On Thursday, August 7, 147 interns will graduate from the American Association of Advertising Agencies Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP). The ceremony, which will be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, recognizes the accomplishments of these interns who have spent the past 10 weeks working at 4A's member advertising agencies across the United States.
David Prince, the 4A’s newly appointed senior vice president, director of training, education and development, will deliver the keynote address. Prince oversees the 4A's training and education programs. Prior to joining the 4A's, he worked for both general market and multicultural agencies, such as Lintas New York, Publicis and J. Curtis & Company, before launching his own multicultural marketing firm.
During the ceremony, participants from the 24 MAIP internship cities will give presentations based on their summer internship experience. Interns were placed at 4A's member agencies in Atlanta; Birmingham, MI; Boston; Chicago; Cincinnati; Dearborn, MI; Durham, NC; Greenville, SC; Irvine, CA; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles; McLean, VA; Minneapolis; New York; North Hollywood, CA; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; San Francisco; Sausalito, CA; St. Louis, MO; and Warren, MI.
In addition, winners of the Clarence Leroy Holte MAIP Intern of the Year, ANA Multicultural Excellence Scholarship, and the MAIP Service awards will be announced.
The graduation ceremony will be followed by the 5th annual MAIP Diversity Career Fair, which provides MAIP graduates and MAIP alumni the opportunity to meet with 4A's-member agencies and portfolio schools.
Deutsch, Digitas, DraftFCB, JWT and Y&R are sponsors of both the graduation and career fair.
The 4A's Multicultural Advertising Intern Program was established in 1973 to encourage African-American, Asian-American, Latino, Native-American, multicultural and multiethnic college students to consider advertising as a career. Each year, approximately 150 qualified undergraduate and graduate students of color are selected for a 10-week paid summer internship at AAAA member agencies across the country.
MAIP Class of 2008 At-A-Glance
Class Status
- 70 Juniors
- 64 Seniors
- 7 Graduate Students
- 6 Portfolio School Students
Internship Discipline
- 59 Account Management
- 12 Art Direction
- 3 Broadcast Production
- 7 Copy Writers
- 9 Digital/Interactive
- 33 Media Planning/Buying
- 3 Print Production
- 3 Public Relations
- 16 Strategic/Account Planning
- 2 Traffic
Race/Ethnicity
- 64 Asian American
- 39 African American
- 29 Hispanic American
- 13 Multiracial/Multiethnic
- 2 Native American
Schools
- 80 different colleges and universities are represented in the MAIP 2008 class
- 24 MAIPers represent University of Texas at Austin
Cities and Agencies
- MAIPers interned in 24 cities at 75 different agencies offices
About the AAAA
The American Association of Advertising Agencies is the national trade association of the advertising agency business. The 1,175 member agency offices it serves in the U.S. employ 65,000 people, offer a wide range of marketing communications services, and place 80 percent of all national advertising. The management-oriented association helps its members build their businesses, and acts as the industry’s spokesman with government, media, and the public sector. For more information visit our Web site at www.aaaa.org.
