Kidswear designer Review
at Matalan
Internship (1 Month+)
Fashion Design
Knowsley
Review Submitted: August 2022
Overall Rating
4.4 /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
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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 completed different tasks to help out team members on various project briefs for Spring/Summer 23. This included doing trend and comp shop research, Shop reports, inspiration boards, print designs, bits of CAD designs, specification sheets, organising Pantone colour books.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given some tasks that included responsibilities, for example, doing the specification sheets as you had to make sure these had all the correct information for them being sent off to the production companies.
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?
From doing the placement I have learnt new skills in illustrator. As I hadn't really used the software much and the company uses it a lot, it gave me time to explore the programme and start and use it more which was really helpful as I was wanting to use it more with my work but hadn't really had the opportunity to use it as much. I also got in-site into how the company works to get designs ready, from making the prints and doing mock up plans to putting them onto specification sheets that get sent off to the production companies with the requirements of how the product needs to look.
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I received support from all the team members who were always willing to help out by answering any questions I had and showing me how to do things that I didn't know how to do.
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 company had a very inclusive atmosphere which showed through designs and products they were doing.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
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?
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement as it gave me a great opportunity to see how the company works and get a feel for what it's like to work for a company and in industry. The team were lovely and amazing to work alongside and gain knowledge from, I would definitely go back.
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 Matalan
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Matalan to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Matalan
You don't need to feel nervous about starting as I was really nervous but everyone was really friendly and made me feel welcomed and I settled in quickly. They were also flexible and try to meet your needs. For example, when there were days when transport strike actions were taking place, they allowed me to work from home and gave me tasks to do which worked around this.
