Fall 2011 Interns Begin
Hello Everyone,
This is the very first Fall 2011 Intern blog! We are all very excited to be at TOMS and have the opportunity to share our experiences at HQ with TOMS fans! I am Alyssa, the Social Media Intern, and I will keep you updated on what all 22 of us are doing at HQ. I’m already blown away with what we’ve accomplished in our very first week!
Our first few days were a whirlwind of descriptions of departments and introductions to the TOMS family. Mixed into our meet-and-greets was a Style Your Sole party, hosted by our Intern Coordinator, Caroline. Some of our fellow interns dazzled us with their creativity and artistic skill, but let's just say that the amazing Starry Night-inspired shoes were not mine!
Influencer Marketing Intern Neil’s Starry Night TOMS!
Meeting our managers, the rest of our work teams, and getting acquainted with HQ rounded out our orientation period and got us even more excited to begin projects, learn, and start making our contribution!
There seems to always be a buzz of activity at TOMS, which is great - other departments need our support on their project and. we have the opportunity to work outside of our own departments. During our first week, we collaborated on a really creative project: using recycled materials , we created a photo backdrop for Style your Sole events. We also worked an amazing Style Your Sole event at the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica!
TOMS Interns painted burlap and used TOMS Flags to create a cool photo backdrop for Style Your Sole events.
Giving Intern Alicia and Virtual Merchandising Intern Stephanie manning the TOMS booth at the Viceroy event.
In addition to great collaborative projects and our everyday tasks, we get to participate in Lunch and Learns: an opportunity to meet TOMS employees, hear their TOMS stories, and learn about their roles at HQ. This week we sat down with Sean from the Production team to learn how TOMS shoes are produced. It was fascinating because we learned about the creative process of designing TOMS and how the production actually happens.
We are all excited to see what the next couple of months have in store and to continue to grow as part of the TOMS family! Stay tuned!
Alyssa
