Visual Merchandising Intern Review
at L'Oreal
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
White City
Review Submitted: June 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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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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.
Supporting the Visual Merchandising team with preparing and planning for new launches and promotions
Partnering with all the relevant retailers to ensure visual merchandising is correctly implemented across the UK&I
Taking on your own projects and building up an in-depth expertise of visual merchandising
Working closely with the Marketing team to design, manage and develop Point of Sale units
Launch guidelines whilst further coordinating printing and distribution to stores
Updating developing and designing planograms to guide stores on how to present their product
Liaising with marketing and sales in order to confirm direction and stock levels
Regular in-store visits to track competitor activity and launches across retailers, gathering photos, details on materials and structures to create a monthly report for presentation to the Marketing Team and General Manager
Partnering with all the relevant retailers to ensure visual merchandising is correctly implemented across the UK&I
Taking on your own projects and building up an in-depth expertise of visual merchandising
Working closely with the Marketing team to design, manage and develop Point of Sale units
Launch guidelines whilst further coordinating printing and distribution to stores
Updating developing and designing planograms to guide stores on how to present their product
Liaising with marketing and sales in order to confirm direction and stock levels
Regular in-store visits to track competitor activity and launches across retailers, gathering photos, details on materials and structures to create a monthly report for presentation to the Marketing Team and General Manager
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Interns at this company are given a lot of responsibility in owning their own projects however are supported by the surrounding team to ensure training has been done correctly
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?
Skills developed: executing a creative vision, project management, cross-functional collaboration. Developing a solution based mindset, anticipating problems and offering ways to adapt around them. Working alongside marketing to produce creative briefs. Working with retailers to understand load ups, deadlines & expectations. Resilience & working under pressure
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?
I received a lot of support and guidance by both the brand team and visual merchandising team. I had weekly catch ups with my manager to manage my workload and ask any questions I may have. The team make it known that it is ok to make a mistake and offer feedback to avoid the situation in the future
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 company culture is extremely welcoming and friendly and you are able to build strong meaningful relationships within a short space of time. There is a great atmosphere amongst the interns with planned socials
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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 thoroughly enjoyed my placement at L'Oreal and would recommend it to anyone interested in marketing and hoping to gain industry knowledge.
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
Make sure you show your people skills as you will be working alongside a plethora of internal and external stakeholders. It's important to be confident in taking the initiative and being self motivated. I think organisational skills are extremely important as you are expected to manage a lot of jobs at once for multiple retailers
