August 23- August 29

The first week of school was hectic getting used to my new schedule, but I was really excited to get started with my Victoria Secret PINK Internship. I applied for the internship last year, and it was an intense application process. After the application was submitted, I went through one face-to-face interview on campus, and then two following phone interviews. It was so worth it though! This summer the other Victoria Secret Pink Intern, Shay, and I traveled to Ohio where the Victoria Secret Headquarters is. We were in Ohio for 3 days for internship training. The first day we mostly went through meet and greet sessions, meeting the other Victoria Secret Pink interns, and the VS employees. The second day we went through several different seminars to learn about all the different aspects of the internship. The third day we were part of several different focus groups where VS employees were able to pick our brains about new trends and our likes as well as dislikes. Shay and I were busy getting accustomed to our new school schedules, so the first week we never were able to meet in person. We spoke over the phone, planning our first brand promotional activity. On Wednesday, we set up a table on the South Oval and handed out free VS pink goodies. We also promoted the VS membership program "Pink Nation." Getting girls to sign up for Pink Nation is a huge part of the Internship. We were able to get our first new members to sign up for Pink Nation, so we were really excited. It felt like we were finally being productive.

I also received a huge shipment of 9 big boxes worth of VS Pink goodies to give away. The shipment made me really excited to continue interaction with girls on campus. It took forever to get the shipment of merchandise organized and sorted through, but now I know exactly what we have to start off working with here on campus. In the shipment I also received a pair of panties that Victoria Secret is thinking of adding to their merchandise. I was asked to evaluate the panties and fill out a survey on our online VS Pink Intern website. The VS Pink Intern website is a lot like Facebook. It's a social network for just the PINK Interns and the VS employees and merchandisers. It has taken a while to get used to the website, but I think it will make communicating a lot easier this year.

At training, they told us we were likely to receive products to try out on occasion, like the panties I received this week. The panties were the first of the products I received. I'm so excited for what we have planned next week! Shay and I were able to work through different communication issues we had this week. There was a lot of "phone tagged" being played but we exchanged schedules and plan to meet face-to-face once a week.

A very cool aspect of my internship, is that it fits perfectly into my schedule. I work on campus through the VS headquarters in Ohio. It takes a lot of discipline because I don't have a boss that I report to everyday. However, I do communicate with the VS headquarters several different times a week, and it's important that I document everything I do via pictures. It's important for me to show the pictures to the VS headquarters so they can monitor my progress here on campus. My hours are diverse for every day of every week because I am working primarily on my own schedule. I am going to try and work out a similar schedule for every week so it's easier for me to stay on task. However, I'm great with time management and I'm looking forward to having a lot of independence with this internship.

Monday: 1:00-4:00 (3 hours)

Tuesday: 4:00-6:00 (2 hours)

Wednesday :1:00-3:00 (2 hours)

Thursday: 4:00-6:00 (2 hours)

Friday: 1:00-2:00 (1 hour)

This week = 10 hours

Total = 10 hours