I was an intern/writer with METAL Magazine who wrote interviews and reviews of singles, albums, EPs, and LPs that musicians were planning on releasing. I had to schedule and perform a live interview over Zoom with one of the bands I wrote interview questions for. I researched and wrote proposals for possible new articles, reviews, or interviews for upcoming projects.
For my editorial writing internship at The Sun Times, I was responsible for receiving and posting obituaries, press releases, and public notices online on our website, as well as formatting and submitting them for physical prints each week. I also was assigned a variety of articles to write each week, which potentially included interviews with people. In addition to posting and writing articles, I also proof-read the draft of three separate printed papers to look for errors.
As a Gallery Assistant for the Greenpoint Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, I created graphics and design for the gallery's social media as well as promotional material. I also helped maintain the gallery in order to create a presentable space for exhibitions.
During this internship, I was a law intern/legal assistant with Brenda Beaton Attorney at Law. I was lucky enough to attend court hearings and mediation and draft divorce decrees, stipulations, and motions to enforce. I also sat in on mediations and client meetings as well as assisted with anything else that came up or needed more eyes or hands.
I was an exhibitions intern for Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center and I helped my coworkers who work for the exhibitions coordinator complete daily tasks such as inventory, setting up the gallery, promotion, and filing paperwork.
I was a summer intern for the 30th Judicial Circuit Court. My role/responsibilities were to prepare the courtroom in the morning for hearings, sentencing, trials, and jury selection. I also conducted legal research, created bench memos, and edited brief reports. Lastly, I handled jury management and jury selection.
I was a Global Business Development International Intern with Grip Co. in Seoul, South Korea. I conducted market research, analyzed e-commerce apps, created spreadsheets to track data, analyzed market trends, and tracked product performance on reports from content I made.
As a Student Ceramics Intern, I had the opportunity to develop my pottery skills and help around the studio with other tasks and projects when needed, like loading kilns, firing the raku, and cleaning the space. I built upon my wheel skills by throwing clay, trimming on the wheel, and then glazing when dried.
My internship title was a showroom assistant and I would help with merchandising and other tasks around the showrooms. Such as setting up stylists to do polls for photo shoots, or contacting brands, emailing stylists to see if they used any of the pieces they pulled from the showroom, updating press decks, and things like that.
I am responsible for designing and producing print materials such as booklets, brochures, and posters for events hosted in any of the Kresge galleries, Scene Metrospace, and the MSU Union Art Gallery. Additionally, I manage our social media accounts and website. I also handle photography and videography for use across various platforms. My role also involves extensive work with printing, cutting, and installing vinyl, as well as working on communication projects such as writing and sending out emails.