Product Development Intern Review

by Gymshark

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I am responsible for supporting the team in managing the development and execution of styles from concept to launch. I assist the team to bring to market, world class, fit for purpose product, built and engineered to Gymshark standards. I am responsible for the day to day operational tasks, to deliver the goals and objectives as set by my Manager.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • My technical and transferable skills have both developed hugely. Learnt lots of new technical skills that i will carry with me for life. I have learnt lots about the working world and how my skills from university adapt to a real job and also how my transferable skills have changed since working for a big company and wider teams.


  • 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, at the final quarter of my internship I was really given a chance to show off what I had learnt from the year and it was given a very important role in my team that required a lot of responsibility and trust.


  • 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?
  • SO much support. My manager and I created a development plan at the start of the year of what she expected from me and what she wanted me to learn by the end of the year and then I could also add what I wanted to gwt out of the year. We completed everything by the final quarter of the year.


  • 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?
  • Really fun culture. Friendly employees. Interns never treated like they are lower down.


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

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

  • 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 loved my placement! I learnt so much in terms of my job role and had so many opportunities. I also had so many opportunities to get involved in lots of other areas of the business, such as many fundraising/charity opportunities.


  • 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 Gymshark
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Gymshark to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Gymshark
  • Show your passion for the brand, they want people who LOVE the brand! Show off your personality, the working environment here is a lot of confident and outgoing personalities!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Product Design

West Midlands

June 2023


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