Digital Communications Undergraduate Review

by Pfizer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • - Creating/uploading posts to Pfizer's UK social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube). - Writing and uploading articles to Pfizer's UK website. - Collecting a summary of weekly Corporate Affairs updates to send out to colleagues. - Monitoring analytics and moderating comments from social media channels. - Meeting regularly with wider teams such as Corporate affairs and External communications in order to collaborate on projects and have better understanding of what they're doing as although we are in different teams, our work is very interconnected with each other. - Monitoring the Pfizer UK website to make sure that all information is up to date, accurate and correct.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • - Teamwork Skills - Leadership Skills -Project Management Skills - Design Software Skills - Website Development


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • I was given a great deal of responsibility during my placement year. I was shocked by the amount of trust I was given by my team and the big projects I was able to lead on.


  • 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?
  • The support I received was tremendous, I always felt as if I could reach out to someone for extra support throughout my time


  • 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?
  • There is a great company culture. At Pfizer, they are very big on work/life balance and flexible working, so there is no pressure to all work in the same way as one another. It is all about what works best for you. Similarly, there is no formal dress-code, you wear what you feel comfortable in.


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Pfizer and I am sad to see it come to an end. I have been able to learn so many valuable skills and grow my confidence.


  • 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 Pfizer
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Pfizer to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Pfizer
  • Although the recruitment process may seem daunting, if your genuine passion and curiosity In Pfizer, comes across in the interviews, this will certainly help.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

South East

August 2021


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