PR Intern Review

by NBCUniversal

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Talent interviews and press junkets - Talent handling, scheduling and facilitating interviews with journalists Press materials - Compiling press kits, press releases Coverage management - Monitoring & tracking relevant press coverage, compiling weekly updates and highlights Asset management - key art, trailers, media alerts, synopses, releases Team finance - Budget tracking and raising POs


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developing a high level of communication skill has been imperative in liaising with teams across EMEA and presenting to key business leaders in meetings. I've improved my organisation skills day-to-day when prioritising my daily/weekly tasks. Having to write press materials has developed my eye for detail, design and copy checking 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?
  • 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 lot of responsibility within my team during the internship, from sending out the weekly coverage email to the entire division to presenting our work to the division in monthly meetings.


  • 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?
  • Lots! My two managers were extremely helpful throughout my time at NCBU, always willing to answer my questions, give me feedback and show me the ropes.


  • 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 within International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer was extremely chatty, friendly and helpful. Being an international team, one thing that stands out was bringing snacks back from the different territories and offering them out to each team. Everyone knows everyone, people aren't afraid to come up to the desks to talk rather than chat over email - you get to know wider teams as much as your own quickly and easily


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I loved my internship! I would recommend it in a heartbeat! My team was absolutely amazing and I've learnt so much about the world of PR and what it will be like for me after University


  • 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 NBCUniversal
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to NBCUniversal
  • Come to the interview with a strong understanding of the job title and description & come across as enthusiastic about the role


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

PR & Communications

London

May 2023


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