Industrial Placement student CI marekting Review

Item: Industrial Placement student CI marekting at Unilever
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Market Research, Marketing

London

Review Submitted: May 2026

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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - 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.

I worked in consumer insights, so I would communicate with the marketing team to understand what consumer tests were needed to be run, for example ad testing or concept testing. I then brief this out to agencies and work alongside the agency to align on the test format. We analysis this data to understand any trends and feedback to marketing our recommendations

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I was able to lead research projects and communicate with the agency myself and eventually was able to present topics to the marketing teams.

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?

Yes, as this was my first corporate role I learnt general admin skills along with specific skills of who to pull data from platforms and analyses it. Additionally, I learnt the different types of testing and how they work.

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?

4/5

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?

I received plenty of support from my line manager and team who were very helpful

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 culture was very relaxed and comfortable, they prioritise work- life balance

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?

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?

I really enjoyed it, it was not quite what I was expecting as I was told I was doing a marketing placement, however CI is slightly different to marketing. But I have still thoroughly enjoyed it and everyone on the team has been very helpful and kind, which makes working a joy, and it showed me a different side to marketing which I appreciated, as I am now aware of all the consumer testing that is in place before a product launches.