Wieden+Kennedy Internships

- Amazing.
- Life changing experience.
- You do things with truly inspirational people.

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Apply and do it. Get creative with your application (which of course, you should already know).

- Got to work on everything from big name clients to a music video.
- Incredible animators that taught me a ton.
- Exploring Tokyo was a blast.
- Felt like creative was the center of the agency.
- Assigned creative work across all media types. Digital, tv, pr, etc.

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Think about more than just W+K Portland. Advertising is an international trade and those that understand that are valuable.

- Incredible top notch people.
- After you have Wieden+Kennedy on the resume, more opportunities in the industry surface.
- At W+K, I supported the Coca-Cola account team and was able to work on several traditional and digital campaigns.
- Coca-Cola account.
- Variety of work. Production, studio, and creative exposure.

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Be active on campus.

- Wieden+Kennedy has the best talent/people in advertising.
- Worked on huge automotive client accounts.
- Social media research in the auto category. I was able to present my research and strategic thoughts to the planning and account teams.
- Learned the agency work; ho work flows through an agency (It's not like your school's ad club).
- Cool office.

Makes me want to be a creative.

Get active with internships as early as possible.

You can't ask for anything more that to be put on the Old Spic account at Wieden Kennedy.
- Able to see production across print, digital, out-of-home, and experiential initiatives.
- Partisipated in strategy/positioning meetings.
- Amazing people. Both creative and strategic.
- Cool office.
- Company culture.
- W+K really embraced me as an intern and I'm very thankful for that.
- Company events.
- The feeling that people were constantly curious and wanted to try new things.

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Find a way into Wieden Kennedy it's worth it. I had an amazing summer.

- Creative teams.
- Creative directors.
- I worked on the Delta account which ended up being quite interesting.
- Office.
- Portland.

Wanted more account exposure.

Your portfolio needs to be amazing.

- Helped create content for W+K blog and facebook/twitter handles.
- Worked on the brand Jordan account, which I loved. Performed a competitive analysis and able to pitch media ideas for partnerships with Target and ABC.
- Wieden+Kennedy is a very well respected agency and anytime I tell people that this is where I interned, they immediately take me serious.
- People at W+K.

It's tough to land an entry level job because they hire so many pros.

If you're interested in advertising, an ad agency internship is a must. It's nothing like your marketing classes.

- Huge brands.
- Wieden+Kennedy has a great reputation in the industry.
- Loved seeing all different sides of the account work. I learned that you really have to get upstream to provide a ton of value.
- Consumer insights for Kraft business was definitely a highlight.

Lots of organization.

My advice is to know a clients business. Know everything about them. When you approach an agency about an internship, you will impress them with a deep understand of a client's perspective.

- Great client brands. I worked on Coke and Diet Coke accounts.
- Able to see both digital and traditional execution.
- Wonderful mentor/boss/manager.
- Creative process.
- Wieden+Kennedy is well known and the culture is outstanding.

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An agency internship really hinges on the quality of account team you are assigned.

- Challenging work.
- The people at Wieden+Kennedy are incredibly talented.
- Reputation of the agency from it's peers.
- Worked on clients like Levi's, Nike Basketball, Coca-Cola, Old Spice, and more. Huge brands.
- Rewarding work.

It can be intimidating when you first get there as an intern.

Advertising internships are important, try as hard as you can to get your foot in the door (it isn't easy). W+K was an incredible opportunity for me. I'd also recommend feeling out an agency's culture.