The Summer of 2017 prior to my senior year I interned at Philadelphia, an award winning CRM (City-regional magazine, part of CRMA— City Regional Magazine Association). Through my education I have been focusing on print and publication design with in interest in magazines/editorial. This last semester I found myself the only junior in the publication class otherwise made up of seniors.
I reached out to Philly mag with a resume, cover-letter, link to my portfolio as well as my in-progress work from publication and was hired almost instantaneously. Working with the senior director and associate art director (who also interned at Philly mag) I work on a verity of collateral including web banners, and social posts, but the majority of work is for the book . As an intern much of my work is marketing based, but I have had the opportunity to work on several advertorials for Be Well Philly, Philadelphia’s heath and wellness publication.
The advertorials are my favorite because I am essentially free to design my own layouts to create an editorial-look, which make strong portfolio pieces for my future in editorial as well helped me become a stronger editorial designer than when I began just three months ago. Additionally I learned a lot about publication-specific design, from the joys of edits to attending photo shoots with piles of Gucci like I’m Lauren Conrad at Teen Vogue. My summer at Philadelphia confirmed that I am indeed ‘Jenna Rink, big time magazine editor,’ that this is what I want to do with my future, and if the opportunity presented itself I would be ready for the big city. Perhaps most exciting however is the
connection I made to Martha Stewart Living (my favorite publication/dream job) through the people I met at Philadelphia — though I would gladly accept a position at Philly mag without hesitation.
