Our Interns Meet Some of our Executives and Also Play Ping Pong!
As in past years, we at MSLO, opened our doors from June 13th to August 5th, to a group of college students and recent graduates who work as interns in various departments of the company. The program is designed to give undergraduate students, who have completed their junior year of studies, or graduate students currently enrolled in an advanced degree program, on the job training and work experience at MSLO’s headquarters in New York City. This summer there were a total of fifty-six interns working in our Broadcast, Corporate, Publishing, Merchandising, and Web sectors and have been valued members of their departments. This program is designed for interns to network with their peers as well as with their full-time colleagues. Networking breakfasts, lunches, and events are scheduled throughout the program, including a weekly speaker series with MSLO’s executives. Emily Borgeest, a second-year intern and a student at Syracuse University, has been busy doing a variety of projects at my New York and Bedford offices and shares her photos of some of those events.
1 The summer interns enjoyed a bit of breakfast before asking the editors-in-chiefs questions about their careers and about the magazine world.
2 A group shot of the interns networking over breakfast before the Q & A.
3 Interns Alexandra Johnston and Alexandra Esposito
4 Lizette Degro, Jillian Roth, Rob Stahley from HR, and Emily Borgeest
5 A variety of bagels were served,
6 Along with fresh berries
7 And crunchy granola and yogurt
8 Interns Alexandra Ziman, Sarah Gursky, Surbi Luhadia, and Molly Weber enjoyed their bagels
9 Interns Sara Harding and Derek Eng
10 Finance interns Peter Leaman, Peter Michaelis, and Maura Kelly
11 Editors in chiefs, Alanna Stang - Whole Living, Pilar Guzman - Living, Elizabeth Graves - Weddings, and Anna Last - Everyday Food, graciously answered the many questions that the interns asked.
12 Allison Chi, Sophia Breene, and Lauren Cohn - Sophia asked the editors what their greatest challenges are and what their favorite things are about their jobs.
13 The editors agreed that their least favorite things are managing a large group of peoples' emotions, laziness, and taking care of the budget. Their favorite things are the creativity, watching people grow, and the reward of the final product.
14 Whole Living interns Yelena Galstyan and Rebecca Tobak - Yelena asked Anna about her career transition from Australia to New York City.
15 Anna explained that the first thing to do when transitioning your career from one location to another is to assess the business environment and determine how you will fit in there.
16 Interns Rachel and Emily - Rachel asked the editors to describe their job role.
17 The editors agreed that their main role is to see the entire picture of the magazine as to creativity, business, and management. They shape content and find compelling ways to package stories. They are known as brand managers.
18 Sarah Carideo and Kelly Whipple - Sarah asked the editors about transitioning from college to career. She was specifically curious about the interviewing process of applying for jobs.
19 Elizabeth suggested to research the magazine you are applying to. She also noted that offering personal writing samples can be very helpful.
20 Alana said that having respect is the most important criteria when interviewing. The magazine world is competitive so don't be afraid to put yourself out there. She also suggested to always have a sense of humor.
21 Pilar discussed what to expect in the next 20 years with regards to technology trends and the magazine business. She said you must decide what's worthy of print and follow trends. She believes the future for magazines is exciting.
22 The following week, the interns were invited out to play ping pong - Alexandra Johnston, Christina Tobia, Natalie Stone, Amanda Orley, Alexandra Ziman, Surbi Luhadia, Sarah Henrich, Sarah Gursky, Molly Weber
23 The interns had a chance to network over drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
24 Tasty chicken wings, dumplings, and sliders
25 Intern Molly with Rob Stahley and Elizabeth Schermer from my HR department
26 Rachel Tombes from the retail marketing department and Jeremy Davis from my product design team
27 Daniel Boguszewsk​i, my Senior Art Director, played several matches.
28 One was against Rachel.
29 Alexandra and Sarah H
30 Alexandra and Sarah G. teamed up for a doubles match.
31 Sarah got a little competitive.
32 Amanda had a good laugh for herself during a match.
33 Alexandra, Sarah, Amanda, Surbi, and Natalie
34 Natalie's turn to serve.
35 Stylish men
36 Daniel broke out in a sweat from all the ping pong!
Everyone looks like they had a very good and informative time. I hope they'll treasure their time as interns with your company.
