Gemma Clarkson

Work Experience

The Marketing Store

Account Planning Intern

During my time at The Marketing Store I was able to gain insight into office dynamics and the importance of leadership and teamwork and leadership.
I was able to observe and contribute to the role of an Account Planner, aiding in the construction of the creative brief and also involvement in market research techniques.
July 2008 - August 2008 London, United Kingdom

Farnell

Marketing Intern

I was able to work along side the marketing team in charge of the APAC region of the business. I was able to put into practice my global communications skills and also experience the challenges of marketing B2B electronics products.
July 2009 - August 2009 Singapore

Pinnacle Marketing Communications

SEO Intern

I was able to explore and develop an SEO strategy for one of Pinnacle's clients, using a variety of digital tools and techniques, one if these tools involved me constructing a blog and generating blog posts including relevant back links in order to increase their page ranking etc.
June 2010 - July 2010 London, United Kingdom

Radley Yeldar

Branding Itern

During this month at Radley Yeldar I was able to experience all elements of their business. I was able to aid in the construction of a corporate annual reports, CSR reports and various branding techniques and techniques that Radley Yeldar provide to their clients.
July 2010 - August 2010 London, United Kingdom

WAGO

Marketing Intern

WAGO are an electronic distribution company. The assignments that I was able to work on were market research. I was able to utilies my market research skills and also report writing as I was able to conclude my research by producing a report, including recommendations as to how WAGO could enter different market segments.
August 2010 - September 2010 Rugby, United Kingdom

Premier Farnell

Corporate Communications Intern

I was able to work closely with the head of corporate communications. I was able to work on internal communications by writing and bringing together the all employee weekly eNewsletter for the Europe region of the business.
I was also able to provide inputs into the re-branding of the Premier Farnell brand, as they were going through the process of re-branding their company globally.
September 2010 - October 2010 London, United Kingdom

Premier Farnell

Freelance Creative Communications

I was able to take the brief delivered by Premier Farnell and construct a viral advertising campaign for their electronics networking site. I was able to lease with Premier Farnell's corporate communications team and their head of innovation in order to translate our ideas to the production team that were able to execute our ideas.
June 2010 - August 2010 London, United Kingdom