Product Development Intern (Hardlines) Review
by The Walt Disney Company
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
4.0
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at The Walt Disney Company
- 7. Would you recommend The Walt Disney Company to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Walt Disney Company
Overview
My main job is to review consumer products for EMEA Star Wars Approvals and ensure submissions are kept within an approximate 5 day turnaround time. I also work on creative projects which involve developing product ideas to pitch and working with licensing managers to develop concepts for potential partners.
Skills
Working for Disney has helped me understand the process from idea to market. Reviewing for EMEA Star Wars Approvals has helped develop my understanding of licensing and making sure products are in-keeping with the guidelines. Creatively I have developed my photoshop skills and learnt how to render in photoshop from a simple sketch. Designing toys has helped me develop a key understanding of the factors involved in the process, such as age, learning factor, safety...
Responsibilities
Yes - as I gained a better understanding of how to review consumer products from licensees, I was giving the responsibility to manage the submissions inbox and EMEA Star Wars approvals email. I've also worked with my team on developing concepts that were pitched to potential global partners.
Support & Guidance
My line manager and I would have a weekly call to run through any questions and submissions that require his attention. During the week if I needed support I could drop someone a teams message and they can provide guidance.
Culture
Very nice and welcoming atmosphere when I started. Fellow cast members were always happy to jump on a call in case things needed explaining. Although majority of the placement was spent at home, I was still able to chat with the wider team every week.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my internship to a great extent. I worked in a line of business I never thought I would be working in but having experienced a placement at Disney this is certainly a business area I want to work in in the future.
Yes
Include facts about you that make you different from the rest. Avoid delving into detail about how much you like Disney as a lot of people like Disney.
Details
Product Design
London
May 2021
