Sales and Marketing Assistant Review

There was never a dull moment working for Coalters. Although the position was marketing orientates, to an extent I was involved in all areas of the business. Not only did I enjoy hands on experience, but also worked with enthusiastic teams and driven staff. Coalters is not a huge business, it has around 30 employees. This gave me the opportunity to get to know my colleagues well and be involved throughout the business, alongside being given a great deal of responsibility.

I have never worked with more enthusiastic people than the team at Coalters. Everyone is always so happy and helpful, nothing is ever too much trouble!

I had a dedicated manager that always looked out for me, alongside this the management team in general were enthusiastic, approachable and great to work with.

Due to the high level of responsibility I was given and the fact that I worked across many of the teams in the business, I was always busy and had a project to be working on.

I was allowed to manage many of my own projects and was trusted with a great deal of responsibility when it came to marketing. This provided some very valuable experience to add to my CV and was a fantastic step to start my career on!

I couldn't have hoped for better hands on experience, as Coalters isn't a large, faceless organisation, working in their marketing department allowed me to see a project run from beginning to end across all areas and fields of the marketing sector, whether it was market research or writing copy for the website.

The office is a great place to work in, although we all know how to work hard and put in long hours I do feel that I have made some great friends on placement here. The office is always a happy place to come into. Every Friday people who have excelled win a prize and we even sometimes order lunch together, closing the office for an hour while we all enjoy a break!

I was given extensive training with a month overlap with the previous placement student, this gave me a valuable insight to all departments within the business and allowed me to form a good idea of how the business worked, not just the marketing department. Throughout the year I had a clear program of tasks and enjoyed a great working relationship with my manager.

I was given every opportunity to progress my career. With Coalters dedicated training manager all staff are given the chance to excel, alongside this the hands on experience allowed me to learn over time at my own pace.

I had a great working relationship with my colleagues, we frequently have staff nights out and company days out, especially at Christmas!

York is a relatively cheap place to live, especially considering most work placements are in London!

Personally I'm not really enthusiastic about nightlife in general, but I hear its good!

From dinner at our managers house to meals at some great York restaurants I thoroughly enjoyed all of the activities Coalters and my colleagues have to offer. I couldn't have hoped to work with a friendlier group of people!