Football Trading Operations Executive Review

by Sky

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Jobs included in the description are scheduling and booking of all live sport events, quick and accurate resulting of markets across all pre-live and live sport events, reacting quickly to information from third parties and external providers, working with the social and customer experience team to improve customer experience and owning product and operational efficiencies that can contribute to improving the overall customer experience.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Development of communication skills, teamworking skills, creativity, and a significant increase in commercial awareness.


  • 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 maximum amount of responsibility during my placement once full trained on the role. I was able to have the same amounts of responsibility as all my colleagues.


  • 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 received daily support from my line manager and colleagues in my department, weekly catch-ups to review my development.


  • 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?
  • The company culture was excellent, never a day I wasn't excited to work! All employees extremely friendly and no question was ever a silly question.


  • 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?
  • It was the most rewarding 12 months of my life so far, knowing my work and efforts made a significant difference to the operations of the company. I thoroughly enjoyed working with my whole team on a daily basis.


  • 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 Sky
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Sky
  • Be yourself, show your enthusiasm and show willingness to make a difference!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management

Yorkshire and Humberside

August 2022


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