Channel Marketing Specialist Review

Item: Channel Marketing Specialist at IBM
Rating: 3.6
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing, Business Management

Review Submitted: September 2022

Overall Rating

3.6 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

2.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

3.5/5 - Overall Experience

2/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Managing communications (both internal and external), running and producing financial reports for the team and wider department.
Creating visual assets to be shared both internally and externally. Managing the case study and stories for the team and increasing the promotion of stories externally.
Event planning, execution and support.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes and no. There were some things that I was thrown into the deep end with and others that I was not given enough responsibility with despite me feeling as though I could manage it.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

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

I have learnt so many soft skills from my year at IBM. I now feel confident to present in front of a group of people as well as dealing with challenging situations with colleagues.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

2/5

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?

I received a good about of support and guidance but not from my team. I found guidance from people in the wider department and from my HR manager.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

1/5

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?

I really thrived from the culture in the wider marketing team at IBM. I felt like we all tried to keep the atmosphere in the office as positive and happy as we could especially considering the way the world is at the moment.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

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 only started to enjoy my placement when the offices opened back up and I could be surrounded by my peers and colleagues. I loved my placement towards the end when I managed to find projects and opportunities that I wanted to be a part of.