Interns On Fire

Sabrina Rangel is a recent graduate of Southwestern University, receiving the Kemper Scholar Award for her academic excellence and interest in business as a first year student. She has several internships in marketing, touching many sides of the business world. Her most recent internship was with Southwest Airlines in the marketing department, a competitive space as several thousand students apply every year.  In this interview, she will give students insight into the world of Southwest Airlines, the importance of networking, and her enthusiasm for success.

Sabrina Rangel is a recent graduate of Southwestern University, receiving the Kemper Scholar Award for her academic excellence and interest in business as a first year student. She has several internships in marketing, touching many sides of the business world. Her most recent internship was with Southwest Airlines in the marketing department, a competitive space as several thousand students apply every year.  In this interview, she will give students insight into the world of Southwest Airlines, the importance of networking, and her enthusiasm for success.

Meredith Allen has a passion for helping her community through policies that allow freedom and liberty to flourish. This passion lead her to obtain internships in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Raised in rural North Carolina, Meredith attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied Peace, War and Defense and Political Science. Meredith currently works for the National Republican Congressional Committee Independent Expenditure Unit as a Media Assistant.

Annie Vellon is a junior at the University of Denver studying business analytics. She recently completed an internship with Handshakin Video Series, a local startup that interviews entrepreneurs on mentoring, networking and personal branding strategies. After graduation, Annie hopes to continue working for startups in the technology field.

Jeremy joined Business Insider in 2015 as an intern. He's now a reporter working with the front page news team. He previously worked for Atlas Obscura, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 2014. He was born in Toronto and lives in Brooklyn.

Christopher Collins is a native of Buffalo, New York. He attended St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, receiving the Eric Bredenburg Memorial Award for Excellence in Digital Arts upon graduating in 2010. Collins then attended Canisius College, and interned at several places including Boston-based streetwear retailer Karmaloop.com, as well as Travers Collins Co. He finished with a BA with a degree in Digital Media Arts in 2014, and began working as a seasonal graphic designer for the Buffalo Bills. Collins then moved to the Bay Area upon receiving an internship with the San Francisco 49ers. Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

In the business of understanding and working with people. Alejandra is pursuing a career in the Public Policy and Marketing industries. She is an international student (Class of 2016) from Managua, Nicaragua, majoring in Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing and Economics and a minor in Anthropology. Alejandra has experience coordinating large-scale events and has been interning for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the past year, where she has assisted a team of dedicated people in organizing the Spring Meetings. She also has experience drafting marketing campaigns and working with multiple social media platforms. She currently interns for Capitol Standard, an online magazine geared towards young professionals, and worked at PepsiCo in her home country of Nicaragua where she was able to apply some of her skills as part of a marketing team. Alejandra also acts as a Teaching Assistant for a Career Management Strategy class at the George Washington University School of Business. In her spare time she enjoys writing about herself in the third person and going on extreme adventures like skydiving, glacier hiking and sand-dune surfing.

Lauren is our youngest guest to appear on the podcast so far. She is currently a student at George Mason University. She has several internships working at the center of social media, marketing, and graphic design. Her most recent internship was with Carahsoft. Carahsoft is the largest trusted IT government solutions provider. She also recently locked down an internship with Adobe for next summer. We talk about starting your process early, how greek life can help you professionally, and how to execute a game plan in graphic design.

Madeleine works part-time for AFS in both their Austin Studios location and their Austin Public Access location. She interns for screenings, answer phones, runs errands, and performs basic office duties. She also had the opportunity to participate in the 2016 Texas Film Awards, where she served as "Event Concierge Captain," managing fifteen volunteers during the event. Madeleine is a recent graduate of University of North Texas.

Ted Ellis is a rising star as an intern for one of the most prestigious think tanks in the world. As an intern at the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute, he fights to advance the cause of freedom and individual choice in education. Ted believes in people, and he works to ensure that Americans have the best education for our youth by empowering parents to choose that education directly. A proud export of Tennessee, he brings classic American values as well as a youthful perspective and vigor to our nation’s capital. He is an spotlight graduate of Roanoke College, and has an impressive list of internships at the intersection of economics and politics.

Phillip is a first generation college student at Western Michigan University. He has has an impressive list of internship experience including Jewel Osco, Spartan Nash and the Marketing Department and Western Michigan. Recently, he accepted an offer to intern with S.C. Johnson for the summer. S.C. Johnson has approximately $7.5 billion in sales with brands that include Shout, Windex, and Ziploc.

Adam Ballhaussen has an immense passion for branding, design, and all things marketing. With experience ranging from tech startups to realty associations and from ad agencies to fashion e-commerce stores, He has worked with companies big and small to create, establish, and communicate brands through research and targeted, meaningful, effective design. Adam is a current student at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Adam is currently interning for nCino, which was listed as one of Forbes most promising companies to watch in 2016. https://www.ncino.com/about/careers

Megan Spinelli is a recent graduate of Montclair State University, and she has an impressive resume of internship experiences all culminating in her most recent internship with ABC News. ABC News is one of the most competitive internships for media and journalism students, as several thousand students apply every year. It is rightfully competitive, as they do not treat you like an intern. As an intern at ABC News you get to live life as an actual reporter. Megan was live on the ground helping cover the San Bernadino shooting trying to report in the midst of all the chaos and breaking news.

Mitchell Sayers won the McColl School of Business case competition as an incoming freshman. He previously interned for a social entrepreneurship startup incubator and most recently interned with Ameriprise Financial. Mitch talks about getting into finance from a smaller school, dealing with failure early on in your career development and how he separated himself from other great candidates.

Russell Simon is a current junior at USC and had the opportunity to be one of only a hand full of interns to intern with VaynerMedia. His internship included making an appearance on the #AskGaryVee Show, working with the NBA on content creation, and living life as an intern for the fastest growing digital advertising agency in New York City.

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