Monday, June 30, 2008  Summer Internships  For those of you
doing summer internships, I present the Seven Rules* For
Creative Interns:   1. Find out who the hardest working person
in the agency is and try to match them.   2. Ask for additional
projects from as many creative directors as you can.   3. Show
your student book to every creative director, art director,
copywriter and recruiter in the agency. No matter how rough it
is. Get as many opinions as you can.   4. Talk to people. Don't
slink off into your cubicle to concept. You're not Gollum.   5.
Explore. Particularly if you're in a new city.   6. Find out
what you can expense. Don't burn any bridges. But you can always
ask.   7. Find out who would be the best person to truthfully
answer the question, "What do I need to do to eventually get a
full-time job here?" Then go ask. Good luck. (By the way, these
are the same rules for non-intern creatives who have full-time
jobs. The only modification is the #7: recplace "get a full-time
job" with "become a cre