Rating

6.8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • During my time at Ronin Marketing my role was to assist the graphic design team in producing various artwork for clients. This included idea generation, sketching, creating and realising concepts and overall just to help the team with client work they were already doing. I also had the chance to be present when clients visited and discussed the work which I found extremely useful.

    8/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Since I was present for both the design and business side of things I developed multiple different skills. Firstly I managed to improve my work ethic under very strict time limitations and deadlines, and managed to produce work to a specific brief which at that point did not have much experience in. As I already mentioned I was present when clients came in, or called the design team so I got to observe how the senior designer interacts with people, helping me develop my soft skills a lot.

    8/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Overall I did enjoy the programme for the aforementioned reasons - great atmosphere at the design department, really supportive and enabled me to grow. The other part of the company, the marketing / PR department, however often interfered with the design team’s work, as they critiqued the work without any design or art experience and often told the senior designer what to do and how to execute projects. This made the entire experience a bit annoying, less enjoyable and the company culture disorganised, messy.

    6/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by Ronin Marketing?
  • I did feel valued during the week I spent at Ronin Marketing because, as mentioned before, I was working on real client work with specific expectations and to a brief. The senior designer and other employees (including the company owner) regularly checked upon me and my work, which made me feel like I was actually providing some value to the company and I was part of the team.

    9/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Although there was not a planned strict structure, I always had something to do as I was able to help with ongoing projects all the time. I received clear goals and instructions from the senior designer which meant that despite the rather spontaneous plans for working days I still always had a job to be working on.

    8/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • I did not have a training provider.

    5/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • I did not get any official training, I had to rely on my existing skills during the placement.

    5/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • The placement was unpaid.

    5/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • While there were no job related opportunities I was invited to a lunch with the entire company, as one of the employees had their birthday during the week. We went out to a restaurant during lunchtime to celebrate, everyone had a full meal and even a cake at the end. I found this really refreshing as from my experience not many (especially corporate) companies do these kinds of events; it definitely made my stay more interesting and enjoyable!

    7/10

  • 9. Would you recommend Ronin Marketing to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • Overall I would definitely recommend the placement to a friend, working on actual client work, getting feedback, seeing what a real graphic design job involves, spending time with designers was really valuable. Seeing how a business operates and balances the design and business side of things was extremely insightful. Apart from the occasional annoyances caused by the other (unqualified) staff members critiquing our work, it was really enjoyable and I have learnt a lot.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Ronin Marketing?
  • When applying for a graphic designer role at the company it is definitely useful if you have a strong portfolio, with case studies, client work, even if it’s for a fictional company. Make sure to show them that you understand design’s commercial application and how that will fit into your role as an employee at the company. Overall the design department is very relaxed so just make sure to be yourself, positive, friendly and enthusiastic, keen to learn.


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Business Operations

Greater London

June 2018


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