Verity – R&D
R&D Associate
Name: Verity
Nationality: British
Where I work for RB: South Korea – Research and Development
Education: I graduated from Leeds University with BSc Genetics in 2008 and MSc Biosciences in 2009. Throughout university I aimed to further develop not only my scientific but also my professional experience. This meant as well as spending long hours in the laboratory during the day, I worked part time as a member of the University Union nightclub management team.
Career: I started working at RB literally the week after I finished my Masters! I decided to go into industry rather than academia as I thrive on challenges and the RB graduate scheme offered the perfect opportunity to develop myself in a fast paced and dynamic environment. I completed my first RB graduate placement in the RB R&D Excellence Centre in Hull, UK. I worked in Category R&D developing new Airwick products aiming to outperform and deliver the best home fragrance experience possible. The role was exciting and challenging, and I had hands on project management experience right from day one, there’s no time for warming up at RB, you get straight into the action and that’s one of the things I enjoy the most about the company!
The dynamic nature of RB means that I have been exposed to a wide array of invaluable commercial and technical experiences which will provide me with a solid basis for the rest of my career. I am currently working in South Korea as part of the local R&D team and this role is bringing not only the exciting challenges of a new function in the company, but also a whole new country and culture! International mobility is positively encouraged in RB therefore many RB employees work in a number of country throughout there career, providing broad and rich work (and social!) experiences.
Although I have full ownership of my projects, giving me the opportunity to display my personal entrepreneurship, there’s a great team spirit between my colleagues and everyone understands that we are all part of the RB community. Everyone understands that the success of one project is an achievement for everyone, so there are always people around to help develop ideas and experiment with solutions. This positive and vibrant attitude is infectious throughout the company, and is one of the aspects that makes coming into work every day exciting and enjoyable.
