Brand Communications Assistant Review

Item: Brand Communications Assistant at BMW Group UK
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at BMW Group UK

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

Farnborough

Review Submitted: July 2022

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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

My role would be ensuring that a new model would be sufficiently marketed. This is tailored for each model with varying budget and objectives. This would take place across several different platforms and services ensuring a consistent campaign is achieved.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes I was heading my own campaigns within 6 months

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Marketing knowledge, business understanding, communication and time keeping, excel, presentations.

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?

Full support in everything I did. I had the option to work closely with management and ask as many questions as I deemed necessary.

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?

Extremely friendly and welcoming. There is a hard working culture there which resonates through out the company. People want to succeed.

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I thoroughly enjoyed my placement. It was difficult at times but I always felt like the work I was doing was worthwhile and I had the support there to help me if I needed it. Very helpful in shaping my future career.