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Get to know your brand… and get “comfortable”!

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

I’ve been working as Durex marketing intern for three months now. I must say I did not specifically apply for a position on the Durex brand. However, during my job interview, I found myself suddenly talking about condoms. Condoms – okay, nothing wrong with that – I guess most people have – more or less [...]

Let me introduce myself…

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Hi all! This is my first time writing a blog and I must confess – I’m very excited! For this first post, I’m going to introduce myself. My name is Joana, I was born in Rio de Janeiro, but I’ve been living in São Paulo for 15 years now. I moved here with my family [...]

Make the world YOUR Oyster

Monday, October 10th, 2011

International opportunities Before I started working at RB, I went travelling for 3 months… and I LOVED IT! I was pretty sad to come home and realise that this wouldn’t be possible again for a long time. Little did I know, but RB would offer me some amazing travel opportunities. RB really has been the [...]

Make an Impact!

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

This week I have been busy impacting the Profit & Loss (P&L)! One of my personal objectives for this year on the graduate program is to improve my knowledge and understanding of the financial side of RB. Both the Sales Analyst and Assistant Brand Manager roles are highly focused on numbers. Why? Because RB is [...]

CORE VALUE SEGMENT #1: Team Spirit vs. Team Work

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

One of RB’s 4 core values is Team Spirit.  Now, this does not necessarily mean team work, as teams don’t necessarily need to work together to succeed.  I decided to investigate what some of our senior management’s thoughts were on this specific core value in the first part of a four part blog series. After speaking with [...]