Marketing Internship (Rolling Intake)

About Unilever Malaysia

Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England, and is the world's largest soap manufacturer where its products are available in around 190 countries. Its products include food, cleaning agents, toothpaste, consumer health products, tea, beauty products, personal care products, and many more.

Your role

This is an exciting opportunity to support Unilever’s growth engine into the future! They are looking for a driven, proactive, creative, and organized person who will be responsible for the activation of their brand strategy in Malaysia across consumer-facing channels.

You will be part of the global and local marketing team working across a range of varied and exciting brand projects, from their Big Bang national advertising campaigns to building a standout brand experience across direct-to-consumer channels.

• Team Structure:
  • Reporting to: Marketing/Brand Manager
• Key responsibilities:
  • To support brand communications and activation - such as innovation, advertising, and promotion.   
  • Analyze market, category, and competitive information to assess brand performance.
  • Analyze consumer trends to enhance brand equity and marketplace performance.
  • Work collaboratively with sales, trade marketing, operations, finance, and agencies on a day-to-day basis.
• Key Stakeholders:
  • Internal
    • Global Brand custodians
    • Local and Global Cross-functional teams - Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Development
    • Local marketing expert team (Market Research, Digital, etc)
  • External
    • Customers, Creative and Media agencies  

Training & development

Throughout the internship period, you will gain challenging yet rewarding industrial experience in a dynamic multinational corporation. What’s great, you will learn from a highly energetic team of peers, and your line managers and senior leaders will help you develop your skills and competencies in the:

• Brand communications and activation - such as innovation, advertising, and promotion
• Assessing brand performance by analyzing market, category, and competitive information
• Consumer trends analysis
• Collaborative working

Benefits

Aside from an attractive salary for an intern, by joining this internship, you will also get the following benefits:

• Experience best-in-class training and development opportunities
• Gain challenging yet rewarding industrial experience in a dynamic multinational corporation
• Learn from a highly energetic team your peers, your line managers, and senior leaders
• Develop your skills and competencies.

Career progression

Unilever may not mention what path you'll be on after finishing this internship. However, having internship experience in a global company like Unilever will add more value to your CV and ease the next step in your career especially if you want to pursue a career in the FMCG industry.

Work-life balance

The regular office working hours start at 9:00 am and end at 06:00 pm, from Monday to Friday. Some employees who left online reviews even state that Unilever let them have flexible work hours to opt for WFH or WFO.

Company culture

Unilever wants a world in which everyone is treated equally. The business is aware that its basis must be an equal workplace that values each and accords them with the freedom and chance to reach their full potential. Meanwhile, based on online reviews, most employees of Unilever Malaysia rate this company highly, stating that the company is a great place to work. You can expect to have a helpful team, friendly colleagues, and a good working environment when you work at Unilever.

About you

To join this internship program, you need to have the qualifications below:

• Bachelor's Degree in any field with a relevant major in Business, Mass Communications, Marketing, Digital Marketing, or related
• Work knowledge in Microsoft Office Applications and others such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator/In-Design.
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written.
• Able to commit for at least 6 months.
• Early graduates who are looking for internship experiences.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• careers.unilever.com
• jobstreet.com.my/en/companies/440080-unilever-malaysia-holdings
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Unilever-Malaysia-Reviews-EI_IE3513.0,8_IL.9,17_IN170.htm