Communications Intern, Sanjay Moorthy: The Value of an Internship

Last week, Superintendent Dau interviewed Sanjay Moorthy, a Timpview High senior and indispensable intern for the district’s Communications Department. They spoke about his internship projects, life skills, and lessons learned throughout his internship. Read a little about Sanjay and their interview, and learn more about our internships in the article below.

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Long-time followers of our district news and posts might recognize Sanjay Moorthy. You might have seen his name attached to an article. You may have seen him pop up in a social media post. Or, if you’re a student At Timpview High or Provo High, you’ve probably spoken with him at least once. Sanjay started his internship by writing a highlight article on Timpview peer Hugh Clark, an aspiring auteur who made amateur films. 

Sanjay put his boots to the ground and learned a lesson a day during this first project; department mentors coached him on writing mechanics, polemic structure, tone, and other facets of writing. Others taught him the basics of videography and photography. From there, he organized and uploaded the article, creating the copy and gathering photos for a social media blurb. 

He only hastened his growth as a communications member from there; he learned how to create multimedia content along a content funnel, starting from the essential base marketing tenets. He’s aided in content creation for teacher retention and CTE campaigns. He’s gathered, planned, and coordinated heavy end-of-year coverage of graduating students. He even hosted interviews with Superintendent Wendy Dau for our Meet the Superintendent installments. This year, he’s building a concurrent enrollment campaign that employs a media mix, aiding in the design of an enrollment landing page and utilizing metrics to track strategy success. 

But it all started with a desire to try something new. Sanjay always had an excellent work ethic, not as a trite platitude but as a fact in the communications department. He chose to take that initiative and apply it to an internship. Now, he creates industry-standard work. 

Not that his internship hasn’t had its challenges—Sanjay says as much during his interview in our last podcast episode of “What’s Up with the Sup.” To quote:

“The professional setting can be stressful, I guess. You want to make sure everything runs smoothly. There’s an underlying pressure to succeed, if that makes sense. The good thing is that you will overcome that problem if you can communicate and are passionate about it; you’ll have fun.”

Sanjay is a reminder that you get out of an internship as much as you put into one. When we started the article by stating that he was an indispensable team member, we weren’t kidding. His name became an idiomatic expression for other great students around the district: “They’ve got a Sanjay to manage things in that class” became a common phrase in the department. 

Sanjay is proof that an internship can be a meaningful experience. He’s proof that there is value in internships altogether. 

Interns work with an on-site mentor and learn about the day-to-day activities of their chosen profession. We have an internship opportunity for every interest, so apply now. An internship is a semester-long course that takes one period in a student’s schedule. In Sanjay’s case, he’s stuck through almost two years. An internship could be the start of a life journey—apply here to start yours.

(Just a note: students must provide their own transportation to the internship site.)

Thank you, Sanjay, for all you do for the district.

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