This week of the internship is “midpoint” week. That is what the talent team here at Miller has deemed it. Basically a week when all the other interns from the various branches came back here to Jacksonville for a check up of how the internship was going so far. It followed a similar flow to the orientation week.

We got to hear again from our executives and the CEO himself Henry Brown. The presentations during this week mostly revolved around resilience and more self reflection tools to help further our communication and collaboration skills. Along with presentations we got to tour and see the new Jacksonville Jaguars stadium that will be dawned Miller Electric Center when it is completed! Being a football player, this was definitely a highlight of my week. Miller is doing all the electrical work for the stadium and has been a great partner with the Jags for along time. Being apart of a company that has ties to an NFL team is something I find truly remarkable. I never knew how many different and niche things the world of electrical was apart of.

The second highlight of the week came when my do it all manager Megan Wilber came up to me and asked to do some small detailing to help out. It really made me feel like I was apart of the team and could add value to the company. She knew I was involved with a lot of the midpoint events but still wanted me to come and work. Which I was more than willing and excited to do.

The midpoint week was fun and filled with some pretty mem experiences, but I am very much ready to get back into modeling and the normal work schedule!

Week four was definitely the busiest week of my internship so far. On June 17th, we held the Courageous Conversations event with Daryl Davis and Jeff Schoep. But before the event started, there was a lot of preparation that needed to be done.

Interview Preparation and Badge Printing

Monday started with finalizing the interview script. We planned to record an interview with Mr. Davis and Mr. Schoep, hosted by two interviewers who were also interns at the office. We wrote the script, and later shifted into preparation mode for the event. In addition to organizing the merch, which included shirts, pens, and cups, we needed to print name badges for all the guests. That part was more complicated than I expected. First, we had to get the right printing paper. Then use a web-based app to organize and print the badges directly from an Excel sheet. It took some time, but now I know how to do it, and that’s a skill I’ll use again.

Event Day

The event was a full-day experience, running from 9 AM to 7 PM. It started with a Community Leaders Brunch, where Daryl Davis played the piano and sang. He also shared stories about his transformative work, which really made the event’s message come alive.

After brunch, we went to Hi Hello Studio to record our first podcast interview. The studio provided its own equipment, but we faced some technical challenges. We had to manage four cameras, monitor audio quality, and work within a tight timeframe – Daryl and Jeff only had about 45 minutes. The limited timeframe made this experience more stressful, but we managed to finish everything in time. We pushed through, and completing that recording was a significant milestone.

Capturing the Event

Once we returned to the venue, the youth part of the event started. Our task was to take photos and videos throughout the evening. We aimed to create a photo gallery for the website and for future promotional materials. At the same time, we set up tables, organized the food, and kept the space running well as people arrived. It was a long day, but everything went smoothly. Seeing the final result made all the effort worthwhile. We still need to organize the photos, which is our aim for the next week, but from this moment it will go smoothly.

Reflection

This week showed me how much work goes into putting together a successful event. From writing the script and setting up the cameras with microphones for the interview in a short amount of time, to managing guest arrangements and taking photos and videos. It was stressful at times, but I’m proud of what we achieved. The event went well, and I’m happy I played an important role in making it happen.

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Marketing Project

In this week we have got our marketing designs approved by HR to be used for our emails, box designs, flyers, and posters. I will put them in the bottom of this post. I spent this week finishing up those designs with my team and also creating a new form on Canva for hurricane awareness since we just entered CAT (catastrophe) season. Our manager said this will be sent out via text or email for our customers once it is approved, so that’s really exciting to me.

The Rest of the Week

Besides all of that happening, it was a pretty calm week. I had meetings and one lasted all day because we were doing more CAT training with their new system for taking claims. I visited with other workers in the claims department and they showed me what they did and how they do it. One of them talked about how he started in facilities with cleaning the building and got promoted after applying for his role where he sits now. It was pretty surreal to see how far he has gone. We also had bring your child to work day and all the interns were helping with that.

The claims department showed them our CAT response unit, so the kids got to get in a fire truck and a mobile home for storm chasing. I also got to get in the truck with my own fire fighter helmet, I’ll be sure to link some photos next post.

This week had a similar experience as last week. I continued to work on projects related to real jobs the company was involved in. However this work involved more of the project coordinator aspect to the department I am apart of.

