Angela Wright completed a summer internship with C3 Events in Bend, Oregon where she had responsibilities in promotions, kids area coordination, and bar management. Her promotions work involved graphic design, social media, marketing, and newsletters. For kids area and bar management, she sold booth space, coordinated vendors, and assisted with set up and tear down. Overall, the internship taught her about confidence, attention to detail, managing challenges, taking risks, and gaining experience to be ready for full-time work in event planning or advertising.

1. Angela Wright’s C3 Events
Summer Internship
Steelhead Falls, Terrebone OR

2. What is
C3 Events?
“C3 Events is the premier event
production company in Central Oregon.
Their local concerts and art festivals
have become an important factor in
the Bend, Oregon lifestyle, which has
gained notoriety across the country.
They specialize in event
marketing, sponsorship sales, event
planning, talent purchasing and on-site
production.”
Bend Sky on Aug. 8th, 2013

3. What Were My
Responsibilities?
We had 5 interns on staff this summer and
each intern was given a different primary
responsibility as well as general duties.
I specialized in Promotions for C3, Kids’
Area Coordination and Bar Management.
On the corner of 3rd Street and Wilson

4. My
Responsibilities
Part 2
For Promotions I did:
Web Design,
Graphic Design (minor),
Social Media Updates,
Ad Design,
Promotional Design,
Marketing Plan Design,
Created a Zero Waste Brochure,
Weekly Newsletter Updates,
Designed a Concert Program,
and other miscellaneous needs
Alie and
Taylor, Intern
Coordinators
of the
Farmers’
Market

5. My
Responsibilities
Part 3
For Kids Area and Bar Management I:
Sold Booth Space to
Vendors, Coordinated Vendors,
Participated in Set-Up and Tear-Down of
Each Area,
Participated in Kids’ Stage Management
Georgia, Taylor and I about
to pound in “No Parking”
Signs on a Rainy Day

6. General Intern
Responsibilities
For General Duties I:
Set up and Managed the Information
Booth for all of the events,
Participated in Set-Up and Tear Down of
Each Event,
and did some Office Management.
The Deschutes River at the Old Mill
District

7. Some Examples of What I Did
For more please check out:
www.c3events.com
As part of my responsibilities
as the Promotions Intern, I did
a lot of Graphic Design Work.
That included;
small promos for the Farmers’
Market,
brochures,
Passes for our Ticketed
Concert Series
and many other things

8. Always Calling Somebody
I generally had at least 3
spreadsheets open and a list of
people to try to sell booth space
to.

9. Sometimes It’s the Dirty Work
One major lesson I have
learned while working at C3 is
that there is a lot of dirty
work.
You have to keep your event
clean, you have to keep your
promotional items clean
looking and you must keep
your home base clean.
Even if that means digging
through trash at one o’clock
in the morning to find
compostable products…
Lynne and I modeling a “Zero Waste Station”

10. The Blog
The best part about the blog is that it gave
me an initial opportunity to think about
the experience I was having at my
internship.
For example, there was my blog about the
Riversong School Fundraiser. My area did
not turn out as planned. I was so upset
about the whole thing, but the blog made
me realize that watching my part not turn
out as planned was all part of the
experience.
Taylor and I created a
sign for the Kids’ Area
out of a Shower Curtain

11. What I Read in
the Blog
I really enjoyed reading the different blog
posts.
Having us all do the blog gave everyone a
chance to talk about what we were doing
(the good, the bad and the status updates)
but gave us all a chance to connect in a “we
are all in this together” kind of way.
The Lead Singer from the band “Raz” featured at
the Saturday Farmers’ Market

12. More About the
Class Blog
The person in China helped me know that
others were in my time zone predicament.
The person working for Meridian
Entertainment let me see what I could have
done had I taken that internship.
The girl working for Teen Vogue showed all of
us what working for the fashion industry was
like.
It gave us a way to see what else we could have
done.
A Promotional Photo (I took!) for the Farmers’
Market.

13. What Did the Internship Teach Me?
This internship taught me a
lot, both about myself and about
my future plans.
The first thing I learned was how
important it is to have confidence
in what you are doing. In any field
where you take leadership in what
you do, you have to be able to
confidently say what needs to be
done.
But with confidence you have to
own up to the mistakes you and
your company makes as well.
All of the interns and my boss Rebecca!

14. Confidence is Easy when you Cover the
Details
The biggest example for this
was all of the design elements I
did.
For example, the website.
The website was the
simple, most frustrating/time
consuming task I did. I was
constantly being told I was
doing it wrong, but then I found
creative ways to make it better.
But, when I was training the
other interns to use it I realized
how much I liked doing
it, because it was MY project.

15. It Taught Me to Let Things Go
This internship taught me that more
often than not you’re going to be
yelled at more than praised.
It is important to make people feel
that they are being listened to, but
not to let it get to you.
C3 not only gave me the opportunity
to learn this, but gave me the
support when I needed it.
Taylor and I with the Kids’ Street Coordinator Natalie at
her art show!

16. It Taught Me to Take Risks
Taking risks often allows
you to have more
creativity in your
work, and it draws
attention to the way you
think. For me, it made the
job a lot more fun, and
brought its own
challenges for me to take
on.
I jumped off a 30 foot cliff! And held a giant yellow snake!

17. But Finally, It Helped Me Feel Ready
for a Full Time Job
I had the opportunity at the end
of my internship to visit an
advertising internship in
Portland, OR and talk to a few
people in Account Management.
I understood what they were
talking about, and when they
talked with me about what I had
done both agreed that I had
gotten the experience I needed
to do their job.
I am very thankful for this
experience.
*I got my feet wet in the Advertising field! Hehe!
I got my feet wet in the Pacific