Junior Brand Manager Review

I found my work placement challenging but loved the opportunities to travel to other countries and explore other cultures.

I felt very valued as a member of the team.

Really good support and guidance with the option to tailor my experience to my development goals.

The work fluctuates some periods I was extremely busy and some had little to do.

I was given my own project to run with the support of a line manager in case of any misunderstandings.

It will definitely benefit me in the future. Especially when it comes to job interviews and being able to talk about past experiences and dealing with work place environment issues.

The atmosphere in the office was lively. It was an amazing place to come into everyday and everyone was always so lovely and welcoming. Being able to feel part of a fun and lively team was a joy and made coming to the office much more enjoyable for myself and peers.

I think the overall placement was reasonably organised, however, it lacked a complete structure. My line manager was good at being able to set me tasks and goals throughout the year but hearing from other peers some people really didn't seem to have that structure and were asking for work on a regular basis.

I was given plenty of opportunities to develop my own abilities. The company runs a lot of training's throughout the year which anyone can sign up for. I went to quite a few and have developed my skills even further through going to these training run by our own internal colleagues.

I definitely would consider a role working for this company. I have applied for the graduate scheme and the colleague offers and progress that the company can give to your career is very appealing. I really would consider a role here even if it is in a field I wouldn't have normally considered before placement.

There was over 70 placement students here so the social scene within the company was definitely good. However, I actually found myself enjoying a social side with more of the members of my colleagues within my team as we got on very well and they were always so welcoming to me.

It was very expensive. When i first saw the salary for the role I was really impressed and I thought I would be living quite well. However, after moving down here I was barely able to enjoy myself and I found that most weekends I stayed in to save pennies for living.

It was terrible, there is no nightlife what so ever where we live. The only social place that we can go is a local whetherspoons. If we want to go out to actually do some clubbing and dancing we'd have to pay to get a train into the centre of london.

Not really. There were some evenings when we were having leaving do's that we did things but other than that there was no real opportunity to go out with the teams. But all considered many people I work with have families to look after so understandable that there wasn't many outside activities.