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Name: Maggie
Nickname: Magz, Hashtag (my twitter is @hashtagmaggie so I guess people thought it’d be cool to cut off my actual name when referring to me…)
School and year of graduation: University of Michigan, 2014. GO BLUE.
Position on the Ultimate Intern Team: Social Media…
:)
Opportunities are really endless at Under Armour. This was an even crazier week than it usually is at UA! A launch, some traveling and overall learning as much as I possibly can..I’d say overall it has been a more than successful week. Here are just some of the highlights of yet another incredible week here.
June 20
So June 20 was the launch of SPINE, an incredible new footwear technology that you all should read up about. This is big for UA and being a part of this company on this day was an incredible feeling. But the day started off with our Founder and CEO Kevin Plank as well as other UA Execs coming to talk to the Summer League, giving us some motivation, some words of wisdom and though there’s never need for reminder, explaining to us how great it is to be a part of Under Armour. Mind you, this was literally 5 hours before he presented SPINE in New York City so we thank him and the execs so much for taking the time out of their (especially) busy day.
The rest of our day was dedicated to free ice cream for Under Armour employees to celebrate the first day of summer. And boy did we take advantage of that opportunity since it was flirting with 100 degrees outside. We waited until the launch of SPINE before doing a blitz of social media and the reaction to it was phenomenal. I personally can’t wait to see how people take to SPINE—so far so good!
June 21-22
Probably the most incredible experience by far at my (short) time at Under Armour was in these two days. Dayana and I traveled to Florida to visit the IMG Academies with a few more of Team Under Armour. Absolutely INCREDIBLE. The IMG Academies is an institution that specializes in different sports and sport performance, the most famous being the IMG Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. And as a tennis fan, I was dying of happiness when we first found out we were going down there. We met with a lot of incredible people at the Academies who explained what they did and took us on a tour. The place is seriously like a theme park …but for sports. Check what they’re doing by following them on twitter at @IMGAcademies; I was definitely amazed and impressed with everything there.
But getting to meet Nick Bollettieri, the legend himself was more than incredible for me. Everyone who knows tennis knows how Nick Bollettieri is. He’s the man who taught Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Jim Courier, Serena and Venus Williams, and Tommy Haas at the Academy, and had a great relationship with the amazing Arthur Ashe, who the stadium in New York is named after. He honestly was so funny, charming but most of all, very knowledgable and gave us more than enough advice. He brought so many ideas to the table, and being a part of a company that’s always looking for the next thing, I really appreciated it. Seriously, it was one of the highlights of my year getting to meet Mr. Bollettieri himself. We also got a tour of his office which is really like a showroom instead of who he’s met, where he’s been…it honestly is incredible and just shows how amazingly accomplished he is. And not to mention, the guy loves Under Armour and the people at Under Armour.
So in just a few days, I got to hear from the CEO of the coolest company on the planet (if I do say so myself…), met one of my idols, gained a ton of social media ideas from meetings, and was a part of the company during a huge launch. I know it’s a little cliche to say but I need to write this again—the opportunities are ENDLESS at Under Armour. If you’re a college kid with at least one more semester left at school, keep your eye out on http://underarmour.jobs because I’ve already gained so much of this internship…and it’s only week 4.
Big thanks to the IMG Academies team, especially Jesse and Lori who were incredible hosts to us. And also huge thanks to Sean who was gracious enough to extend the invitation to join him on the trip down to IMG.
As always, follow @UAInternTeam for all updates on what we’re up to as well as what new things are coming to Under Armour! Use hashtag #InsideUA for behind the scene looks of what it’s like to work for Under Armour!
The SPINE chassis provides the smoothest ride whether you’re pounding the pavement, or the gym floor. It’s lighter, more responsive, and returns more energy on impact than you’ll ever experience.
What a week it has been! Already the end of week 3!? Insane.
Once again, everything is always cool at Under Armour but this week was even more special. This week, Baltimore pretty much was one big celebration…a Sailabration! Ships from around the world came to the harbor for the bicentennial celebration of the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner anniversary. And Under Armour got to be a part of it!
This week was a lot about Baltimore and being here for the first weekend since I started this internship was a great feeling. So I present to you, the highlights of week 3 at Under Armour:
June 14
If I had to choose the coolest thing I’ve gotten to do so far this internship, June 14th would encompass it. As I said, Baltimore was hosting many ships from around the world. And lucky for me, Under Armour just so happens to have an enormous dock that usually is just used as viewing the harbor, but this week, is now home to the Kojima, the Japanese Coast Guard. We got to welcome the ship in that morning with signs, banners and a lot of cheer—definitely a great way to start the day.
But that was definitely far from the end of an incredible Thursday. The Ultimate Interns got a big treat—we got to help represent Under Armour as VIPS at Ryan Zimmerman’s charity event, “A Night at the Park” for the ziMS foundation. The event was at Nationals Park in Washington DC so we literally changed at work from our polos and jeans to dressier clothes to head out to the ballpark. The ziMS foundation works to fight and find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. Throughout the night, there was a dinner, silent auctions, a live auction, the band Guster performed but the best part was Washington Nationals’ player Ryan Zimmerman coming onto the stage to tell us how much this organization meant to him, especially as his mother has MS. It was touching and we were more than proud that one of our Under Armour athletes was something we always stand by: Humble and Hungry.
June 15
Friday turned out to be a fun day too. Around 3:00pm, the Ultimate Intern Team made their way to M&T Bank Stadium for the Ravens 7-on-7 Tournament presented by Under Armour. But not without an outstanding performance of “Call Me Maybe” by one of the Recruits, Eddie. Anyway, getting there, we helped keep the 8 teams coming into the stadium together as they got to go through the latest and greatest from Under Armour. They got jerseys specially made for the tournament as well as got to try on gloves, as well as footwear where iPads were set up so that people could purchase them right then and there. Then the football started as we interns got to watch it all from the field. More interns showed up after 5pm and it was fun getting to just chill and watch some talented high schoolers play some 7 on 7. Not to mention, under the lights at M&T Bank is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Huge props to interns Andi and Eddie, and their manager Ryan for making the event flawless.
