Creative Intern Review

I thoroughly enjoyed the placement. We had a lot of work to do in teams and individually and I got to know the company and industry very well. I would say that there could have been more work that was in direct contact with clients and more design work overall but it was still very good quality as the whole team were easy to work with, very creative and highly talented in their area of work so I learnt a lot from them

My colleagues relied on me very heavily which is why I felt valued and they made sure I was aware of everything and understood everything, especially if I had any questions. I would have liked to have been involved in some specific client projects more and my colleagues seeing that me contributing can be beneficial - most of the time it was me having to ask if I can join in on a project they were doing

The support was there whenever I had questions or needed time but it would have been nice to have more 1 to 1 support and a timetable of things planned for the whole year; this could have been just a rough estimate. This is because sometimes I would be left without design projects and it would just be doing Product Reviews. Other managers were great at doing this and would check in on work regularly

Everyday I had set tasks which I had to complete and when reviewing there was a 10 day return period. With Star Wars being so huge this year this meant that I had a lot of work to do throughout the whole year. There were more design projects near the end of the year which kept me very busy and I had to try and balance when I was doing this with my day to day work

My specific role meant I had a lot of responsibility when it came to making sure concepts sent in from clients were correct with the films and with Disney. I also had some responsibility when it came to the design projects but I would have liked more when it came to presenting them to clients and seeing them go somewhere e.g. into market or even assisting my manager or others on a live brief as well

I have learnt a lot about the industry itself which is great. My confidence has gone up so much, so presenting, speaking etc. isn't an issue anymore. The most important thing is that my design skills have really developed. This is in terms of communicating ideas, brainstorming, design sketching etc. This is really helping me in my final year of study at University and I know it will also help me in the long term as well

Great. People were so friendly and always willing to help, which meant communicating was easy. Sometimes people were on edge because there was a time when job protection was on the line with Disney merging with Fox but once that was over everything went back to normal. There was also a lot of interns in the whole business which meant that it was a young atmosphere but also the whole team itself was still young so we had a lot in common

We had a set job to do and other design projects on the side which meant it was very organised and we were involved in different projects, presentations etc. and we weren't treated any differently. I think that as said before, specifically with my manager we could have set up a timetable so that I had set projects in place over the year and that these would have some important and relevance with what I was doing

There was a monthly extra-curricular learning timetable that you could join onto during work time and it was dependent on what level you were but we went to a few e.g. saving a life, how to be organised, how to present well etc. The company really values helping you to develop and these sessions are great as they also tend to get people from outside of the company to come and present and get you involved

As I got on so well with the team and my manager it felt more like a friendship that worked very well in the work place. There is no direct graduate role but I have been told and I knew that I could contact quite a few people to see if any roles are available and if so they would preferably have a previous intern which makes the prospects of returning favorable and something I have definitely considered

The social scene was great because we were based in London and also because the average age in the whole building was probably 30-40s, with at least 10% of the building being interns. This meant that we could easily go for a drink after work, go bowling, go to the cinema etc. with ease and we would do a lot of these with managers and the team. There is also a Disney intern ball which is great

Very expensive as its central London

Nightlife was very good.

There was the opportunity to get involved with a lot of charity work outside of Disney which was great and we held a tombola to raise money for Movember which hit a record for Disney. There are other things such as Triathlons and Toy Design events we went to but I do think there could be more teams especially sports teams that are formally set up by Disney themselves instead of just your own team