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"Bosses. Everybody has one. (Or, if you're an intern, many.) Hopefully--if you're very, very lucky--you get stuck with one who's fantastic. Such is the case for yours truly. Jane Keltner and I started at Teen...\n\nBosses. Everybody has one. (Or, if you're an intern, many.) Hopefully--if you're very, very lucky--you get stuck with one who's fantastic. Such is the case for yours truly. Jane Keltner and I started at Teen Vogue a few months apart: she took over the Fashion News department, while I took over sample returns and Starbucks runs for the Fashion Closet. Sooner rather than later, our paths crossed and I jumped ship to become her intern.\n\nJane is the perfect example of a one-time intern making it big in the fashion world. Maybe this is why she always seems to remember what it's like to be the little guy. After all, interns still have homework and doctor's appointments--something easy to forget during the hustle-bustle of magazine work. And, more remarkably, she's given the little guy some MAJOR responsibilities! Bylines are not a \"gift-with-purchase\" for most intern hires.\n\nSo, as our time together nears a close (I'm graduating in May!), I asked Jane to spill the beans about starting out, standing her ground, and striking gold...with some style notes thrown in, for good measure. Enjoy!\n\n\n\n(Jane and I at Le Palais Royale, Paris Fashion Week, March 2006)\n\nName: Jane Keltner\n\nTitle: Fashion News Director\n\nHometown: New York City\n\nCollege: Barnard College, Columbia University\n\nMajor: English, Minor: Art History\n\nWhat was your first internship? I started an internship at W and Women's Wear Daily my freshman year of college and continued interning for the next three years. I knew right away that this was what I wanted to do. I got my first job offer a few weeks before I graduated.\n\nWhat were your responsibilities there? My first project at W was to help with a feature on prominent society figures and their most treasured items. My editor put me in a town car and sent me to some of New York's grandest homes to personally pick-up the mementos. It was a pretty exciting and eye-opening start to my internship! I was given a lot of wonderful opportunities during my two years there, including writing a few articles for WWD and assisting stylists on shoots. Of course, that's not to say I didn't do \"typical\" intern tasks also. There was a lot of roxing and errand-running, but I enjoyed it all. It was an invaluable experience to be in a work atmosphere with some of the most talented people in the industry.\n\nWhat are your responsibilities at Teen VOGUE? I oversee all of the fashion features, including View, Index, Snapshot, Last Look, Fashion in the Family, and Room Makeovers. There's no typical day here! This week I'm traveling to Paris for the fall fashion shows. Other days I might be styling a shoot, meeting with a new, young designer, or in my office writing or editing copy. I love that every day brings something new.\n\nWhat's the best part of your job? All the creative people I get to work with and being part of creating something that inspires me and I hope will inspire others.\n\nWhat's the least glamorous part of your job? The long hours!\n\nAny spring trends you particularly love? Skirts and dresses are my uniform (you'll never find me in jeans!), so I loved all the dresses on the spring runways. I'm already looking forward to fall, though! Thakoon showed a beautiful collection of Poiret-inspired silhouettes in black and midnight blue, my favorite color combination. And I loved the schoolboy blazers in Nicolas Ghesquiere's collection of campus classics for Balenciaga.\n\nFavorite designers? Thakoon, Phillip Lim, Karl Lagerfeld, and Olivier Theyskens, who will debut his first collection for Nina Ricci on the Paris runway this season. I can't wait to see it!\n\nWhat advice would you give to those looking to intern? Start by sending your resume to the Human Resources department at the company you're interested in interning for. If there's a specific department you'd like to work in, reach out to them directly by mail or email. Summer internships are the most competitive, so plan ahead. Winter break is the ideal time to get your letters out. Then you can follow up a month or so later and even offer to come in for an interview. A one-on-one meeting will definitely help to make you stand out.\n\nWhat do you look for in an intern? I look for interns who are responsible, hard-working, and show a real interest in fashion. They should read Teen Vogue and have opinions about designers, photographers, writers, and stylists. Do your homework before you apply!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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