I'm Emily Brown.
I am a business and marketing student from Hull University, and I'm working
in global product marketing at Jaguar Land Rover.
So originally I was actually signed up to do an international year.
But upon getting to Hull and seeing all the benefits of a placement
and seeing how it can improve my employment opportunities,
I thought this would definitely be more suitable for me.
When I was applying for placements, I knew I wanted to be with a global company.
I thought this would offer me
the most opportunities and to get a placement with such a big,
well-known company is absolutely fantastic.
I've done so much. I've done loads of exciting stuff.
I'd say my personal highlight was attending a customer clinic
where you invite
all potential customers to see what they like about the vehicle,
see what they don't like about the vehicle,
so you could improve it for the next generation.
Every month I
attend naming committee, which is a really fun meeting because it's
all new like colours and materials and features come in to be named.
So we all sit round together and have a brainstorm and throw in our ideas.
So it's going to be really, really exciting when in a few years
I'll be able to look at a brochure and think, I did that.
So I think the placement team
were absolutely fantastic in helping me to find a placement.
And then throughout I've had a placement tutor who's come to visit me a few times.
Everyone's really responsive to emails and it's really helped me
with my assignments
that I've had throughout my placement and helped me
build on the great experience that I've had here.
I would say to
future placement students that are coming into the company
to just show a willingness to get involved in different projects and enthusiasm
and have a positive attitude towards the work that they're taking on.
There's a variety of activities at Jaguar Land Rover
that students can take part in. We have a variety of departments
such as design, engineering, manufacturing and corporate.
Emily's actually had a really rare opportunity
to work on one of our new and exciting vehicles,
which is being launched for Land Rover this year, which is really a one
in a lifetime opportunity.
I think this experience is really going to help me
in my future career because it's such an application of my degree.
I've seen elements in practice that in theory were completely different.
I've learned so much and I've been surrounded
by so many knowledgeable people
that has given me a completely different outlook on kind of what I want to do.