Commercial Deals Specialist Review

by Virgin Media O2

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I manage different commercial opportunities in the business to business sector of the organisation. This role requires me to have a high level of Commercial Acumen and financial appraisal to take into account all of the different factors when working on a deal.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Commercial Acumen- massively. Financial Appraisal. Stakeholder Management skills. Presentation/Communication. All the above have been significantly developed over the course of my internship.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Significantly more than I had anticipated. I'm never treated like an intern within the organisation and I really appreciate this.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • However much I really wanted. The support is always there and available it's just up to me (the individual) to go and access this support.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Difficult to say as my internship was primarily online but everyone was super friendly and progressive.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • 10/10- couldn't recommend the experience highly enough. I have learnt so much in the space of a year and I believe my 'soft skills' have improved ten fold!


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Virgin Media O2
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Virgin Media O2 to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Virgin Media O2
  • Be yourself. Don't be afraid to put your own ideas forward as they always welcome new ways of thinking and encourage this within the business.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

South East

April 2021


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