Marketing Intern Review

by L'Oreal

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • As a brand assistant, my role entailed community management of our artistic community - including running the brand's UK social channels, distributor marketing including provision of assets and campaign execution, briefing campaign content to our DMI, events organisation (all digital due to Covid) and analysis of monthly sell-out data. Weekly my responsibilities also included admin for the team including raising POs, NCOs of stock and organising external meetings.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • This year was full of opportunities to learn and grow. I took advantage of L'Oreal's coursera membership and completed courses on time management course and Excel. A professional skill I developed this year was commercial acumen, from monthly analysis of customer data. My communicated skills also excelled this year, starting a placement virtually meant I learnt a new way of connecting with colleagues remotely.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Being within a small team, and growing brand I had a very large amount of responsibility which was challenging but rewarding. I was equipped with the resources to lead projects, run customer meetings on my own and manage our social community. This required me to think on my feet and use my initiative which allowed me to grow professionally and personally.


  • 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?
  • I had weekly 1:1s with my manager which enabled us to talk through my work load and prioritise where necessary. We then had weekly meetings with our team where I could reach of for support. There was also a mentorship system and lots of opportunities to give and receive support from other interns which was particularly beneficial in the first few months.


  • 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?
  • Collaborative, friendly and very enthusiastic for innovation. Although I only spent a limited amount of time in the office due to Covid circumstances there was still a great sense of community and lots of wellbeing, charity and divisional virtual events to take part in.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed my placement. Although it was predominantly virtual and therefore not how a typical year at L'Oreal would have been spent, I had an incredible 12 months working with a supportive team of people who inspired me every day. My job was challenging and rewarding, enabling my to grow professionally and personally. I really enjoyed that my role gave me vast exposure to all brand functions including commercial and education areas.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at L'Oreal
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
  • In the application process be yourself, and demonstrate genuine passion for L'Oreal.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

June 2021


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