Assistant Campaigns Manager Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role included a variety of things which provided valuable, well-rounded experience. I worked on comms including the storyboards, copy etc for key visuals and TV ads. I was project leader for one of the new products, which involved overseeing the whole innovation process from ideation, to artwork. I also did all the logistics for sending samples to various markets. I led their TikTok account, which involved filming and editing content.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • organisation and time management skills, presentation and public speaking, managing stakeholder relationships, leadership and teamwork


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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, I was project leader for their main product launch in 2025 which meant overseeing the whole innovation process and managing a cross-functional team (R&D, procurement, supply chain), presenting to key stakeholders and ensuring we stayed to the timeline.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I wasn't micromanaged but they always offered support and I felt like I had lot of guidance. I had weekly catch up meetings with my line managers where they would understand my workload and explain processes. They were always happy to jump on a call to help. They made sure I felt challenged enough and constantly revisited my workplan to make sure I was gaining the valuable skills I wanted.


  • 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?
  • pleasant and supportive atmosphere, everyone worked hard and good team work. wasn't much opportunity to celebrate peoples achievements.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • 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 enjoyed it a lot due to being positively challenged and supported and having a lovely team. There were times when the tasks were challenging and frustrating due to conflicting priorities and targets across the functions.


  • 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 Unilever
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • be very familiar with their values, purpose, social mission etc as this is the core of all work. bring a lot of personality and individuality to the interviews as they like confident and outgoing people.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

South West

June 2024


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