Summer 2010 was one which was uncertain for me until April 29th when I got a call from Jenee Humphrey, Vivid Marketing’s recruiter, who informed me that I had been selected as one of Vivid’s interns. I was excited about the prospect of a new adventure to a new place (sorta). It turns out that my best friend and roommate, Paul O’Connor, lived 25 minutes from my office. Thus I had the perfect summer on deck.

From the moment I walked into Velocity’s office (Vivid, Velocity Sports & Entertainment, Isobar, and SRi merged to form one lifestyle agency and house people from each of the four agencies in each company’s HQ) on June 22nd I knew I had landed something awesome for the summer. My boss, and now friend, Erica meet me at the front door with a friendly “Hi Taylor, it’s nice to meet you. Now take off your tie, relax, and have some fun. You’re overdressed.”

The past seven weeks have been a blur. I can’t believe I only have three left. I have learned so much about experiential marketing and have found how important it is. I have met so many great people. From the highest people in the company to the trainees and interns, I have really been privilaged to work with such awesome people. I don’t want this blog to turn into one where I tell specific stories. I am going to save that for the conclusion when I can add more detail. However, I think this picture below explains everything about how much fun we have working for Vivid Marketing. The picture below was from a Pepsi Team building day where we were kayaking around Sprite Island (see the marketing opportunity here???) in the Long Island Sound. If not for anything else, I definitely made my intern impression this day.

Enjoy the remaining days of your summer everyone! We can’t wait for the Student Involvement Fair on Monday, September 6th and our first meeting on Wednesday, September 8th (my birthday incase anyone wants to get me a present) at 6 PM in Bentley 140. See you all then!

By Taylor Evans, President