UK/Ireland Sales Intern Review

Item: UK/Ireland Sales Intern at NBCUniversal
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at NBCUniversal

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales

London

Review Submitted: May 2024

Overall Rating

4.8 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Using in-house database systems to produce reports listing available product across all programming including Feature Films, Scripted Series, Non-Scripted Series, Documentaries and TV/Film Specials including creating curated lists for clients upon request.
Regularly updating clients with product information & pro-actively gathering customer feedback.
Liaising with clients with respect to product queries.
Supporting Sales Administrator throughout deal admin lifecycle including inputting in internal systems & updating clients on deal updates/changes when required
Work closely with several internal departments including Marketing team to ensure client support & provision of marketing materials, Distribution team regarding supply of broadcast materials to clients, Finance team regarding payment & billing queries and Legal team to ensure contracts are signed.
Maintaining internal tracking documents for upcoming TV series to enable team focus on key Sales opportunities
Creation of presentation decks and ad-hoc analysis, liaising with Business Development, Marketing & Product teams as required
Assisting with ad-hoc office, diary and travel management as required
Ad hoc projects

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Responsibilities of organising events, schedules, itinerary and meetings for myself and my team. Also, emailing clients to inform them about shows/feature films.
Responsibilities of entering deals correctly.
Responsibilities of sorting out my bosses expenses.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Communication, Teamwork, Interpersonal, Confidence, Presenting, Excel

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

A lot - from my manager, sales team and HR team.
This also helped with my confidence and gave me the extra encouragement I needed when approaching each work day.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

A very inclusive and welcoming environment that helped bring a highly positive atmosphere to the office as well as working from home.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at NBCUniversal where I have been able to meet and interact with many interns as well as full time employees. This has given me a positive insight into a corporate lifestyle and I feel encouraged to pursue a career within this company.