Product Marketing for Urban Decay Review
at L'Oreal
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
London
Review Submitted: May 2025
Overall Rating
4.9 /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
4.5/5
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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.
Gaining valuable experience in beauty product marketing working across two dynamic Indie brands! Your role will include analysing data, identifying makeup trends and creating presentations for senior leadership, contributing directly to the success of Urban Decay and IT Cosmetics. This role reports to the Urban Decay Product Manager.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
During this placement, my key responsibilities were to…
Lead monthly reporting e.g. Weekly sales, Monthly Circana tracking & Competitor review
Supporting on product launches, managing cross-functional stakeholders both in the local and global teams, to ensure marketing copy, visuals and packaging are available and approved ahead of launch
Support the team on exciting product launches, including media campaigns, asset building and retailer hype building.
Supporting the team on ad-hoc tasks, such as raising POs, ordering products on NCO, etc.
Lead monthly reporting e.g. Weekly sales, Monthly Circana tracking & Competitor review
Supporting on product launches, managing cross-functional stakeholders both in the local and global teams, to ensure marketing copy, visuals and packaging are available and approved ahead of launch
Support the team on exciting product launches, including media campaigns, asset building and retailer hype building.
Supporting the team on ad-hoc tasks, such as raising POs, ordering products on NCO, etc.
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?
Analytical skills
Communication
Organisation
Communication
Organisation
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?
Weekly 1-1s with my manager and weekly team meetings to check in
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?
The culture is very hard working and positive
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?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I highly enjoyed my placement year and feel i have learnt exceptional amounts which will benefit my future career.
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 L'Oreal
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
Be yourself!
