Event Marketing Specialist Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
Waterloo
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.2 /5
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Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Attendance at virtual (and when relevant, physical events) to support the sales and marketing teams in the execution and follow up of events.
Analysis and tracking of the event performance using online tools to access data. (Excel skills, especially the ability to create tabular pivot tables will be very helpful)
Weekly updates to the UKI Event Execution Management System
Other tasks include maintenance of online event community hub, setting up team calls and organising content. Leadership of other ITs in support of IBMs large events.
Responsibility for the marketing storeroom including the upkeep of the online portal and booking system for marketing owned assets, shipment and return of marketing assets.
The role demands both creativity and analytical skills to help the team to create the very best customer experiences, and to analyse and measure our return on investment and success at supporting the IBM business.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
organisation
confidence
technical
marketing
interpersonal
teamwork
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Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
everyone super willing to help although you have to be willing to ask for help and not sit back, otherwise you will be assumed that you understand everything!
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Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
everyone values work and life balance
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How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
On the work side, it has been also great as an event marketer, had the opportunity to stay over night in different parts of the UK. Work side, has been very stressful at time but learning to speak to individuals and sharing worries and workload has been crucial. I wish there was more of the opportunity to delve into events finance and its planning stages for future interns.
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Future Career Prospects
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Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Prior to the interview, do as much research as possible about the company. Big advocate for reading up upon recent IBM news as they may ask you about that and have some basic understanding for tech (especally AI) as they will ask things related to it.
And... know the company values and growth behaviours! extra brownie points for using buzz words such as 'IBMer'