Trade/Print Marketing Intern Review
at L'Oreal
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
Hammersmith
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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Working for L'Oréal Professionnel in the Indirect Marketing Team I regularly networked with the wider team to provide them physical in store marketing assets to provide for their accounts stores across the UK. This included panels for Free Standing Display Units, Shelf Barkers to go alongside our products, and the creations of Blogs and Cheat Sheets to help educate both store staff and hairdressers and salon owners.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Definitely. Throughout the year as you get more comfortable in your role, the more responsibility you are given. Some of my responsibilities included providing approximately 260 packs of barkers to be available to order for our various accounts, and also organising the send-out for over 250 store kits to different wholesale store across the United Kingdom.
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?
This internship helped me develop a plethora of new and existing skills. Time Management and organisational skills were key for me to succeed in my role with the amount of multi-tasking that is required. Communication skills are invaluable in any job and are very transferable. There is a need to work independently which will allow you try courses and learn skills on platforms such as Excel, Office and PowerPoint.
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?
4/5
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?
Since I started my internship, I had regular meetings with my manager to help me manage all my tasks I had up and coming, as well as additional meetings when required. My manager was amazing! L'Oréal has a very family-orientated environment meaning everyone is very collaborative and always willing to help you whenever you ask for help.
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 atmosphere was really uplifting and friendly. Whenever I needed help with something, there would always be someone who was available and willing to provide me with the help I needed.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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?
My placement was thoroughly enjoyable and very beneficial to my future growth and employability. It helped me gain a great understanding of the business environment and provided me with a level of responsibility that allowed me to feel and be truly involved with the company. My aim is to apply for the graduate scheme in the hope of returning to L'Oréal in the near future.
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
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
L'Oréal will help you learn so much about who you really are. Be true to who you are and L'Oréal will accept you for who you are. As long as you show a willingness to learn from your team and manager and you will reap the rewards. Remain honest with your manager/team as this will allow them to offer help when needed, after all, they work their for a reason, they're the experts! Make sure you make the most of this opportunity, believe me it flies past! Most importantly, network and make friends with people, it'll never hurt to know people in the right places in the future...
