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Assistant Brand Manager Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Assistant brand manager - supporting the brand lead with innovations and media campaigns. Leading a section of the portfolio, manging media campaigns and supporting the team with day to day tasks, such as managing the budget and all e-commerce assets.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed lots of skills, especially in excel when managing the budget. Have also developed skills in managing lots of different internal and external stakeholders when conducting projects and campaigns. Have developed skills in digital marketing, especially social-first strategy.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Lots of responsibility was given, often to manage my own projects as well as supporting on campaigns. This was aided with support from the team and line managers.


  • 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 of support, always had a 1 to 1 meeting with my line manager every week and was always able to reach out to ask any questions if needed.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Positive and very supporting team. Everyone is willing to help whilst also encouraging you to try different opportunities.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Really enjoyed my placement it has been amazing. It’s given me such an insight into the industry whilst also developing my personal and professional skills.


  • 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 Unilever
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • Be yourself and research into Unilever and its brands!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

June 2025


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