Projects are moving full speed ahead at HQ this week and I now see that there is no such thing as a “slow day” at TOMS. After an exciting weekend of adventures and exploring L.A. (intern Grace and I got a little lost in Korea-town and ended up in what might be the sketchiest, most [...]
a taste of TOMS
March 2nd, 2010 3 Comments
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getting our hands dirty
February 25th, 2010 1 Comment
As the 5th week of our internship rolls around (FIFTH WEEK?! No way…), the office is buzzing and the work is flowing steadily. We were promised on Day 1 that we would be doing work that mattered at TOMS, not just typical intern grunt work i.e. coffee runs and long hours at the copy machine. [...]
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who are we?
February 21st, 2010 3 Comments
I’ve gotten several questions since I started these intern updates regarding just what it takes to be a TOMS HQ intern. Each time I usually respond that you must be hard working, passionate, driven, smart, and eager to learn. But then as I thought about my fellow interns, it occurred to me that you must also be unique, silly, fun, [...]
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travis of all trades
February 5th, 2010 3 Comments
Twice a month, we’ll be delivering awesome videos giving you guys the insider view to TOMS HQ. So today, please meet Travis!
Or watch the video on the TOMS YouTube Channel by clicking here.
Have a great weekend!
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you? really?
January 29th, 2010 No Comments
On our recent TOMS company retreat, we took a creative route to getting to know each other. We were given a list of facts that each matched up with one of our co-workers. Our mission? To have a lot of conversations about a lot of random topics with each other to try and decipher who [...]
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the starting line
January 27th, 2010 2 Comments
Eleven strangers from around the country were chosen to work in one warehouse for five months. Welcome to the life of a TOMS Spring 2010 intern. My name is Sarah and I am one of the newest members to the TOMS family! I drove across the country all the way from Augusta, GA to begin [...]
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mystery box revelaed: photo booth!
January 12th, 2010 4 Comments
As Blake put it, TOMS HQ is a pretty special place and we now have a way for visitors to remember their trip here: photos from our sweet vintage photo booth. It was quite an adventure to find the piece and our tech and creative department re-built it to get it in functioning order. It’s [...]
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top ten top tens, day 9: this is who we are
January 6th, 2010 17 Comments
Unfortunately, we don’t all work remotely from Shoe Drop locations (potential 2011 idea, Blake?), but our HQ scenario isn’t too bad. Posted up in a funky complex in sunny Santa Monica, CA, you’ll find a long alley way that leads to a big warehouse door. A TOMS flag atop the entry-way is the first indication [...]
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mystery box
December 21st, 2009 5 Comments
A few days ago, a mysterious, huge, tall black box appeared at the entrance of the TOMS warehouse.
I have no idea what’s inside it. The people I would expect to know have no idea what’s inside it. There must be something epic inside that big mystery box and it’s killing us to not know. Today [...]
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TOMS family thanksgiving
November 25th, 2009 No Comments
It’s like we just can’t get enough of each other… when we say we’re a family, we mean it. That means working hard Monday through Friday together and taking lunch breaks just to hang out more. And spending time after work together, and sometimes weekends too. This year we held our first annual TOMS Family [...]
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