Assistant Brand Manager Review

Item: Assistant Brand Manager at Unilever
Rating: 3.4
Author: Anonymous

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

Review Submitted: May 2023

Overall Rating

3.4 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

2.8/5 - Company Culture

2.5/5 - 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 official job title is an 'Assistant Brand Manager' in the digital and e-commerce team for Unilever Professional. More specifically, I am responsible for CRM and building retention strategies for our customers - this involves, email campaigns, social media posting, discounting structures etc. I am also responsible for submitting budgets and other admin tasks.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I am the only one on my team responsible for CRM so I am leading my own projects!

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?

Yes! I've been able to complete various courses, for example a design course. Apart from that I have also developed more personal skills like team-working, communication and just general office etiquette.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

3/5

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?

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 am pretty close to my line manager which is nice. It's also good to have a large placement student cohort because you never feel alone! I also had a long handover time of 2 months, with the previous intern so I could learn the ropes with her.

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?

Nice company culture, quite a few social occasions. Only problem with the office is it's hot seats so on a Thursday it could be quite hard to find space/meeting rooms.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

3/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

3/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

2/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Overall I enjoyed it. Going into the office was my highlight (my team only went in once a week). I learnt a lot about myself - I don't want to go into the area of marketing that I have been working in this past year, but my team have been great and I have still learnt relevant marketing terminology and more generally, about corporate life!