L'Oreal Visual Merchandising Intern Review

Fantastic placement year with so many learning's and variance. Extremely fast paced so will prepare you for any work environment both inside and outside of L'Oreal.

Highly valued by both my direct team and other departments within my brand. You really are valued as an equal member of the group!

To begin with, a very fast handover was carried out from the previous placement student. Therefore it was important that I received extra support and guidance from my manager to help understand the complexity of the brand I was working for. As time progressed so did my knowledge of operations within the brand resulting in me only needing to ask for guidance when required.

HECTIC! Working at L'Oreal is extremely fast paced and sporadic in nature.

I was very surprised how quickly the responsibility came through on my placement - which I personally found excellent and extremely rewarding! The more details and complexity I managed the better understanding I attained in my work. The teams at L'Oreal tend to be very 'lean' meaning that there are less people than you think operating a brand; consequently the workload is split between less people.

For my degree it will be mainly time management. I feel my year at L'Oreal has been invaluable with experiencing the real world of working at a large corporate company .Project management is a very prevalent, re-occurring element that I have furthered in my skillset.

Very hectic - but an overall feeling of being in a close team.

For me the application and interview process was extremely long and un-organised. However, I will say that I appreciated the effort that went into L'Oreal HR finding a good fit in a division that suited me. I feel that once you are allocated your team then the journey begins that will fit in the style of the division and brand you have been assigned.

Basic HR style training was given which was to me very obvious, the same goes for other compulsory trainings. I would say however that it is what you make it and the more you reach out to people expressing an interest to learn the more that you will get back. People at L'Oreal are very open to helping and supporting the learning's of others.

From an early stage in my internship year the opportunities for graduate jobs were communicated. However, there are not a big variety of streams (marketing, commercial sales, supply chain or finance) which was suitable for me but I know other interns who felt frustrated that there wasn't a graduate scheme for their field of work.

Again, it is what you make of it. There was a intern committee who were a focal point of contact and communication for all interns. Socials/parties were also organised every other month on average which were great for getting to know the wider groups outside your division.

Extremely high - my salary paid for my accommodation and not much else (it's London!).

London has it all!

Yes - from sports teams to charity events. There were many options if you wanted to get involved.