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"NAME: Avery MateraAGE: 19HOMETOWN: New York CitySCHOOL: Tufts University Ever since the very first issue of Teen Vogue, I have been in love with the magazine. I still have every issue and never tire...\n\n[\n\nfacebook dialogPinterest\n\nAGE: 19\n\nHOMETOWN: New York City\n\nSCHOOL: Tufts University\n\nEver since the very first issue of Teen Vogue, I have been in love with the magazine. I still have every issue and never tire of re-reading even the oldest ones cover-to-cover. I love photography, journalism, and fashion, and Teen Vogue is the perfect balance of all three. While devouring the pages of the magazine, I always wished that I could be a part of its creation, so, when I was in tenth grade, I inquired about an internship at Teen Vogue. A few days later, I was so excited when I received an e-mail back from Amy Astley, Teen Vogue's Editor-in-Chief, telling me that, though only college students are eligible for internships at the magazine, I could set up a meeting with her to talk about Teen Vogue and take a tour of the office. After meeting Amy, she told me about how the magazine was created and asked me for some feedback as a teenage consumer. Later, her assistant took me on a tour of the office and I was able to meet some of the editors and see my two favorite rooms in the office for the first time: the production room, where the storyboards are laid-out (basically mini prints of all the pages in upcoming issues), and the closet, the place I now call home. From that moment on, I was absolutely hooked on the experience of working at a magazine.\n\nA few months ago, after much anticipation, I was finally able to apply to be an intern at Teen Vogue. I e-mailed my cover letter and resume to Blake English, one of Teen Vogue's two Fashion Assistants. Within a few days, Blake called me back and, only days after that, I visited the Conde Nast building for an interview. During the interview, Blake told me about what the job of an intern in the fashion closet would entail --the responsibilities, hours, and fast pace --and took me on a tour of the office.\n\nI wasted no time before jumping into my internship at Teen Vogue, beginning only two days after getting home from school, and quickly got a handle on the basics: returns, check-ins, and how to go about finding one item of clothing or an accessory piece among hundreds. Every morning, the other interns and I arrive before the editors and empty their offices of the clothing racks that we store at the end of every day, rolling them into their places lining the halls of the Teen Vogue office. Basic daily routines include returns and check-ins of requested clothing and accessories and sometimes traveling to showrooms to pick the items up. Beyond that, though, our jobs as interns can range from the search for a missing item to packing trunks for a shoot to even being able to travel to a shoot to assist the stylist. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to assist on a two-day shoot for an upcoming issue of the magazine. During the shoot, I helped the stylist with anything she needed, but was also able to spend some time standing back and watching how the model, stylist, and photographer all work together to get the perfect shot for the magazine spread.\n\nThe amazing feeling that I experienced walking through the doors of Teen Vogue almost four years ago is the same feeling I have every morning as I walk into work. In the fashion closet, the pace is swift, the days are long, and flat shoes are a must, but I wouldn't have it any other way. There is always something to do as an intern at the magazine --never a dull moment. My advice to anyone trying to get an internship or job in the magazine business, the world of fashion, or elsewhere, is to stick with it. Achieving something that you have always dreamt about makes the experience that much more rewarding in the end."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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