Hello! I’m Sophie, going into my final year at Loughborough University in a few weeks. I was lucky enough to spend a week with the Chatter team in Leeds this summer to gain some experience.

After taking a placement year as part of my degree I thought I’d have more of an idea about what career I want to pursue but really I think I was more confused and unsure than before.

I’ve always had an interest in marketing so I thought why not ask Lisa if I could spend some time at the Roost to get more of an understanding of their world and employer branding and recruitment marketing. So I headed up to Yorkshire to spend some time with the Chatter team and here’s the top 5 things I learnt during my week.

There's a fun & unique culture

It’s more like a family; everyone is always friendly, welcoming, helpful and always a laugh around the office. Being invited on the team night out was great to chat to everyone outside the office and nice to be treated like part of the team.

They've got fab music taste around the office

When you think of an office you imagine just the usual Radio 1 playing all day as background music. Not here! Music from a range of decades played with everyone loving a good old sing a long.

There's loads of experience to learn from

The best thing about being an intern is you’re not expected to know everything so there were times when I wasn’t even sure what was being talked about but it was great to be able to listen to conversations and learn from them. Everyone in the team is always willing to help and it’s great to learn from their experience.

Tom gives good advice

Tom was always there to help and explain things, he gives good advice as well as being a great laugh. Harry and Tom were always fun to be around in the office. (Alfie was off most of the time I was there so I’m not leaving him out I promise.

There's a variety of projects everyone contributes to

I knew Chatter and what they did before joining from having worked with them throughout my placement year, however I didn’t know how much variety there was in their projects and across the different accounts. It was great to get a real insight into the many things that go on inside the Roost and difference in accounts.

I’ve had a great week and learnt a lot from everyone at Chatter, I wouldn’t hesitate to ask to join them again.  It’s a much different experience from the corporate environment I previously worked in but it’s been great to experience both sides of it.