). Anyways, being that it is Tuesday and also my last day in the office this week, I thought I would attempt to make up for this oversight. Weeks three and four have been eventful to say the least. Week three consisted of many 1:1′s in which I gained further insight into what the hell is going on around me and week four has been similar. Today, I was given a few tasks, which have me feeling very excited to be #productive and #independent like the adult I should probably be by this point in my life.......... As far as life away from the cube, these past few weeks have been highlighted by fun pride-month-themed activities put on by Prism, the LGBTQ+ group at Oath. So far we have had a happy hour (always a fan favorite) and a t-shirt tie-dying event (my hands are currently blue and purple, sos). As far as intern drama, there still is not much to report (I know. Disappointing). I may have to stir up some drama to keep everyone on their toes....... As far as topics in which I have been gaining #wisdom, I have a pending project involving updating the ACT Showcase, hunting for old sales materials that are not Oath branded yet (the horrors), and gathering all of the tools the ACT team needs to brand itself into one place for ease of access. Austin also recruited me to create a new Street page for the entire Oath Omaha office which is pretty exciting if I do not say so myself. 

Ok if you made it through that entire thing, congrats! 

XOXO Gossip Intern

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What does that acronym mean again?

Week 2 has been a week of learning. I am learning the ~basics~ of the team structure that spans the United States and even dips into other countries. Most of them have handy acronyms and then their areas of specialty also have acronyms. Each of those specialties tasks also have, you guessed it, acronyms. As one could ascertain from the title and also my not so subtle use of the word ~acronym~, this new language is confusing. On top of the acronyms, the structure of professionals across these teams and cities is large and tight-knit at the same time..... The casual use of “oh yeah! Jimmy can help with that!” when I know that no one on the Omaha team is named something like Jimmy, is often an occurrence (Jimmy is a fictional character). I am working to meet everyone so I can capitalize on their knowledge and hopefully, maybe, friendship (of course). Overall, I am working hard to process all of this information and look forward to becoming an expert (duh). 

As far as ~intern culture~ goes, this week has been quiet. I think they are all either hiding from me, or maybe they too are attempting to process all of this new info. Hoping for some Real Housewives type drama to occur soon so whoever is reading this doesn't loose interest in me! 

Until next week, 

XOXO Gossip Intern

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Hello Tumblr,

My name is Owen and I am a new intern at Oath in Omaha, Nebraska. I will be working with the Ad Creative Technology Team (ACT) for the summer of 2018! I am thrilled for this opportunity and I can't wait for what this summer holds for me. This blog will serve as a journal of sorts, documenting my time here. This is my first internship where there are other actual interns and an intern-type program, so I am sure that will lead to some interesting stories in addition to my actual work. I have been the only intern at my previous jobs. 

<WARNING: SHORT BIO> I am 21 years old and from Minneapolis, Minnesota and I just finished up my junior year at Creighton University in the metropolis of Omaha. I am double majoring in Marketing and International Business. In my free time I enjoy exercising and spending time with friends. I also tend to slip into cycles of Netflix addiction (I am working on it mom). If you want to know more than that I guess you can message me or however that works on here............ 

If you made it through this entire post, damn :) 

*Cue random string of hashtags that may or may not work for this*

XOXO Gossip Intern