Oncology Marketing Review
at Pfizer
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
Surrey
Review Submitted: August 2024
Overall Rating
5 /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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Oncology Marketing involves creating materials for HCPs and field colleagues to educate them on our medicine. Field colleagues promote our medicine to HCPs, by using our materials. It also involves planning events/meetings for HCPs to educate them on our medicine and better inform their practice of the medicines available. It involves following the brands marketing strategy to increase prescribing and disease awareness with non promotional materials
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Alot of responsibility right from the start but this also increased as placement went on. Managers don't check up on project status all the time, it is up to you to progress the project and let manager know of any problems. Thoroughly enjoyed the level of responsibility I was given as felt like I was important in the business and colleagues depended on my knowledge and expertise
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?
I have developed communication skills both on a day to day in the office and public speaking.
Proactivity and taking my initiative as my confidence increased throughout the year
Problem solving, finding where to get my answers when I had a project that I didn't know where to start
Organisation, sometimes work load is a lot - throughout the placement I have learnt how to better manage this.
Proactivity and taking my initiative as my confidence increased throughout the year
Problem solving, finding where to get my answers when I had a project that I didn't know where to start
Organisation, sometimes work load is a lot - throughout the placement I have learnt how to better manage this.
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
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
2 weekly catch up with manager to ask questions and discuss my progress. Support from colleagues within business who I built relationships with.
A lot of wellbeing support available, safe place to discuss any worries/stresses in my placement.
A lot of wellbeing support available, safe place to discuss any worries/stresses in my placement.
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?
I loved the culture at Pfizer, they run monthly events in the office for your wellbeing, and to socialise with colleagues. Met so many people in the office and in other teams by networking.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
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 really enjoyed my placement however it was stressful at times - but this made it more rewarding in the long run. I was given a lot of responsibility, which made my contribution to the business valued. I enjoyed gaining confidence throughout my placement, and the tasks I carried out/projects I got to lead on. It was greatly rewarding to see the impact I had in the disease area, and the usefulness of our materials to HCPs.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Pfizer
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Pfizer to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Pfizer
From doing the interview process for this year, I learnt that its best to be yourself, as companies look for who they think would be a good fit to the team. We looked at grades to begin with in the shortlisting then didnt look at them again - it was more interpersonal skills. Be confident and social, make sure to network throughout the company. Be ambitious with your applications, may as well apply!
