Junior Designer Review

This role involvesMy role as Junior Packaging Designer within the Beauty and Wellbeing (B&W) business group involves many tasks. Within the wider B&W packaging design team, I have been assigned to the Creative and Strategy team which deals with the more creative design tasks/jobs (like graphic design, concept generation and product visualisation) as opposed to the Design Engineering team that deals with the more technical side of the design process (such as DFM and product engineering). Tasks vary day to day and depend on running projects that I am assigned to. Crossover exists across the design teams which has enabled me to gain valuable insight into both aspects of the design process. As a team, we have also began working with AI through tools such as Midjourney and Photoshop (Beta). I have also been able to work with external suppliers as well as design teams based in the U.S and China.

Given multiple projects that I was given the freedom to lead together with another design intern and was given lots of creative freedom and trust in delivering a vast amount of high quality renderings of a diverse portfolio of Unilever products. Was also trusted and given the creative freedom in a lot of different graphics based projects.

Working at Unilever has been fantastic and has exposed me to the inner workings of a truly global FMCG company that aims to deliver high quality products to every corner of our planet. I have improved my communication skills and have learned a lot about packaging, manufacturing as well as the design process itself through working closely with a range of highly experienced colleagues that all have diverse design and engineering backgrounds. Specific skills improved also include advancement of knowledge within the KeyShot rendering software package, sketching, presenting and use of new 3D modelling software.

Support and guidance was consistent throughout the year and all of my team-members and managers were extremely helpful when any problems did arise.

General company culture is very friendly and everyone has generally been extremely nice throughout the year

I really enjoyed my placement as it has most definitely helped me develop as both a designer and as a person and has given me many useful networks that can help me in final year and the near future. Due to the large amount of interns at Unilever I have also made some great friends with whom I will definitely be in contact with after the placement ends.

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