Assistant Brand Manager Dove SCL UKI Review

Item: Assistant Brand Manager Dove SCL UKI at Unilever
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

Kingston

Review Submitted: June 2025

Overall Rating

4.6 /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

4.3/5 - 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.

I am the Assistant brand manager on the Dove Skin Cleansing team for UKI.
- A large part of my role is leading the comms campaign for Dove Shower, this is a 360 media and influencer campaign showing up on channels such as TV, digital, social, audio, OOH etc. This involves daily communication with multiple external agencies to manage and deliver the campaign to a high standard.
- I also work on multiple innovation projects, working with supply chain and account managers to bring new Dove Skin Cleansing products to market. Involving mapping out the promotional plan, selling products into the retailers and managing performance.
- BAU responsibilities - E-comm, performance tracking etc

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, i was responsible for a comms campaign worth 10m + in media value.

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?

soft skills:
- Problem solving
- people management
- project management
hard skills:
- data analytics
- performance tracking
- commercial understanding

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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 was given a large amount of support and guidance from multiple team members.

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 great culture overall, I found the atmosphere in local marketing really fast paced and fun whilst also being supportive.

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?

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 really enjoyed it, I got to experience and deliver so much throughout my year and it was a great opportunity to widen my network and get a foot in the door at such a great company.