Hey everyone, I started this blog to track my 2 month internship at an interior design company in Manhattan, NY. When I first started looking for internships I was always curious to know what exactly I would be doing during that experience so I would always look for "a day in the life" type of stuff through the web of an interior design intern but would always come up empty handed, so I basically started off with my eyes closed. I was initially nervous that I would be doing silly stuff like coffee, mail, etc. Of course these errands are part of every internship but I was hoping that I would somehow get involved in the whole scheme of things and really learn how the business worked as well. So I am starting this blog for those out there who are in the same position I was in when I was anticipating the interior design internship experience. I will be posting the events of my internship each day so you guys can get a feel of what it was like for me.
*Day 1*
I found the building easily since I am from the area and showed up about 10 mins early to make a good impression when I rang the bell of the suite I heard the sound of barking dogs.. I was like ok... dogs? When my boss opened the door I can see he was in gym gear and got even more confused.. he must have seen the confusion in my face and said "oh I never told you? I work from home! Ok that's awesome right? He let me know I didn't have to show up to work wearing professional clothing that it was a laid back atmosphere etc. Even better! After getting acquainted he started me off with helping him clear out his hallways of boxes we broke them down and put them into the recycle bin, then he asked if I could unpack his new Ikea shelving unit and he would have that put together during the week, I offered to build it for him right there since I am familiar with Ikea furniture and he said ok great! It took me about an hour to finish it, at that point he showed me to put it in his closet so I organized his closet and stocked the new shelving unit with books, and catalogs.We coversated a little bit, I asked him if he has ever worked with interns before he said yes I was his third and that he usually ends up hiring his interns..he then got a thought and said "Oh, by the way, my assistant is going to be out for 2 weeks in August, would you be able to fill in for her? OMG did I just get a 2 week job opportunity at an interior design company on my first day as an intern???! Yes I did!!! I said Absolutley! He was busy so I just basically remember some of the things he told me I was going to be doing during the week and just got started on it such as organizing a huge tub of fabric samples. I then shredded up some documents, when to lunch and came back to return the huge bag of fabrics to the D&D building which is a massive building with a bunch of showrooms. And that was my first day!
*Day 2*
When I got in today I remembered some of the stuff he told me to do the day before that I never got to and got started on that, I dropped off a bag of fabrics to the mail room to be returned to the sender, and stored his newly organized closet hangers away to give him more space. I then met his assistant who is there 3-4 days a week lets just call her Anya, she is actually the one who I would most likley following around and doing favors for since she has so many things to do and she does them so thoroughly and amazingly, the girl is superwoman! She told me to call fabric vendors to check on price and availabily and to also put some fabrics on reserve for upcoming projects. She then went ahead and showed me how to use the design business software which is a software that creates business proposals and invoices to send to the clients and it also accepts payment on outstanding invoices. It was about lunch time then so I headed out but made sure to be back in time for me to accompany Anya to a client's home where they were getting a delivery of a piece of furniture for the third time since it kept getting damaged during delivery she explained to me its good to be there to accept delivery to make sure everything is ok with the furniture and to supervise. When we got there she checked the table for any damages which is when I picked up on what looked like two dents and we established they were not damages from delivery because the dents were underneath the finish she decided to leave it and check in with the clients later to see if they have a problem with it. I picked up a package from a building to be returned to sender so I called UPS to have that arranged. I then started working on a client binder that consisted of putting the fabric scheme together on each page according to room. That's where I finished up my 2nd day and it was awesome!
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