Retail Design Industrial Intern Review
at L'Oreal
Placement (10 Months+)
London
Review Submitted: June 2022
Overall Rating
4.5 /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
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
I support the retail design team in L'Oréal's Luxe division, primarily working on YSL Beauté and Armani Beauty.
My overall main duties are ensuring new projects for department store counters run smoothly, providing design support with CAD renders/floorplan analysis and assisting on the upkeep of current counters, including beauty technology and maintenance.
My overall main duties are ensuring new projects for department store counters run smoothly, providing design support with CAD renders/floorplan analysis and assisting on the upkeep of current counters, including beauty technology and maintenance.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given way more responsibility than I thought pre-placement, taking lead of major design projects for the division, acting as the main point of contact for retailers when closing down major stores, presenting my own design concepts to the European head office retail design team.
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 developed my time management, multitasking, and teamworking skills (especially cross-function).
I learnt to work in a more efficient manner and developed my knowledge and skills of retail design, specially on Sketchup.
I learnt to work in a more efficient manner and developed my knowledge and skills of retail design, specially on Sketchup.
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 cant thank my manager enough for the support and guidance I received as well as the autonomy he gave me throughout my placement.
Furthermore, L'Oréal's own learning platform was extremely supportive and second-to-none in developing soft and technical skills.
Furthermore, L'Oréal's own learning platform was extremely supportive and second-to-none in developing soft and technical skills.
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?
The culture is a very welcoming, supportive and fun place to work with a large emphasis on social as well as working hard.
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?
4/5
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 have thoroughly enjoyment my placement and don't want to leave!
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at L'Oreal
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
L'Oreal is more than just shampoos and 'because you're worth it'. Do your research into the other brands L'Oreal owns and their achievements. Upskill yourself on the basics of Outlook, Teams and Excel (even my knowledge of outlook and teams from a year of online learning at university) was not sufficient.
