Marketing Industrial Placement Student Review

- Managing key business projects. Constant liaising with external agencies, webmasters, team members and line managers
- Asset creation either internally made (myself) and external via agencies
- Budget tracking and forecasting
- 1-1's and catch ups with relevant team members
- Liaising with multiple functions (legal, sales) via email for various different projects
- Data analytics and metrics tracking
Projects: Website creation, Email asset creation (external customers), Selling stories, social media posts

A lot of responsibility. I manage projects and deal with all of the creation, communication, planning and objectives of this.

Project management
Marketing
Data analytics and metrics tracking

I received an amazing amount of support from the various colleagues I worked with. I would say, your experience is very dependant on the line manager you have. It's important that line managers are chosen carefully externally within Unilever, as it is a huge company and can easily lead to isolation. This personally had a direct affect on my growth during the start of my placement. It took a while for me to have the confidence to reach out for support.

The company culture was great. I would say, it very much differs team to team though. I know a lot of placement students who had amazing support and general atmosphere from their teams. It's important the right leaders are chosen for placement students to allow the correct atmospher4ef for them to grow, make mistakes and learn (with patience and respect from line managers, that growth area are going to be more common than non).

I've had an amazing time on my placement. I have had plenty of opportunities, developed amazing relationships with colleagues and have had the opportunity to move to London (my first time moving out!). The interpersonal skills are next to none!

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