This week’s main task for me was to find percentages of different levels of the project. I would contact different members of the modeling team to find what percentage of their level or floor had been modeled. The structure of this was broken down into three subgroups. These were model population, model cleanup, and model coordination. Population consists of getting the runs of conduit and equipment placed into the floor. The cleanup aspect is making sure the now populated level does not have any clashes or issues. And finally coordination, which is working with other trades so that nothing we model will clash with their work.

The task was proved to be rather difficult. Getting people to respond in a timely manner when they are busy working is not the easiest task. But I was able to get some responses and get somewhat of a picture for where the project was. But tracking down percentages was not the only thing I was tasked with. I was also given the job of checking to see if the size of the transformers we were installing matched with the submittals we were given for the job. This was a more tedious task. I had to go find the transformers on every level and match them to which transformer it represented in the submittal. The submittal was an 82 page pdf with 6 different types of transformers. Luckily I had a one line drawing, which is basically a road map of the layout , including which size the transformers should be on their level. Having the one line made the task much easier and allowed me to complete it.

Although this week had some tedious tasks it was still a fun and learning experience. Next week is our internship midpoint. All the other branch interns are coming back. I can’t wait to see what the talent team has in store for us!

Week three felt like the calm before the storm. We finally finished the promotional video, exported it’s final version, and sent it off to the Phoenix Generation Fellows’ emails to give them information about the event. The video was also circulated on the Phoenix Generation Social media platform where followers engaged with it.

Interviews

With the video sent out, I moved on to writing questions for the three interviews that we had planned for next week:

Daryl Davis & Jeff Schoep – the Courageous Conversations event speakers

Alan Ginsburg – founder of the Ginsburg Family Foundation.

Marc McMurrin – CEO of Ginsburg Family Foundation.

I and another intern, with the help of Dr. Lua Hancock, drafted and revised questions. Interviews’ questions covered a wide variety of questions about the beginning of the Ginsburg Famiy Foundation and how it has evolved overtime.

Materials Preparation for the Event

On wednesday I joined other interns to sort event merchandise. We organized T-shirts in five sizes, pens that actually write, and insulated tumblers that won’t fit back in their boxes once you take them out. It took a long time but it was an essential part of the preparation for the event.

Looking Ahead

Next week is planning to be very busy: actual event, where will be taking videos and photos, and, hopefully, recording all three interviews without any problems. I’ll be balancing podcast hosting, camera setups, and an actual recording of the material. First three weks gave me the right attitude towards the goals that we want to achieve.

Reflection

Every task, whether scripting, organizing event materials, or making last-minute audio or video adjustments, keeps pushing me out of my comfort zone in new ways. This mix of creative and logistical work is turning this internship into a crash course in real-world media production and I am happy for having that experience.

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The Beginning of the Week

At the beginning of this week, I was riding up to the office with a sluggish body and tired mind. I had hardly remembered what day it was and what I had done the previous days. Upon arrival I was greeted with a birthday present from the other interns and our manager. My desk was covered in decorations and two toy motorcycles, since they knew about my goal of buying one this summer.

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The Work

During the week I had to work on some more projects in my department and had helped create some flyers and posters for our big intern project. A couple meetings about this project happened as well. A representative from Futures Foundation came and talked with us about what they take and that they will use the donations to supply new teachers for the upcoming school year in Volusia County.

The Meeting

The meeting on Wednesdays happened and we started to hit some roadblocks. Not with what to do but how to go about it. I feel we struggle as a group to move forward with a census and the ones chosen to be leaders for our project talk the least.

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Field Trip

On Friday, I journeyed up to Jacksonville and toured the Paul Davis Restoration headquarters. We got to see many machines used for water removal. I took pictures for my office to share at the end for our presentation. They had built an entire house inside this building for flood training and flood the house hundreds of times a year.

Second week of my internship, and there’s already been so much learning.
We had an amazing call where I had the incredible opportunity to learn from Peter Charles, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Tapestry. He walked us through the impressive “Craftsmanship at Scale” strategy, covering everything from product development to materials management, supply operations, and logistics.

What inspired me the most was seeing how ESG initiatives are not just a part of the process but a driving force behind the brand’s present and future.

We learned about every step involved in the product journey—which can take more than 16 months to complete before reaching the shelves. Tapestry, the owner of COACH, produces over 50 million products a year, working with more than 123 suppliers across 21 different countries. Their supply chain is incredibly vast!

