WEEK'S SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES:

This week was a short week because of the 4th of July holiday. I continued to archive and organized certain projects, as well as sort through American Made Nominations. Kevin was away this week, so there were not a lot of new, exciting projects to help with. Most of the tasks I was completing were related to things I’ve been working on over the past few weeks. This week the interns all went to a New York Mets game, against the Chicago Bears. Working at such a large company with a big name has a lot of perks!

The month of July should be interesting, because I will be organizing and attending a lot of Fall photo shoots.

WEEK'S FOCUS:

Everything at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. is done in house (aside from actually printing the magazine and some of the photo shoots). As far a project costs, fees and budget management there is a team of people who are in charge of handling this. Since the company has been around for so long, and it is very well established there is an estimated cost for each project that is allotted. However, like I mentioned in my write up from last week, everything is subject to change once the company is acquired fully.
 

MEETING SOMEONE NEW:

Kevin Sharkey is my supervisor. He is Senior Vice President, Executive Editorial Director, Decorating & Creative Director, and Merchandise Director. He is the head of three departments, so I am very lucky to work for him. He is an extremely busy man, always having meetings as well as attending them. Kevin is Martha’s right hand man, so she is always around his office and vise versa. Kevin is the final say on most things, right before it goes to Martha for her final approval. They are also best friends outside of work and often go on trips together to The Hamptons and other places.

Kevin came to MSLO in 1995 from another interior design firm. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Architecture. He is truly a creative expert.

Also his Instagram is very cool. He is currently on vacation on the coast of Italy, so he’ll probably be posting lots of pictures.  https://instagram.com/seenbysharkey/

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Erin McLevey • Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. • New York, NY • Week 4WEEK'S SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES:This past week at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. was a very interesting week because the news came out that Martha Stewart is selling her company. Everyone was very curious what... View full entry

SESCO is a specific market. Firms, engineers, contractors, and designers come to them about lighting. How we market is a little different. We advertise by being there and interacting with clients. We do a lot of meetings with them or just taking them breakfast or lunch. It is all about building... View full entry

Week SummaryThis past week I did my usual duties, ordering samples, pulling fabrics, tiles etc. for designers to choose from. One new thing I did was update a submittal log for one of the designers. I had to go in to AutoCad to look at the finish schedule and organize it in an excel sheet. This... View full entry

At the first of this week, Amy was in Chicago for Neocon, so I worked on my own while she was gone.  During that time, I met with two clients about their projects, continued working on updating the resource room, and explored additional options in other projects I am working on.  When Amy got... View full entry

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I will speak for the office that I am currently at for this summary. I work with a certified architect and a certified lighting designer. We also have employees that specialize is photo-metric studies and other lighting specifications that we may need. They are involved in AIA heavily. We provide... View full entry

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