My internship boosted my confidence in digital marketing.
I started my internship in November 2021. As a recent graduate, I didn't feel confident enough to start a big girl job so I opted to gain experience through an internship.
While researching placement opportunities, an ESPA representative approached me and informed me about a great opportunity at Rawnet. After scrolling through Rawnet’s Instagram and Glassdoor profiles I could easily tell this was the place to be with what seemed like a culture of professionalism but also approachability, so it was an easy yes from me.
I had a relaxed interview with Freddy D’uva, Marketing Lead and Sam Evans, Strategy Director who expressed their expectations of my role. I then had a conversation with one of Rawnet’s clients, Alice Peto, which whom I would be working closely; she explained to me what she wanted out of the opportunity, how the brand was established and her team's everyday activities; hearing how much passion had been put into her business made me so enthusiastic to make a difference.
Forming part of the Strategy Marketing team, I worked primarily on a small business selling Bone China Tableware, Alice Peto.
An integral part of my internship has been the endless support and motivation from the entire marketing team who would always set their work aside to help and teach me how to do new things. The same goes for Freddy who would take hours out of his endless list of tasks in a day to painfully explain to me how to do things I couldn't understand.
If you know anything about working at Rawnet it's that the company culture is unmatched and you'd be lucky to work in such a positive environment.
When starting my internship I found myself quite overwhelmed and had a fair share of imposter syndrome telling me I was way out of my depths, especially around such intelligent and professional people, but, this quickly faded as I got to know everyone and realised they would happily go out of their way to help and share their knowledge.
In my year at Rawnet, I had the absolute pleasure of joining in on 2 company events and several smaller internal events. These were definitely one of the biggest highlights of the whole experience.
Overall, this has been an invaluable experience which I wouldn’t have traded for the world. Not only have I gathered digital marketing skills but I now know the ins and outs of agency life and the constant upkeep with activities and clients. One of the most valuable skills I learnt from this internship was how to communicate with a client and how to present information in a professional yet digestible manner when the client doesn’t have the most marketing understanding.
I have wholeheartedly loved this placement and learnt more in a year than I ever could have imagined. A massive thank you goes every single person in the Marketing Team who taught me everything they knew no matter how annoying I was.
Rawnet completely exceeded my expectations and I think anyone could easily settle in to such a cheery and welcoming place.
TLDR: Rawnet is the best place to work and I highly recommend it.