Marketing Communications Manager Review

Item: Marketing Communications Manager at Microsoft
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Microsoft

Placement (10 Months+)

Reading, Berkshire

Review Submitted: April 2021

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - 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.

- Managing a range of events for Microsoft attorneys to interact, educate and empower our customers legal, compliance, risk, and corporate affairs teams.
- Managing aspects of the team’s communications and external outreach.
- Managing programs. Communicating with stakeholders.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given lots of responsibility in individual learning paths and program management.

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?

- Organisation
- Communication
- Public speaking and presenting
- Management

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?

As much guidance and support as I felt I needed. This included weekly 1:1's, intern events and training etc..

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?

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. The culture is centred on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

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 Microsoft. I've developed skills I can not only transfer when searching for graduate jobs but also on my return to university this year.