Communications Assistant Review

by Marine Biological Association

Rating

3.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.0

    Overview

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

    • Communications assistant - day to day social media updates, news stories, press releases, content creation/filming, creating graphics, networking with other companies/creators, advertisement for the events team.

    Skills

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

    • Canva, premier pro, content filming, a lot of marine biology lab techniques and species information

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

    • 4/5
  • 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

    • 3/5

    Responsibilities

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

    • not a lot of solo responsibility but a lot with the social media officer

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • A lot, my manager was always happy to listen and help

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

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • There was a mix of feelings, the company went through a bit of a hard time whilst I was there but overall everyone was really friendly and it was a nice community.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I really enjoyed it and I learnt so many amazing skills. I did find it difficult though, especially when the company moral was low and everyone was really busy but that was out of their hands.

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

    • 3/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 3/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Marine Biological Association

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Marine Biological Association to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Marine Biological Association

    • Research the aims of this company, get a good background of what they strive to do as well as the current research occurring there. Have a passion for saving the ocean and you should be all set!

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Environmental Science

South West

November 2024