Welcome to the Fast Horse Experience

Posted by on Apr 22, 2009 in Fast Horse, Marketing Industry, Uncategorized | 4 comments

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When I began to look for my first job out of college back in the pre-internet late ’80s, the options for learning about various agencies in town were, shall we say, limited. I remember hauling myself to the Minneapolis public library, where the Business area kept a metal file drawer filled with newspaper clippings about Minnesota-based companies.

At the time, I was interested in an agency called Mona, Meyer & McGrath, and requested the fat dossier I was confident the good librarians had compiled on the firm. Within fifteen minutes, I had the contents of the file:  A couple short clips on some recent new business wins and a handful of promotion announcements. Not exactly a window into the world of the firm I was hoping to work for. 

This time of year, we see a surge in site traffic and inquiries about our firm from college students and recent grads interested in the possibility of an entry level job, or some experience via a summer internship.   We try to accomodate as many informational interviews as we can, recognizing that the information online is often only a slight upgrade from what might have been available in that metal file cabinet at the library years ago. But while can’t meet with everyone, we’re certainly interested in beginning a dialogue about agency life with as many people as we can.

To that end, today we are launching what we hope is a valuable new resource for those interested in learning about Fast Horse and the opportunities for an agency career, here or elsewhere.  Welcome to the Fast Horse Experience on Facebook.  We think Facebook offers the perfect venue for creating a bit of community for those interested in a career in advertising, marketing, public relations, promotions, graphicfacebook-logo design, sports marketing, branding, social media marketing, interactive marketing, or the confluence of all of those things, which is where we live.

For those who become fans of our page, we’ll offer a glimpse into daily life at our shop and provide resources and job search tips.  Call it a digital informational interview.  We’ll try to facilitate a dialogue among our facebook fans as well. We hope you’ll share ideas, encouragement, leads and insights you’ve gleaned as you’ve pursued a toe-hold in the “Real World.”  Who knows, the Experience may even land you a gig, as we are committed to hiring our summer 2009 intern, and future interns, from among our facebook fans.

As always, we’d love your feedback on how we can make the Fast Horse Experience on Facebook more informative. In the meantime, we hope you’ll tell a friend.

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  • http://www.redclaymedia.com siva123

    Its sounds good, the information is very productive and informative. Marketing firms are now offering few of the services like creative design, consumer data, printing, fulfillment, analytics and website solutions. Good to see these kinds of services.

  • Ellen Mrja

    Jorg:

    What a terrific way to link your knowledge with the young talent who are graduating from our universities. You are doing a great service for them — and I hope they may be able to render great service to Fast Horse and others in the near future.

    Thank you for beginning this conversation. I’ll certainly tell my students at Minnesota State University, Mankato, about it.

    Ellen Mrja

  • Laura Kelly

    Hey!

    This is Laura Kelly. I’m looking for an internship for the summer, and I came across your blog. What a cool idea.

    I’m a sophomore at Northwestern University this year, majoring in East Asian Studies. I’ll be heading off to China next fall to study Chinese medicine and language.

    I’m a reporter this year for The Daily Northwestern. What I’ve been up to recently — last night, I covered a Jefferson Starship concert in downtown Evanston. It was pretty wild. I chatted with a roadie for Iron Butterfly who told me that, 30 years ago, he was asked on a date by Grace Slick, but stood her up.

    Hope to talk to you.

    Laura Kelly

  • JorgP

    Ellen — Thanks for your support! We’d be thrilled to see your students among our future applicants and facebook fans!

    Laura Kelly — Poeple your age shouldn’t know about Iron Butterfly, which is why you made my day. I was first introduced to Iron Butterfly by a very cool eighth grade social studies teacher, who played “In A Gadda Da Vida” for us on a crappy, school-issued record player as part of his lesson on the 60′s. Thanks for bringing back that great memory. And please stay in touch!