Junior strategic communications major Theresa Helmer has been selected for the Multicultural Advertising Internship Program and will intern this summer at an award-winning agency in Boulder, Colo.
The American Association of Advertising Agencies sponsors MAIP and offers students a paid internship at one of its member agencies. Helmer was selected by Crispin Porter + Bogusky for a summer internship position that received more than 1,000 applications.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky is a full service integrated advertising and digital agency representing brands like Microsoft, Burger King, Dominos and American Express. Helmer will travel to Boulder on June 3 to begin her internship, and she travels to New York City on Aug. 10 for MAIP’s graduation and networking event.
Helmer is a member of the Elon Chapter of the American Advertising Federation and will serve as chapter secretary for the 2011-2012 year. She also serves as president of Alpha Chi Omega at Elon University, and is the first African American president of a Pan Hellenic Council organization on campus.
– Written by Farley Fitzgerald