Intern Review

This was my first internship out of University and it really helped me to focus on my strengths and what I wanted to go on to do. I knew I was interested in current affairs, politics, media and writing and the internship gave me the opportunity to try my hand at all of these throughout my three months.

As the internship went on and I had proven myself, I started to be given more responsibility and on tasks that really contributed to a client. Colleagues were also very grateful, and if I asked, always found time to give me constructive feedback on how I could have done it better. They also really encouraged me to go to industry events and report back. You do have to be a confident person and take the initiative to put yourself out there.

One of the best parts of the internships was the 'sponsorship' programme, where a consultant/senior consultant acts as your 'sponsor' for your tenure, making sure you have enough to do (or not too much to do!), and a variety of tasks in a variety of sectors. I really got on with my sponsor, and she made sure to take me for fortnightly coffees and talk about what I had done and what I had learnt. She was also very supportive in helping me work on my CV and interview tips for applying for a job. Because of the way the teams work at Luther, I often worked directly under the directors on projects and this gave me a real chance to get to know everyone, including those very senior. When asked, Directors took time out to have coffees with the interns and so as long as you put yourself out there, support and guidance is in abundance, even at the very top senior level.

I found that the days went really quickly as I was always busy. This wasn't because I always had been given a lot of tasks to do, but because there was always the opportunity to do more or take part in something else. As with so many things, if you don't volunteer or put yourself out there, you could find you're not doing very much or making a contribution. However, colleagues were always willing to get me involved and remember if I had been interested in something previously.

I did a lot of the "behind the scenes" work, but everything I was asked to do was important in some way to the client. From helping to source information for a press release, creating a media list, taking part in media sell-ins, calling up and writing to MPs - it was so diverse and I felt like I made a geuine contribution. Again, the more you proved that you were able to write, take phone calls, organise events, the more responsibility you were given.

Myself and the other intern at the time were lucky that there were job vacancies at Luther at the time, however I was 100% more confident about applying to agencies after my three months of experience, than I was straight out of uni - I felt like I could go into an interview and really know my stuff!

everyone works hard so there isn't loads of messing about in the office all day, but it it is friendly! It is set out in "pods" so it is very sociable.

The "sponsor" was a great positive for me, but you do get thrown in and treated just like any other member of the team - which means you are learning straight away. It isn't a structured programme in that sense, but someone is responsible for your progress.

There were definitely individuals who took the time to really support me on the internship, and make sure I was doing new and different things.

Luther is a medium-sized company, but I was lucky that they had vacancies at the time of my internship finishing, and so I applied.

Luther has an intern rota, and so you are always interning with one other person, which is good. Everyone often goes for drinks on a Friday night.

it is London, so expensive!

Luther is in an amazing location, right next to St Pauls.

there are a lot of networking and political events that are available, inlcuding ones that other agencies will be at.