First Day of Work :)

So I had my first official day of work today! I knew it was going to be good whenever I stepped off the elevators and instantly saw a "giant-sized" book of Andy Warhol sitting on the coffee table. They had modern-style rocker chairs and a low black leather sofa and a blown-up picture from a recent campaign in Italy for a fashion designer. I was so excited to see the rest.


The infamous Jackie Brown, who had interviewed me and who has been emailing me for the past 2 months, came out and greeted us waiting in the lobby. She took us back into one of the conference rooms and went over the basics. We then went on a tour of the agency. It's small, but so awesome inside!! It has beautiful hardwood floors with gorgeous sites of the city through every window. Through the window in our conference room, I had a clear shot of the Empire State Building. INCREDIBLE. It is a very open layout and has a kitchen in the far corner.

I'm with the Client Services team, which is the liaison between the agency and the client. We keep everyone happy :) My computer is in the back of the building where the CEO, CCO, and CFO sit. I absolutely love the atmosphere, and the people are just as great. The two men who are head of my department are Emilio and Gabriel. They are hilarious! I will not have a problem working with them. I was working on my computer and Gabriel walked up to go use the "lounge" room for a conference call. I said "Hola" to him, and he said "I hope that's not the only Spanish word you know." I gave him a gasp look, and he laughed and said they had another blonde who is fluent in Spanish in the agency, who they love to tease.

I didn't do a lot of actual work today. Gabriel emailed us PowerPoints about the agency and about Hispanic markets. We also started to do some research on Macy's. Emilio came back to our area towards the end of the day and said he would try to get us some more work tomorrow. He said we would hopefully be sitting in on a conference call tomorrow for Vonage - a cell phone company - and we would help write the creative brief for a new Facebook application. We will get to learn how Emilio and Gabriel write the creative briefs. We then will make a competitive deck for either Vonage or Fifth Third Bank (one of our other clients). This is where we analyze the competitors of our clients and analyze their markets.

Anyway - I love my agency, and I'm so excited to be working there :)