June 16-17:
This weekend proved to be a great one. As Sailabration was in town, we got a really unique experience in Baltimore. The Navy Blue Angels were in town and put on a spectacular air show both Saturday and Sunday. And believe me, they’re worth all the hype. They did some crazy stuff and the planes came within inches of each other in almost every stunt. And their precision is just unbelievable. After the Blue Angels show on Saturday, a bunch of the Summer League went down to Inner Harbor to view the beautiful boats in town. We strolled around for hours, ate in between and even got some shopping done (I officially own Orioles souvenirs!). I got sunburnt as did Ann (ouch!) but aside from that, it was an incredible day and really made me love Baltimore. We got spoiled by a great summer to be in Charm City, that’s for sure!
As always, follow @UAInternTeam for all updates on what we’re up to as well as what new things are coming to Under Armour! Use hashtag #InsideUA for behind the scene looks of what it’s like to work for Under Armour! Feel free to tweet at myself at @hashtagmaggie as well!
Last night.
Front row seats… It’s a tough life.
~Amelia for Under Armour: Ultimate Intern, Writer
Time moves so much faster when you’re working for Under Armour. But at the same time, it feels like I’ve been working here forever (in a good way!). There’s never lack of work to do, there’s always something going on and I’ve found that I’m never lacking new ideas.
This week, we celebrated a birthday (Happy belated, Jimmy!), had some fun with the other Rookies…and former ones too, and traveled to Atlanta for the Under Armour Basketball Grind Sessions. Here are some highlights on specific things.
June 6:
One of the coolest parts of working at Under Armour is that there’s always an opportunity to meet new people. No one is very shy at UA, and everyone is really excited to meet you—even if you are just an intern! We had an event on the Promenade where the current interns got to meet the former “Rookies” that are now employees at Under Armour. Networking, playing a few games, eating and just relaxing, it was an awesome time and I think I can speak on behalf of all the other interns that it was definitely a fun event.
June 8-9:
The Ultimate Intern Team got our first traveling assignment of the summer—Atlanta! Under Armour Basketball had one of their Grind Sessions events where the top 50 or so high school basketball players are invited to go to a one day event where they not only improve on their basketball game, but also the basics, unique techniques, speed and footwork. The kids got instructed by Jay Fernandez (@prohoops) and Hanif Hill (pictured with us below), both very respected trainers in the basketball world and let me tell you, this wasn’t just some easy summer camp. They were pushed to do new things and learned a lot. Feedback from it was great as we talked to a few of the kids and they told us how much fun they had had at our Grind Sessions. The Intern Team got to film it and we had a live-tweeting event going on. It was honestly a lot of fun being there, and BIG PROPS to the UA Basketball team and one of the interns Shaun Scott (who did work and was nice enough to drive us around in his home city :) ) for pulling such an awesome event off. Can’t wait for the next #GrindSessions in NYC on August 3rd!
So those are just the highlights of the week! Definitely “tune in” next week because I know for a fact that we have an even busier week coming up!
As always, follow @UAInternTeam for all updates on what we’re up to as well as what new things are coming to Under Armour! Use hashtag #InsideUA for behind the scene looks of what it’s like to work for Under Armour!
Other things you should definitely follow: @UnderArmour (they’re ALMOST at 100,000 followers and with your help they’d be even closer!!!) and @UABasketball!
What a whirlwind of a week! For all those who know me, you know that I go to sleep very late…and I mean VERY late to the point of past 2am. I am proud to say that I was so wiped out this week that I was in bed by midnight every night, with only one night with a struggle to sleep. Anyway, I’ve gotten to meet so many of the other interns, especially those who are staying in the apartment complex with me. We have a movie theater and a game room that we use excessively. It’s been fun exploring and a crew of us went out to Inner Harbor on Memorial Day to explore.
It’s been an awesome experience thus far and I thought I would share some stuff about what the week was like.
May 29, 30 & 31:
First three days were all informational but only Under Armour can make 8 hours of solid and important information actually interesting to listen to. It was so fun to meet the other interns, especially those who commute or don’t live in our apartments. Everyone is really nice. After the first day of info was done, Colin Clark took the five Ultimate Interns (Kaito Choy, Dayana Sarkisova, Amelia Green-Vamos, Lani Finer and myself) on a tour of Under Armour and we got to see our cubicles. We got to meet the Digital Marketing team and learn a little bit more about what we’re doing. Honestly, within the hour we were with Colin, it was overwhelming (in a good way) hearing about the experience we were in for!
June 1:
Headed out to the Baltimore Ravens 7-on-7 Tournament presented by Under Armour to not only help out with the event, but also to get some social media coverage going on. It was a great event to be at, although next time, I’ll have to remind myself to bring a lot of sunscreen…and I mean a LOT.
There is so much more to come and this is only week one. It’ll be crazy and fun and a ride but I’m up for the challenge!
Ps, speaking of social media coverage, if you always want to know what’s going on with the team, you have to follow us at @UAInternTeam! It’s the best possible way to not only follow our journey, but also to find out the latest and greatest from Under Armour! So follow away!
Day 1: Meet the Ultimate Intern Team (from Left)
Kaito Choy- Graphic Designer
Lani FIner-Videographer
Maggie Chang- Social Media Specialist
Amelia Green-Vamos- Writer
Dayana Sarkisova- Marketing Strategist
