EU Commercial Marketing Industrial Placement Student Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Liaising with European markets to understand their market conditions and requirements in order to deliver and develop necessary promotional materials for them to utilize. Work with creative agencies to deliver promotional tactics across HCP targeting platforms across the EU.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Networking Communicating Presenting Coordinating Project management Stakeholder management Time management Organization Strategic Thinking Marketing Intercultural and hybrid working

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes - my manager left the company due to external opportunities, and I have therefore have had to step in her shoes temporarily until a new manager comes in place. This has enabled me to take on greater responsibility, liaise more closely with senior stakeholders, provide more input, and make tougher/important decisions.

  • 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?

    • A lot of managers were very focused on my personal and corporate development. A lot of opportunities, resources, projects, and tasks were presented to me to help improve my skills.

  • 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?

    • Good culture of continuous improvement, and being accountable for impact. This had a lot of people being very supportive and willing to support others. However there is some tensions between some colleagues and stakeholders.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 2/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I loved my placement. Would love to come back to the company. Had a great manager, interesting projects and tasks to work on. Received a lot of support and encouragement from other colleagues.

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK

    • Definitely apply!!! Take all the opportunities you can get, people are very supportive and happy to help. Put yourself out there, take initiative, and network.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

April 2023

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