A group of Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students have been invited to intern with us for a year. Let’s meet them and see what agency life has been like so far.
- Overall Biggest Fear: Falling up or down the stairs.
- Average cups of coffee: 1 a day.
Masixole Dake:
Q: What surprised you most about working at Ogilvy?
“FREE BEERS ON FRIDAYS!!! — And of course the work environment :)”
Q: If you were offered a job at Ogilvy, but you had to run naked up and down the stairs first, would you do it?
“LOL!!! Any day at 2am.”
Soleil May:
Q: When you tell people that you are interning at Ogilvy, how do they respond?
“How fast-paced everything is and that HAPPY HOUR starts at 4pm on a Friday, AT WORK.”
Q: If you could be anyone in the agency for one day, who would it be?
“This is a tough one, in my “reality” I would have to say a little bit of every senior/junior management morphed into one.”
Kimber-Lee Basson:
Q: What is the most embarrassing thing that HAS happened to you since being here?
“When I asked my boss where one of the staff members sit and she sat right across me. – can’t deal.”
Q: Who are you most nervous to speak to?
- “Christine from Traffic
- Mandy Botha from IT
- Derek Davis (Geometry Global)”
Elory Tomboer:
Q: What is the most embarrassing thing that COULD happen to you at Ogilvy?
“My pants getting torn. I don’t have the best of luck with pants since primary school.”
Bulelwa Mnyango:
Q: If you could be anyone in the agency for one day, who would it be?
“The Man Behind The Ogilvy Camera (Theo) – I’d love to experience an ad being put together.”
Q: What did you wear on your first day, and why?
“I wore smart casual because I wasn’t sure about the dress code – something I forgot to ask during my interview. (Black formal skinny pants and a blouse).”
Dalubuhle Zantsi:
Q: If you were offered a job at Ogilvy, but you had to run naked up and down the stairs first, would you do it?
“No! I do not have a six pack for that.”
Q: What surprised you most about working at Ogilvy?
“The amount of people that smoke!”
Kaylee Joseph:
Q: What surprised you most about working at Ogilvy?
“Profanity… Profanity everywhere.”
Q: If you could be someone in the agency for a day, who would it be?
“Sue Evered.”
Melikhaya Hempe:
Q: What did you wear on your first day, and why?
” I was wearing my white all stars, a pair of jeans and a suit, because I like mixing formal with casual. I feel comfortable and clean and I feel it represents me without saying a word.”
Wishing our interns all the best for the year ahead.
Go forth and conquer!