Our ongoing efforts to educate as many impressionable minds as possible in the ways of our craft have gone largely unnoticed. Hard to get the kids to read or listen when they think you’re just some weird stranger babbling about kerning and typefaces. In the interest of finding students who actually want to hear what we have to say about the ad biz, we’ve recently hired two interns who had no idea what they were getting themselves into.

Forrest Nutter is our creative intern and joins us from the Arizona State graphic design program. When he’s not sweating out designs for Park&Co, Forrest is a Barista at Starbucks. But don’t think we hired him just for the afternoon iced coffee recipe, although we do enjoy that little pep in our afternoon steps, because the young man has the proverbial skills to pay the bills. Forrest narrowly avoided a host of other career paths, from Marine rifleman to sous chef, before coming to Park&Co. However, fate stepped in and serendipity brought Forrest to us. Now if only we could find something for serendipity to do while Forrest works.

Tiffany Franquemont is our account services intern. She’s a student at the University of Missouri where she studies strategic communications. Tiffany’s obviously learning a lot at school, because when it comes to communications, she’s a pro. She’s got more Facebook friends than you can count (1,055). Well okay, obviously you can count them. Twitter? Let’s just say she doesn’t get all the hype. Really, does everyone need to know what you’re doing all of the time? We’re concentrating on showing Tiffany the always glamorous “behind the scenes” action in advertising, as that’s what we specialize in here at Park&Co - glamor.

Finally, for the third year in a row, Parker Howell is joining us from Chapman University in Orange, California where he’s studying film and business. Being a film major has some sweet perks, and not just the awesome fact that you get to say “I’m a film major.” The main advantage – actually making films. Some of Parker’s more recent productions are titled Superchief and Poor Profits. Don’t you dare call him an oxymoron though.

Welcome to our newest team members, and here’s hoping that when you’re finished at Park&Co, you still want to work in advertising.

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