Intern Spotlight: Juliet F.

Name: Juliet F.

School and Major: Broadcast Journalism, School of Communications, Brigham Young University

Hometown: Carson City, NV 

Semester and Year of Internship: Spring/Summer 2020 

How do you spend your free time? 

I sing constantly. I write songs whenever inspiration strikes. I like to be outside — walking, hiking, biking, dancing, running through sprinklers (big past time of mine). I like to bake (at an extremely novice level). 

What You Do/Did: 

Blog writing, social media creation

Favorite Task at The Hatch Project: 

Creating content to companies that I share interests with. 

What is something cool you have learned during the internship? 

How to see the world from more perspectives and try to appeal to perspectives that are much different than my own. 

What are you looking forward to? 

GRADUATING. Oh, and just new experiences, going places other than Provo, telling SOOO many stories. 

Advice to Future Interns:

Be HUMBLE, they like you even if they don’t particularly love what you have created.

Intern Spotlight: Noah F.

Name: Noah Fonoimoana

School and Major: Advertising at Brigham Young University

Hometown: Laie, HI

Semester and Year of Internship: Spring/Summer 2020

How do you spend your free time?

I like to read books, jump into water whenever I can, destroy people on Call of Duty, and go to church.

What You Do/Did:

I did a little design (some website creation and content creation). I managed interns during group projects and that was really fun. I am doing a little bit of copy while creating landing pages for a client. Kinda doing a wide variety of things. 

Favorite Task at The Hatch Project:

This is a hard one but probably my favorite task so far has been the product promotion project. It was fun but also challenging, I think this is why I enjoyed it so much.

What is something cool you have learned during the internship?

Probably one of the coolest things I've learned is how to create landing pages. I’ve seen them before but never knew how to create them and the true importance of them.

What are you looking forward to?

I’m looking forward to seeing how the rest of my projects turn out and how everyone in the group does as well.

Advice to Future Interns:

Work hard and work creatively. One thing I wish I did earlier on was work with a more creative mind. Humans are super creative, and we should use that ability to make our work more fun and more effective.

Intern Spotlight: Priscilla W.

Name: Priscilla W.

School and Major: Advertising at Brigham Young University 

Hometown: Chandler, AZ

Semester and Year of Internship: Spring/Summer 2020

How do you spend your free time?

I read when I can, particularly comic books and graphic novels. I’m a huge Marvel and Disney fan so my YouTube watch history is a lot of that kind of stuff. I’ve also been known to steal my boyfriend’s Nintendo Switch and play Pokemon from time to time.

What You Do/Did:

I was originally approached as a designer for the internship but I have also had opportunities to work on my copywriting and management skills and create social media content.

Favorite Task at The Hatch Project:

My favorite thing I’ve done for the Hatch Project is create a logo for a brand. It was really exciting for me to connect with the client and hear their thoughts and desires for their brand. I loved the challenge of taking a verbal idea and concept and transforming it into something visual. It was exciting to see the client get excited about what I was able to create for them.

What is something cool you have learned during the internship?

As a designer, I learned how important it is to have resources on hand. I have a bookmark on my web browser of sites to look to for inspiration and tutorials which has been immensely helpful as I created content for clients. As an account manager, I learned the importance of collaboration and community. When my bosses gave me a really pressing deadline, rather than saying “Good luck, you’re on your own!” reminded me of the other interns that had the skills for the tasks I needed done. My coworkers were incredibly supportive when I asked for their help and I can say there was no way I would have reached the deadline if it wasn’t for them!

What are you looking forward to?

I’m looking forward to taking what I’ve learned from this internship and applying it into future career opportunities. At the time of this interview I’m excited to get married at the end of the summer! And I’m also really excited for movie theaters to open again. 

Advice to Future Interns:

The greatest piece of advice I could give to future interns would be to communicate! Communicate with your bosses, they're your biggest cheerleaders and they should want to help you succeed. Also communicate with your coworkers and fellow interns when you feel lost or confused. They could be better at translating than you or they could be just as lost as you are and then you have someone to laugh with as you try to figure things out. And be sure to communicate with the clients! Clients really appreciate it when they know you’re listening, so asking some clarifying questions can be a good thing.

Intern Spotlight: Haley E.

Name: Haley Ellsworth

School and Major: Communications Studies at Brigham Young University

Hometown: Arizona

Semester and Year of Internship: Spring/Summer 2020

How do you spend your free time?

I love to be outdoors! Hiking, swimming, whatever, I love it. I also love going to the movies; movie theater ambiance is the best. 

What You Do/Did:

I did a lot of copywriting, and just writing in general. I also worked on landing page design and creation.

Favorite Task at The Hatch Project:

I did a lot of writing for different clients and I thought it was so fun to write in different voices! From colloquial to medical, it was fun to be able to switch up writing styles so much.

What is something cool you have learned during the internship?

I did not have much experience in design before this internship, so it was so fun to learn about that! I learned how to create things from memes to Facebook ads, but my favorite design skill I learned was how to create landing pages. 

What are you looking forward to?

I am excited to apply what I have learned in the workforce!

Advice to Future Interns:

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. I learned so much from just getting feedback and throwing around ideas!