I also had the chance to meet with Glen King, the Divisional Vice President of COACH. We spoke a lot about the brand’s future projections and the key role Gen Z plays in ensuring its continued success.

Another highlight was a call with Lauren Mucci, the Senior Manager of Customer Development. We discussed the customer experience and how to leverage digital channels to enhance that experience and attract more clients. We analyzed the entire digital process and how data is tracked to create more personalized and direct customer interactions and improve the overall digital journey.

Aside from that, I’ve been spending a lot of time working on my project, which we will present at the end of the internship. I believe I now have a clear direction for what I want to do and how I want to approach it.

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At the beginning of this week I was excited for two reasons. I got added to the marketing role for the internship project and it was my birthday that weekend. Which is why this post is getting out so late. I turned 21 and seemingly partied too hard and recuperated for the past three days.

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Anyway, onto the main chunk of the internship. We solidified our connection to Futures Foundation and I have been tasked to make the advertisements for the building. Things like posters, flyers, and even boxes for each floor where the employees can make their donations. We plan on making it a contest between floors to see who “cares” the most. I’m planning on using Canva to design everything and use the brand for the company. This is something I have a lot of experience with since I work with the WELL Team at Stetson.

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The rest of the week was very long and tedious, in the claims department they had what can only be describe as a convention for meetings and being an intern in that department, meant I attended them as well. So, for three days in a row Tuesday-Thursday, I sat in a day long meeting. There were fun activities sprinkled through however, like this presentation on how the mind perceives things and the boat activity they had us do. Me and the five other interns built a boat out of tinfoil, sticks, and straws. We then raced the others with our boat and came out on top. Not bad for a bunch of college kids I say.

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P.S. Sorry this took so long, I was so sick after my party on Saturday.

Actual work! This week I was able to participate in some actual working projects that the company is working on. I cannot disclose the details of the project but I can report that I was able to apply many of the skills I had been learning in the video tutorials and practice model. Putting together these runs of conduit while avoiding and preventing clashes and obstructions by other trades or even my own conduit It is like putting together a puzzle that is always changing. Since the models are all on a cloud that everyone on the project is working on has access to. People are always updating the models and working to make it “clash free” as they say.

I did get to learn new skills while working on the project. I learned how to manipulate the views I have access to further. I can control the box the model sits in and size it down to cover levels and areas I do not want to see so I can get a better idea and understanding of what I am seeing. Here are some pictures from the software to try and explain further.

These pictures also kind of bring to light some of the other views I talked about last post.

The current project I am working on is in its beginning stages. So, I have pretty much finished all I can for the project at its current point. But I hope to have an impact on it further as it progresses and gets more put in place and laid out. This internship still proves to be exciting and full of opportunities to keep learning and growing.

The second week of my internship at Phoenix Generation was mostly focused on preparing for the “Courageous Conversations” event with Daryl Davis and Jeff Schoep. Once again, my “podcasting intern” role shifted to something more like a mini-marketing studio position.

The Promotional Video

Our main goal was to produce a clean, high-quality promotional video that clearly explained the event to people interested in signing up. Initially, we filmed four interns speaking, unscripted, about their work experience. However, during the editing process, I realized the video felt too crowded and lacked focus. To improve it, we narrowed it down to two speakers and wrote a concise, one-minute script focused on the event details. We recorded multiple takes to ensure clarity and energy. I then spent significant time in After Effects refining the transitions and visuals, followed by using Audacity to remove background noise and achieve studio-quality audio.

Posters and Marketing

In addition to filming and editing videos, I collaborated closely with the marketing team to design promotional posters for the event, Courageous Conversations. I created four drafts aligned with the brand’s color guidelines, ensuring consistency and visual appeal. Once finalized, I resized the designs for Instagram and published them promptly.

A Day at the Holocaust Center

Later that week, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Holocaust Center of Florida during the Holocaust Teacher Event. I was responsible for managing the Zoom back-end, relaying audience questions from the chat to the speakers, and troubleshooting any technical issues that came up.

Reflections

Reflecting on this week, I recognize how rapidly my duties have evolved from narrow audio tasks to a multifaceted media-production role. Also, this experience shows how important adaptability is in an art-related working field, as you must always look at one thing from different angles. I’m grateful I could put my skills to good use – editing the promotional video, volunteering at the event, and designing the posters.