The summer going into my junior year, I had the opportunity to intern at Marrs Mercantile, where I focused on the store’s advertising and marketing efforts. My day-to-day work involved managing social media content and engaging with the brand’s audience, but one of my most rewarding projects was conceptualizing, designing and executing a full-page advertisement that was published in a local magazine. This experience allowed me to apply my strategic communication skills in a real-world setting, blending creativity with branded strategic storytelling to develop an ad that truly reflected the store’s identity.