Never a Lack of Ideas

This is my first of three posts on creative ways to land a marketing internship. Parts for Sale When I was a junior in college, I spent my entire spring break applying for inter nships. I thought I'd share my most creative internship application with you. I hope this inspires you: I was applying to an ad agency (I don't remember which one) and the application process simply said, "sell yourself to us." So, I took that literally and created a catalog that I called Nick's Knacks. In the catalog, I offered my body parts for sale (it sounds weird, but it wasn't — click on the images on the right to see spreads from my catalog). In the catalog, I included photos of different body parts like my hands, feet, and head, and I used descriptions of my parts to write about how those parts made me the perfect candidate for the internship. I then sent the catalog to the hiring manager with a cover letter. Here's the description that I used to sell my feet: Nick's f...