Sales Intern Review

I enjoyed my experience at Disney, there were plenty of new opportunities for me to be a part of. Unfortunately due to the pandemic certain opportunities were lost such as traveling and being in the office but still a good experience overall.

The team is super supportive and are always there to help, I could not fault them. They always stressed that no question is a silly question which was really comforting being new with so many questions!

You are given a supervisor to work under which is great. I had multiple catch ups weekly with my manager to raise any questions and queries which was really helpful.

There is plenty of work to get on with. The work given to you is real work too not just basic admin work which you might expect to be given to an intern. My manager was also great at ensuring I'm not being over stretched with work.

I was given great amounts of responsibility, being given new projects that had never been done before creating the whole thing from scratch, then checking what I had done with management. The work that I produced has been shared with teams across the globe.

The main skill I have learnt is how to communicate effectively within a global team. This is really helpful in the future when applying for jobs and when working virtually at university.

Unfortunately the office was closed due to covid-19, this meant I did my entire experience remotely via zoom. Although the team tried their best to help you join conversations it is difficult to join conversations having only met everyone virtually with limited time on zoom calls.

Overall the organization was okay. This was difficult to organize due to so many unknowns because of the pandemic and lockdown. Unfortunately I was not told I would not be in the office and wasted many 10 months rent moving to London.

Disney was great for this, they had a program called the DIP. In this program you were given numerous training sessions over the placement period learning things such as project management, person brands and much more.

Disney do not offer a graduate scheme so you would need to reapply once finishing university (given that there are roles available). Its hard to judge as I have been working remotely this year but I would consider coming back.

Unfortunately Covid meant I only met many of the interns virtually. In normal circumstances I feel that the social aspect would have been great within the company.

Due to the pandemic it meant that you could not socialize much in Hammersmith. I moved back home during the 2nd lockdown. That being said rent was between £650-700 a month (bills inc) and a pint at the pub was around £6 unless you went to a Weatherspoon's!

There was plenty of pubs and great tube connections, although most of these places were closed due to the pandemic.

There was the occasional virtual social drink. In pre/post pandemic scenarios there would be many more activities. There was the opportunity to volunteer with the moment makers charity which was a great experience!