If watching soap operas is part of your daily internship search routine, then we really hope it’s because you’ve read our article on using television to find internships. If that is the case, then you’re not the only one who has put trashy tv shows to a strangely productive use for you. Back in the 1930’s Procter & Gamble created soap operas (then on the radio) to sell their soap. They realized that in most households the women bought the soap and also listened to the radio at home during the day. Out of that realization came one of the most brilliant marketing techniques ever created - radio/television programming tailored specifically for reaching a demographic with advertising. In 1952 the move was made to television, and since then Procter & Gamble Productions has been behind major television shows like Guiding Light and As the World Turns.
Although the name Procter & Gamble may have fooled you, these internships have very little to do with consumer packaged goods (CPGs). They’re all about television. Producing, casting, writing, editing, and PRing. We’re not sure if these internships are still available for this summer, but we do know that Procter & Gamble Productions accepts applications on a rolling basis. We first found out about the internships here, and used the available information to do a little more digging. We found that the internships haven’t changed over the years, as they were posted again in January of this year. PGP interns are paid $10 an hour and offered opportunities in the Summer, Fall, and Spring. The minimum work schedule is two full days per week, except for internships in casting which require 5 full days a week.
Here’s a little tip that helped us find out more about PGP’s internships: Google search the application e-mail address to find out more about an internship. Here’s pgpinternship@televest.com on Google. If you think that’s helpful, you should also read our article with more tips on using Google to find an internship.
Procter & Gamble Productions looks like they offer some really interesting internships, but we’re not sure how available they are. It’s up to you to get off your butt and find out for yourself, otherwise you’re going to have a summer full of day time tv, but it’s going to be at home.
Links to Help You Begin Your Research
We’ll admit it; we’re getting to the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Summer internships. Every day it’s getting harder and hard to find opportunities for those of you who are still looking for that perfect Summer learning experience. We have one really exciting prospect lined up (it will likely be an exclusive), but we’re waiting on getting some information from the employer. Other than that, we are scrounging up internship ideas. Remember to look through our internship archives, as many of the employers whom we’ve featured are still hiring.
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