Visual Merchandising Intern Review

Item: Visual Merchandising Intern at L'Oreal
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at L'Oreal

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

Review Submitted: July 2024

Overall Rating

4.4 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

-A morning meeting to go through priorities and set out what is most important for the day
-Checking over Artwork
-Deciding load ups
-Putting hotspots into production
-Handling stakeholder relationships
-Creating and uploading brief's
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Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I handled my own account with 6 different retailers. I was responsible for the whole visual merchandising process from start to end. It was my responsibility to make sure hotspots were put in production on time.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

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

-Presentation skills
-Time management
-Stakeholder relationships
-Creativity
-Client relationships
-problem solving
-Excel skills
-Learned new software's
-Print production process

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?

4/5

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

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

My manger provided me with constant support during my internship. She was always contactable and we had 1-1's every week.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The atmosphere of the merchandising team I was part of was very friendly and supportive. I didn't feel as included in the wider team but having the support of the merchandising team created a very nice atmosphere.