Marketing Industrial Placement Student Review
by Unilever
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
3.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
- 7. Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Overview
- Managing key business projects. Constant liaising with external agencies, webmasters, team members and line managers - Asset creation either internally made (myself) and external via agencies - Budget tracking and forecasting - 1-1's and catch ups with relevant team members - Liaising with multiple functions (legal, sales) via email for various different projects - Data analytics and metrics tracking Projects: Website creation, Email asset creation (external customers), Selling stories, social media posts
Skills
Project management Marketing Data analytics and metrics tracking
Responsibilities
A lot of responsibility. I manage projects and deal with all of the creation, communication, planning and objectives of this.
Support & Guidance
I received an amazing amount of support from the various colleagues I worked with. I would say, your experience is very dependant on the line manager you have. It's important that line managers are chosen carefully externally within Unilever, as it is a huge company and can easily lead to isolation. This personally had a direct affect on my growth during the start of my placement. It took a while for me to have the confidence to reach out for support.
Culture
The company culture was great. I would say, it very much differs team to team though. I know a lot of placement students who had amazing support and general atmosphere from their teams. It's important the right leaders are chosen for placement students to allow the correct atmospher4ef for them to grow, make mistakes and learn (with patience and respect from line managers, that growth area are going to be more common than non).
Your Impressions
I've had an amazing time on my placement. I have had plenty of opportunities, developed amazing relationships with colleagues and have had the opportunity to move to London (my first time moving out!). The interpersonal skills are next to none!
Yes
Be yourself - it's all that matters! I think it's hard to apply yourself to a professional role as a student, but remember this is an experience for you to grow and learn. Turn up to your applications with hope and confidence, be yourself, and stand for what you believe in (whether thats sustainability, animals, interests etc).
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
London
May 2023
