My responsibilities at A—Company varied. I mainly did digital work that revolved around fashion. In my first couple weeks at A—Company, I was editing and retouching eCommerce photos for the new season’s clothing items. After that, many of my weeks at A—Company I spent looking through footage and editing them into short video collages for the website's home page. I also did standard intern things like running errands and updating the email newsletter format. I occasionally created gifs out of the runway footage to add to the new season’s shopping page on the website. I did a substantial amount of research to inspire and help me create proposals for potential video projects.
My biggest takeaway is that trying something new is very worth it. Through this experience, I was able to gain insight into the moving image aspect of the fashion world which is something I don’t think I would have been able to see so soon if it wasn’t for this internship. This internship also taught me how to make professional proposals. My major and minor both rely heavily on pitch decks and proposals, so this is a skill that will be useful as I will likely have to make many of these in my career.
My favorite new learned skill is set etiquette. I understand better how working on set works and how to engage with other professionals in the heat of creating. The internship allowed me to try something that I have always been curious about, like video in the fashion industry, while clarifying my interest to be involved with producing and directing fictional feature films. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to experience something new in art and meet very kind and patient people while doing so.
