Marketing Intern Review

by The Walt Disney Company

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • General day-to-day support to the marketing team providing admin support:  Ad-hoc admin support for the Marketing Director  Support hardlines marketing promotions, campaigns, events and reporting  Liaise with other internal departments in order to support marketing planning and campaign execution  Support with PR events and product launches  Liaise with other lines of business where needed  Source product for competition prizes for activations  Manage all marketing team purchase order (PO) requests


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • New skills learnt:  work place etiquette  process of carrying out a marketing campaign for a global business use of softwares: Khoros, SAP, Adobe Analytics, SPICE and Salesforce Developed Skills: Excel working under pressure communication skills prioritisation and organisation  accuracy of work with time restriction


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • As the placement progressed and I proved my reliability alongside the development of my skills I was assigned more responsibility. I liked how this happened, as I was given more responsibility when my confidence grew.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I was given a lot of support and guidance, not only from my line manager and team but the company as a whole. I never felt uncomfortable to ask for help or support as I knew team members will help me without any issues


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The company culture/ general atmosphere was very friendly and welcoming. Even though there are so many Lines of Business you get to work with a lot of people and everyone is friendly.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed my placement considering it was done completely online. It was nice to feel like a team member instead of the intern.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at The Walt Disney Company
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend The Walt Disney Company to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Walt Disney Company
  • Make sure to really highlight your soft skills alongside your experience and education. Your cover letter is such a crucial part of your application. Put thought into it and really think why you want to work at Disney - think outside the box, specify a franchise your are most passionate about etc.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

May 2021


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