Marketing Assistant Review

I am currently still on my work placement at Webfusion, working within the marketing team. I am thoroughly enjoying both the responsibility entrusted in myself and the variety of avenues that the team have helped guide me through since starting my industrial placement. I am particularly grateful for the support offered and it has helped me cement a clear understanding of the career path I wish to take after graduation, which prior to my placement I was particularly unsure of.

I feel I have become a valued member of the team, making contributions to all aspects of the business. Due to the amount of responsibility I am given in my role managing the affiliate channel, I feel that I have become a fully integrated member of the marketing team and I will be sad to leave when my placement end!

The support channels are clearly in place and help is on hand should you require it. I particularly enjoy the fact you are entrusted with your own tasks and a clear structure of goals and requirements is in place from day one.

My daily workload can vary depending on the task in hand; however taking lead responsibility of one of the channels has obviously seen my workload increase. This is something that I particular thrive upon and I am very surprised how fast the work day goes. A typical day would see me reporting on merchant performance, allocating budgets and liaising with our account managers to gain further exposure. I feel, Webfusion manage to strike the perfect balance between lettings you have full control of your projects without you feeling out of your depth.

I was both surprised and excited by the responsibility entrusted in myself as a student, as many of my friends on industrial placement have reported feeling undervalued and not trusted with key tasks.

My marketing skill set has developed greatly and I feel both the life experience and general business related knowledge gained from my industrial placement will prove invaluable, when I eventually enter the job market. I am constantly learning from my working environment, which will undoubtedly provide me with key content to implement when writing my dissertation in final year.

The office benefits from a relaxed atmosphere, with an open plan office layout and casual dress code.

My placement was very well organised with a transparent structure of goals and expectancies.

I have developed a whole host of skills thanks to working in a professional business environment. Particularly, I feel much more at ease when speaking in presentations and reporting figures in quarterly meetings.

Webfusion invest greatly in there placement scheme and have always welcomed back previous students.

Being in greater London the cost of living is more expensive than other parts of the UK, however the surrounding area of the office is much cheaper than central London and is easily commutable.

Easy commute into central on the train and tube line.