What is it that we're really doing in this industry, anyways??
We had a great time at this year's Job Shadow Day! Here's proof!
“Job Shadow day was great because it gave me an inside look at a great agency (T3), where I got to know the wonderful people who work there. I enjoyed it so much that I applied for an internship, and that internship led to a part-time job during the semester. Shadow day really helped with that internship by giving me exposure to the people and projects I would be working with, and giving me a chance to see how I fit in at the agency.”
- Sam Worek, Shadowed at T3, Currently interning at T3
"I had a great time shadowing Information Architect David Cleaves at Razorfish. My favorite experience of the day was getting to sit in on a meeting to bug-test the new Papa John’s website. The most valuable thing I gained from job shadowing was a more realistic view of how an agency actually functions, as opposed to how I imagined it in my head! This insight made it so much easier for me to transition into my current job at T3, as I better understood the relationships between different agency departments. I highly recommend Job Shadow Day to every student who’d like a peek into their future career in advertising!"
- Katie Laird, Shadowed at Razorfish, Currently working at T3
The Austin Ad Fed helps endow several scholarships at the University of Texas at Austin, at Austin Community College and at Texas State University, San Marcos:
The Austin Advertising Federation Endowed Scholarship in Advertising at UT
The Didi Stuart Endowed Scholarship in Visual Communications at ACC
The Mike Nickless Scholarship for Excellence in Printing and Advertising at TSU
The Carolyn Barkley Scholarship in Marketing and Advertising at TSU
Application for scholarships should be made at individual academic departments and/or the university offices of student financial aid.
Want to sponsor a scholarship? To make a tax-deductible contribution to a scholarship fund, contact Ad Fed Past President Dave Claunch at Liaison Resources, (512) 323-0550.
The Austin Ad Fed also supports UT and TSU National Student Advertising Competition teams by matching the AES Sponsorships the students sell. Help support this unique educational program and two of the winningest NSAC teams in the nation.
