Commercial Deals Specialist Review

Item: Commercial Deals Specialist at Virgin Media O2
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Virgin Media O2

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

Reading

Review Submitted: April 2021

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!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

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.

I manage different commercial opportunities in the business to business sector of the organisation. This role requires me to have a high level of Commercial Acumen and financial appraisal to take into account all of the different factors when working on a deal.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Significantly more than I had anticipated. I'm never treated like an intern within the organisation and I really appreciate this.

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?

Commercial Acumen- massively.
Financial Appraisal.
Stakeholder Management skills.
Presentation/Communication.
All the above have been significantly developed over the course of my internship.

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?

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?

However much I really wanted. The support is always there and available it's just up to me (the individual) to go and access this support.

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?

Difficult to say as my internship was primarily online but everyone was super friendly and progressive.

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

10/10- couldn't recommend the experience highly enough. I have learnt so much in the space of a year and I believe my 'soft skills' have improved ten fold!