Taking Care of Business

We're back with another update from my internship with Align Athlete! Last week was a bit of a doozey when it came to things to do. Not necessarily in terms of volume, but in terms of what it was we were actually doing. 

Last week, we received the last pieces we needed to start building the Glute Activators. Naturally, almost all of the footage we got and edited was in relation to this, be it promoting the fact that construction was underway or showing off how they were being made or packaged. It wasn't a very technically demanding week. Social media-wise I captured footage and finished putting together a webinar for Mark to present, which is great. However, I spent most of my time getting my hands dirty. Since we needed footage of the construction of the Glute Activators and Mark needed people to build said Glute Activators, the job naturally fell to us interns. Specifically, he wanted us to test out the process and give recommendations as to how we could make it more efficient and safe. As things stood, we were handling white-hot metal with our bare hands and inhaling toxic fumes in an enclosed space. We managed to work out the kinks while trying to boost efficiency, however it's hard to make construction faster because the steps build on each other. In other words, there is no "do this while this other thing is happening." Everything has to be part of a sequence, limiting how fast we can make the process. Regardless though, that was the bulk of last week. 

This week I expect more of the same, however we also have to start promoting Mark's podcast appearance on August 5th which will make up the bulk of next week's posts. It promises to be interesting, so please look forward to the report! Until then, take care!

-Samuel