We have a great team of interns at Magnify and decided it was time to take them out of their cages and introduce them to the Magnify community. You might have seen a couple of them at tech events, volleyball matches, motorcycle races or in New Jersey. All joking aside, we are really fortunate to have such a good group and we rely on their hard word and creativity everyday. Here they are in their own words.

Hi, my name is Filip Szymanski.  You might know me from the Magnify tutorial videos posted here.  This past December I graduated from The University of South Carolina (GO COCKS!) with a degree in Psychology and Business Administration.  Despite having a major that has almost nothing to do with online video, I live for the Internet!  Every minute you see me; I'm on the Internet in some form or another.

Video is also another one of my passions, which started back in middle school when my friends and I were having Iron Chef competitions and I would document all of the action.   As time went on, I got more involved and better experienced with video by producing wedding videos and then after college helping out a video website called SetHerApart.com, and now Magnify.net

Currently, I live in lovely New York City, a far cry away from the southern ways that I’m used to.  It took me about a month to stop addressing people as "Ma’am" and "Sir."  Some things that I enjoy doing during my own time are anything that involves high speeds with a chance of death.  I like to jump out of airplanes, ride sportsbikes, and go wakeboarding. 

So there you have it, I'm an internet/video geek who likes a thrill here and there.  Follow me on Twitter to see what kind of trouble I'm getting into @FilipSzy

My name's Martina Kajanova but my friends call me pretty much everything but that; Tini, Shmini, Wheenee, Tinka, Marti, Shmarshminka, tini tiny, Foreigner, Little Slovak, Slovakian goose, and so on... I am from Slovakia, a small country in Europe. I came to the US my junior year in high-school not knowing a word in English. After two years in California I came to study and play volleyball at Columbia University in Uptown New York City (knowing a pretty decent amount of English). I am spending the summer at Magnify.net fooling around with Billy, Filip and Ben, learning about the online video and spreading the word about how awesome Magnify.net is! 

Other things about me: I need to have a box of ice cold chocolate milk every night before bed otherwise I don't fall asleep. I eat oranges and cookie-dough ice-cream like no other business. I like my pasta, rice, mashed potatoes, chicken, fish, and sushi with ketchup. Restaurants hate me, but I am damn proud of it!

Hi, my name Ben Joseph. Film has always been a passion of mine. Whether a movie, television series, documentary or short, I’ve always been drawn into elements of storytelling and audience response.  This enthusiasm has been imminent all my life, and something I wanted to pursue at an early age.  So, at age 14, I landed my first job with a video production company - meaning, I would attend Bar Mitzvahs with our local videographer and hold a light for five hours (and occasionally fetch a diet coke).   

As I got older, my studies started shifting from video and entertainment.  In college I majored in economics and political science, while at the same time working at law and accounting firms.  During my senior year, most of my fellow classmates were cramming for the LSAT’s; while this seemed like the proper course, my passion for entertainment was still strong.  So instead, I spent the year working at my school’s television station, producing and editing two programs aired weekly over our local network.

Upon graduation, I saw major opportunity in the field of online video.  Traditional media seemed to be shifting entirely to the Internet, while more and more people were producing their own video.  Interning at Magnify, I’ve gotten a sense of how massive this industry actually is.  It's incredibly exciting to be part of a young, energetic environment in such a booming field.  At Magnify, anyone can express their story in a fashion that they feel works – the possibilities are really endless.