My Open Cover Letter: Calling All Paid Internships

To Whom It May Concern:

I am very eager to be sending you my contact information, only recently looking into your summer internship program. I realize it may be a bit late, but I thank whomever reads this for listening to my words. Hopefully my voice carries you as well as it does in my own head.

Quite honestly, I am not the most experienced journalist. I haven't covered a baseball game, nor have I taken actual Journalism Classes at my college. But don't think I'm about to be ridiculously humble in this cover letter and hope for some pity. No, I will be doing my best to show you what I can offer to your company. I have a great deal of experience in an office-setting, managing the front desk of my college's career services office for two years now. In that time, two of my superiors were let go, and my workload has increased exponentially since I began. But I enjoy the professional setting and liberty it allows me to oversee the inner workings of an office while helping my remaining supervisor, one of my best friends in my professional career.

But I'm not here to wow you with how well I work well with my office of professionals all while taking 15-21 credits every semester at Ithaca College. No, my expertise and passion lies in writing, I have done a number of professional works through my college, recently editing my department's annual alumni newsletter; this involved an insane amount of hours proofing a dozen 1,000 words articles during Finals Week. All that, and I still kept my academics up, making Dean's List. I apologize for mentioning that, as I try not to flaunt my academics, but I think the situation might merit it.

In addition to this editing feat, I have taken Persuasive Argument (have I convinced you to hire me?), Public Essay, and Writing About Sports (currently enrolled) to fine-tune my writing skills. I think my editorial skills are quite appropriate for such an excellent company and hope that you are able to keep me in consideration.

Outside of classes and work, I am the General Manager, otherwise known as Treasurer, for IC Players, a student-run theatre organization on my campus. I am involved with all their funding and business management, stepping into an executive position in the coming year as I become a senior. I stage manage plays frequently, if not assistant directing for my friend's zombie TV show (Ithapocalypse: http://ictv.org/ithapocalypse/) or acting in others for the Spanish department's il Teatro Campesino or other TV projects some of my Television-Radio major roommates are organizing.

I like keeping busy, although I'm definitely an organized individual. I have worked two past internships each summer, one paid in an Insurance firm helping them downsize, and one unpaid with a high-brand marketing firm helping set up such marketing events as the Men In Black 3 Premiere in May or preparing our outreach for the RISE Global 2013 Conference in Austin, Texas. Talk about remote conferencing, I swear I talked to more people on phones than in person on a day-to-day basis coordinating that from the Fashion District.

I'm not sure what else to sell myself on. Socially, I'm probably one of the funniest and wittiest people you'll ever meet. I try to flourish my words in speaking almost as much as the words I write. I can probably attest to my dedication to the job by noting that I am composing this letter on my Spring Break: I decided to stay at the college, pick up a few hours at the office, and hang with some of my closest friends. That's not to say I don't know how to have a good time, but I can reasonably distinguish what I want to do and what I need to, and tonight I was so inspired to write this I felt it unsensible to do much else but give this cover letter my absolute best effort.

Well, I'm sorry I've taken so much of your time, so I'll begin to wrap this up. Please hire me, and I swear you'll truly enjoy my absolute effort, which is all I ever give. With greatest regards, and a hope that you enjoyed my letter at the least, I thank you for your time and patience.

Sincerely,
Danny Gessner