McGarryBowen Internships

- People around the agency were very friendly and treated us interns well.
- Beautiful office on the 11th floor of an old building. Great views.
- Did real work on the Marriot account. Produced logos, brainstormed hotel interior signage/layout, and worked on some campaigns.
- Worked hand in hand with the chief creative officer, Gordon Bowen, who was a great guy.

- Agency seemed a little conservative. Not necessarily a bad thing.

I highly reccomend interning a mcgarrybowen as a creative. Good luck!

- Agency feels intimate and has a great vibe. Everybody is friendly.
- Concerts at the office, celebratory cookout when the agency won a big account, and more events.
- Loved NYC.
- Mcgarrybowen office is cool and beautiful.
- I had a young mentor on the account team and she brought me to almost all meetings. Amazingly fun to see an agency in motion.
- My fellow interns and I were assigned to work on a mock new business pitch that involved a creative brief, a creative concept, creative approaches, a media plan, and deliverables. Pitched to the partners. Very fun project.

I wish they hired more entry level people.

Top internships. Loved Mcgarrybowen.

- Loved the strategy and brand planning meetings. A ton of though goes into making the creative brief and how to position certain brands/products. Mcgarrybowen allowed me to be part of those meetings - I soaked them up.
- Office is amazing and very cool.
- Current employees are used to and open to interns.
- I was able to see across departments. From class, you can't really tell how the work is divided, but working in an ad agency, you totally learn what creative, account, media, and digital do and how they work together.
- Overall, loved the internship experience.

I wish there was a clearer path from intern to possible entry level position.

You get out what you put in. Do not sit there and wait for assignments. Take initiative and you will stand out.

- Cool office.
- Smart, creative people.
- Open culture where interns are on par with others and given access to senior leadership.
- Mcgarrybowen let me do some lead research for new business pitches. New business is absolutely exhilarating to work on. I think it's what I would like to do.
- I still keep in touch with my fellow interns. Oh and we also got to pitch a project together.

Some people in the industry don't like the agency's creative. Honestly, I think it's just the bitterness in the industry.

Get to know a fulltime employee at Mcgarrybowen before you apply and have them give your resume to hr.

- McGarryBowen is a hot shop winning tons of accounts.
- My intern group and I were assigned a project and able to pitch the senior mgmt at the end of the summer. We presented present a creative pitch for Barnes & Noble to the agency partners.
- Loved the J.P. Morgan account work.
- Cool office.
- Got along well with other interns.

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Follow accounts. Wherever accounts are landing, positions will open up.

McGarryBowen is an amazing place to spend the summer. I was also lucky enough to be on the digital team (where advertising is going). Most of the projects I worked on at McGarryBowen revolved around digital analytics. I love this because it gave me the opportunity to master site catalyst, google analytics, clearspring, comscore, etc. I was able to work on huge name-brand clients like Marriott and Chevron. The office was also very cool and I loved my co-workers. One helluva summer.

I'm not a fan of microsites.

Get into digital. Even if you want to take the tradition AE or creative route, you still need to know this space.

- Great boss and co-workers.
- Cool office.
- Loved the account teams on JP Morgan and News Corp. Also got to do a little work with Barnes and Noble.
- Summer intern pitch project. We were divided into teams and pitched a campaign for Barnes and Noble. I loved the experience and we pitched to the McGarryBowen execs.
- Office energy.

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My advice is to make your internship resume/cover letter standout. Take a different angle when applying to McGarryBowen because they get a ton of applications.

At McGarryBowen Assisted Crayola Account Team on day-to-day operations. It was an incredible experience and I learned a ton about how an ad agency operates. I was specifically tasked with competitive research and client organization. I also worked on a project to create an Arby's campaign - able to pitch this to McGarryBowen execs. Oh, and the office/culture/people are very cool.

Lots of organization type work.

McGarryBowen team treats interns well. Their agency is also growing like crazy - just brought on some huge accounts.

- Chase account.
- Interesting research work on college students and financial service offers.
- McGarryBowen culture.
- Events.
- People were incredible and agency was in total growth mode. I loved it.
- McGarryBowen has a killer office in NYC.

Literally no bad things to say.

Advertising internships are the best type.

- Amazing Manhattan office.
- Brands I worked on included: Chase, Marriott, Crayola, and Northrup Grumman. Yes, very cool.
- Exposed to the new business pitch process and I loved it. The ad agency pitch process is exhilarating.
- People and culture were terrific.
- Great copywriting partner.
- There was a lot of variety in the actual work. I created logos, did concepting/story boarding, and assisted in both animation and some tv spot creation.

Geez, nothing.

McGarryBowen is a great agency. Out of all my friends in the advertising space, I know I had the best summer experience.

- Worked alongside McGarryBowen's ECDs and ACDs.
- Loved the people.
- Cool office space.
- I worked on the United pitch was an incredible experience. I believe some of my work was used in the pitch.
- Crayola was my 2nd favorite account/project.
- Coffee.

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- Have a great portfolio.
- Produce as much work as you can.
- Be hungry.
- Don't be afraid to approach creative directors and ask for feedback.

- McGarryBowen is hot right now. Winning all sorts of business.
- Smart digital department.
- Company culture.
- Paid.
- New York.
- Great technologist and creatives. They really pushed my work and made me better.
- Did real work.

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McGarryBowen is the top agency right now and their internship program is incredibly rewarding. I interned in NYC, but they also have an internship program in Chicago.