Retail Go-To-Market Executive Placement Review
at Samsung Electronics
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing
Chertsey
Review Submitted: July 2022
Overall Rating
4.8 /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
4.8/5
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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
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.
Supporting the Samsung UK Retail Go-To-Market Team within the Mobile Division with various in-store and pop-up executions such as retail furniture in within operator stores, Samsung operated stores. Tasks ranged from project management and liaising with external agencies to executing Digital POS requirements in line with the Mobile Division’s product launches and promotions
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
As much as I was a ‘placement student’, there was no point where I felt like I was treated like I was one, and also I was constantly executing impactful tasks that were critical to the success of product launches and promotions being executed in Retail
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?
Being exposed to all aspects of the Retail GTM process, there wasn’t a piece of execution that I wasn’t involved in. This enabled me to progress a lot in terms of transferable skills such as networking, time management and project management, but also more specific Retail GTM skills such as creating retail POS, organising security solutions and logistics for product launches in store
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Loads, the team I worked in simply require you to be competent and will offer as much support as you require to be at the level to perform to their standards. The Placement Team in HR also provide some touchpoints to check in with you during the placement.
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?
Intense, Dynamic, Rewarding. The Korean culture is absolutely a shock from normal university life, but actually it pushes you to get quicker and more efficient constantly. You are constantly improving.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was great, a crazy experience but I can carry so much of what i’ve learned here into future roles whether I return to Samsung or not
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 Samsung Electronics
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Samsung Electronics to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Samsung Electronics
Be ready to ‘send it’. The more you put in, the better the experience is going to be. Also throw yourself in the deep end to connect with as many people as possible just to a) gain exposure and b) if you want to explore another team, this is the best way to go about doing so
