Marketing Intern Review

I really enjoyed it - there was a good vibe throughout with plenty of opportunities for self advancement. There was no sense of competition between interns, and we all enjoyed the challenge. It was also long enough - 8 weeks - to make one's mind up about whether they saw themselves there full time. Moreover, I was exposed to all areas of the business, so there was plenty of time to interact with other people.

Valued to the extent that a company has the time to invest in interns. The HR team were very good at setting up a structured programme for us all. I got the impression that other full times employees we were not working directly with had less time for us, being busy most days. This is unsurprising in a financial services company. Luckily, Lloyds have quite a humanistic approach to working, and so encourage workers to ask for help.

Lots of supervision - the marketing team is a bit more relaxed than the other teams within Lloyds and as such there was more guidance and support from managers and supervisors. Training mainly revolved around giving us the 'soft skills' necessary to create an impact with clients and Excel training. As I do not have a financial background, I was also given useful training on financial terminology. This proved useful from a commercial awareness viewpoint.

Quite busy but not as much as other teams. The business stemmed from the variety of tasks we were doing - from meetings and calls to clients, to tell interviews, to social media and training. Every day was quite full on in this respect, but the intensiveness of the individual activities was ok. There were opportunities to take breaks at regular intervals, and some flexible working arrangements. This helped to ease the burden of the workload.

A lot of responsibility given that I was 'only' an intern - at times I had control of the company's Twitter and Facebook accounts, and I was asked to contribute to many of the ideas gathered for social media. There was also a high degree of client interaction through meetings and interviews. At all times, I was encouraged to ask my line manager for help, and fellow interns wee also on hand to support each other.

The internship helped me immensely with applying the concepts in my university course. It has also confirmed my decision to pursue a career in marketing, and more importantly I have taken up my offer of a full time job upon graduation. Should I want to leave marketing, then I have built up a lot of transferable skills. I also have learnt some skills in UX/UI design that will prove valuable for the future when things become more digital.

Great atmosphere, owing to the high number of interns working. We also interacted a lot with the younger full time workers. As mentioned, older workers had other commitments a lot of the time, but this did not prevent them from participating in making us feel welcome around the office and part of the Lloyds culture. There were also a lot of social events which enabled us to get to know other employees outside of work.

Well organised during the internship but less well organised during the application process. This is because there were large intervals between the different rounds of the application process and communication was not always great. However, during the internship this was reversed and I felt like they invest a lot in interns to attract them back. This is typical of many firms. We got a lot of feedback on our performance throughout the internship, which helped many people to improve their skills.

A lot - they viewed us as potential employees and therefore invested quite a lot in a comprehensive training programme for all interns. This brought us up to a decent level and I would say enabled most interns to be in a position to carry out their work in the same manner as full time workers by the end of the internship. Lloyds hire a lot of people at entry level, so they have a well organised process for onboarding.

Great - Lloyds are a big name in the finance/credit scene and so doing an internship there has helped me with full time applications for other places however, I have decided to return to Lloyds in the marketing team, and am already confident that I have the skillset necessary to transfer to other teams if I want to. This is especially the case in view of the fact that I have also been trained in other areas throughout my internship.

Great - there were many opportunities to interact with people at all levels of the firm both inside and out of work. There was also some collaboration, particularly, in the marketing department, with all other teams - owing the the varied nature of the role. I was therefore quite lucky in this respect, as my role in marketing is by nature a social one, but those working in other areas were very sociable as well.

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A lot of opportunities - many interns partied at the weekend, and there were a few after work clubs such as football, table tennis, gaming etc. There were also social events, and there was a high turnout from both interns and recent graduates which created a good social scene for all. Some of the older employees had less time for socialising, but nevertheless made an effort to make us feel welcome both in the workplace and at outside events.