Exciting & rewarding place to work - Design, Brand & Creative Manager Solent Group Employee Review

5.0
12 June 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working in the Design Team is great as there's constantly new products, packaging and new innovations to work on, which keeps the work interesting and I'm always learning new things and developing new skills. There's good progression opportunities as it's a rapidly growing business, and the business likes to promote staff. A super friendly group of people, with lots of collaboration between teams and global offices. Approachable management team. And I feel they are open to criticism and are good at listening to feedback and then implementing changes. Every year it becomes a better business to work for.

Cons

I've seen this mentioned a few times already, but the fast pace isn't going to be for everyone. You do have to be super organised, and thrive under pressure.

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Cons

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Cons

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