Trainee Designer Review

by Primark

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Day to Day I will use trend forecasting sites such as WGSN to curate trends. From this I will research products and prints which are then presented to the buyers. I also have the chance create prints ourselves


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Primark provides training in the Adobe suite to help you learn or develop your skills. I've also learnt how to effectively use trend forecasting sites, do a comp shop and create prints. Aside from this Primark holds different talks to help you develop your presentation skills, confidence and teamwork skills.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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 the chance to curate my own trends with the guidance of my manager. I was also given the responsibility of presenting the Key macros for the homeware department. I would say I felt that I had an amazing amount of opportunity to gain responsibility


  • 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?
  • They have a dedicated Early careers team which is super supportive. My manager was also amazing and we had weekly meetings to discuss my progress and problems. I was also given a buddy to help ease the transition of moving from the Uk to Dublin


  • 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 overall atmosphere is good. There are often after work drinks and office organised parties that have a good atmosphere and allow you to network.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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 have had an amazing placement, anything that I have wanted to try I've been given the opportunity to. My team were amazing and really supported everything I did. I really enjoyed the work and was lucky to really develop my skills in illustrator and photoshop.


  • 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 Primark
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Primark
  • Display a wide range of skills and innovation in your portfolio. Show an interest in the different initiatives Primark is working on.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Product Design, Fashion Design

International

March 2023


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