Gloria G!!!
Posted by: Gloria | August 4th, 2011 at 12:29 am
Oh to be young again!
How wonderful to intern with your company. They all look so happy.
Best wishes for their future.
Sharon
Posted by: Sharon | August 4th, 2011 at 9:07 am
Happy Birthday Martha!!
Posted by: dana richmond | August 4th, 2011 at 9:19 am
The future....great idea!
Posted by: E. Teresa Touey | August 4th, 2011 at 9:57 am
Hi Martha, How nice it is to see another delightful, interesting blog post about your summertime interns at MSLO. These charming young College students and recent graduates sure are lucky to have wonderful summertime jobs and everyone of them looks so happy in these photos by Emily Borgeest! Emily must be doing a terrific job for you! What interesting questions by these interns and your employees did a great job answering them. Would be interesting to see how many of them continue to work at MSLO. How fun to not only have that delicious breakfast at the meeting, but to play ping pong and have delicious hors d'oeuvres and drinks! Happy time for all! Hope you had a marvelous birthday yesterday, Martha and have another terrific day again today! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | August 4th, 2011 at 10:06 am
Martha,
Thanks for sharing this blog.
Posted by: KLBrown | August 4th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Happy Birthday Martha! Wish you a wonderful and blessed year. H
Best Regards,
Rowaida
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | August 4th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Martha. Hoping you have a wonderful birthday today
Posted by: Mitzi | August 4th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Hi Martha,
I think it is great that businesses open up their doors to college students to work as interns. I didn’t go to college and it’s a long story why I didn’t, but I know I would have enjoyed interning if given the chance. Too bad there weren’t any opportunities to intern in high school; I might have changed courses. Anyway, best wishes to this latest group who came to check out the offerings at MSLO – they appear to be having quite an adventure. Also, since Pilar Guzman was on the Q&A panel, I thought I would take this opportunity to mention that I look forward to reading her monthly letter in the magazine. I think she was a great choice for Editor In Chief. Trish
Posted by: Trish | August 4th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Everybody looked like they had fun and enjoyed themselves! Enjoy and live life:-)
Posted by: Doreen | August 4th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
It would be great to be an intern and have a summer or two to hone your skills at MSLO. Learning how to interact, accept jobs and be responsible for the outcome are core values that companies should expect and interns should enjoy developing. I believe learning the dress code would be a major fun thing work on.
Thanks for the blog.
Best of luck to the interns.
Posted by: Margie | August 4th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
How wonderful that your company has such an extensive program for student interns! Not only are you allowing them to work for you and gain experience but you and your company are providing professional development and networking opportunities! I would've have loved to have had an internship at MSLO when I was in college!
What a way to give back! BRAVO!
Posted by: Lina | August 4th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Hi Martha,
I am an undergraduate communications student in Australia and absolutely ADORE Martha Stewart Living and Weddings, there is nothing as good here is AUS. My question is do you ever take international students? These photos just look amazing.
best-Isabelle
Posted by: Isabelle | August 4th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Think I might even consider completing my education if I can be accepted as in intern at MSLO.
Posted by: ann | August 5th, 2011 at 7:55 am
Looks like all of the interns are really enjoying their time at MSLO. What a rewarding experience!
Posted by: Bryn Bair | August 5th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Happy Birthday, Martha. Hope your day was blessed in many ways. Looking forward to the new season of your program! Just completed our local County Fair Open Class entries. How about more ideas for the Junior Level of entries? Always looking for new things to try. My grand daughter loves crafting.
Posted by: Barbara Carlson | August 7th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Martha,
Hi! Belated Happy Birthday! How I wished I'm one of them.
Regards to all of them.
Elena
Posted by: Ma. Elena Inaligo Panta | August 8th, 2011 at 7:41 am