Marketing Intern Review

by Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • - Supporting the marketing teams needs in a B2B environment - Updating and presenting the monthly sales data - Research projects (sustainability, category scoping) - NPD campaigns - Artwork requests for customers] - Blog creation/content creation - Admin


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt how to target a B2B audience, learning how to target the customer and end consumer. I have developed my excel/data analysis skills. I have developed my project management, time management and interpersonal skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes - I was able to take the lead on an NPD launch campaign in the final weeks before it became live after supporting a member of the marketing team. I was given different individual projects (example sustainability market research project) and I was responsible in presenting my findings to the wider team/business.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • My manager was extremely supportive on a professional and personal level, as were the wider team. I came up with objectives that I'd like to complete & personal development areas and reviewed these at my mid-year review.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Really great company culture, everyone is so friendly and wants to help you. A lot of different things to get involved with outside of your job role.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed my time at JDE, I was allowed a lot more responsibility than I ever thought I would be and really developed my skills


  • 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 Jacobs Douwe Egberts
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Jacobs Douwe Egberts to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Jacobs Douwe Egberts
  • Research the company including the professional side of the business, research the brands & ask lots of questions!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

June 2021


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