Trade Marketing Placcement Student Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my role at The . It constantly challenged me which really helped me to grow throughout my year.

I felt extremely valued by the whole team, each person always had time to help me or sit down and go through something with me in order to expand my knowledge. My opinion and thoughts always felt valued also which made me felt like I was really contributing to the team

With a very busy workload it was sometimes tricky to balance and juggle so many things however my line manager and other team members were always on hand to help. I never felt afraid to ask which was really reassuring.

I like to be busy however I think some may have found this role a bit overwhelming. We had a large project on which was a huge task for each team member however at the start of my placement when it was business as usual it was very manageable. Some days were long and tiring but I loved every minute, without challenge you can never grow and learn

I was given a lot of responsibility during my placement year, sometimes more because I proved I was responsible enough to deal with certain issues. This was sometimes nerve wracking but it was great to know that people trusted you enough to leave it in your hands.

So many of the skills and experiences from my year at work will stay with me for a long time. My new skills will be developed further and I can use my new experiences in different situations in the future. The people I met, the management and the culture of the business will help give me context to my studies back at University and have provided me with great life experiences

It was an open and friendly atmosphere, everyone is treated equally and with respect. It's an open culture so no one has offices which really helps communication and learning I found. You are free to ask anyone questions or approach people if you need advice.

There wasn't much structure to my placement as such, it was more as if I was a full time permanent member of the team which I preferred. I liked not being 'the student'.

We could go on as many courses as we wished to,. There were other shorter courses that we could choose to go on if we wished to. I know that this year they have more of a structured training plan in place for students which will be good.

There may have been greater chances had I pursued them

Really good group of undergraduates, we often did activities together and social events. The undergraduates all meet for lunch each day in the restaurant which was good, if you were free you could join, there was ways a few up there.

In between really as I went out with collegues who were on a higher salary therefore went to more expensive places, but all in all ok.

I was living back home but went out in Leeds a lot which was good.

Few things to get involved in outside of work, they have a football and netball team and I got involved with some volunteering over the winter through work.