Being at work never felt so good!

This week at Kubu towers, we've had the absolute pleasure of welcoming Ruby Holland to join our Marketing team for a week of Work Experience.

Having just finished Year 10, Ruby loves art, writing and music - and quite liked the sound of Marketing for her future career. We gave her a whistle stop tour of what it's like to be in a fast paced Marketing team, and introduced her to all sorts of difference facets of the job.

To finish off the week, we asked Ruby to write an article / blog post about her time, what she's learned and crucially, what she thinks of Kubu!

So. Did she enjoy herself?

I'll let you figure that out for yourselves! Here's her article:

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This week, I have been given the opportunity by Kubu to explore marketing – a career path I have been interested in getting to know more about for the last couple of years. As part of my year 10 work experience, I wanted to apply to work somewhere that challenged me, but that I also thought may help in the career I potentially decide to pursue in the future.

?After sending my initial email a few months ago, the team at Kubu have assisted me over the last few days to complete different tasks. These related to not only marketing within the company, but a working life within the business world as a whole, all the while giving me tips and tricks I may need to succeed in the industry.

I wanted to explore this position in particular, as I wanted to see if an office job would suit me personally – something I wasn’t quite sure about. What I didn’t realise when sending that email however, was how much an office worked as a team.?

The job was completely different to what I originally expected. Over the week, I got to know everyone who I worked with and achieved individual help for all aspects of the job as soon as I walked in on my first day.

So, what did I do over the week? Of course, to work for any company it’s important to know what they do and why they do it. As I soon found out, Kubu does much more than simply manufacturing security systems.

?I researched the company and produced a website analysis of everything I learned about Kubu. Not only of the products themselves, but how the company provides a sense of security for homeowners. This provided me with a strong base to work from across the week, whilst allowing me to learn my first key marketing skill – how to research.?

I continued focusing on this through the rest of the day - researching many new statistics for the company to use in the future - some of which I was really surprised by. For example, 44% of all British homes have no security at all!

This first day really helped me to immerse and engage myself in the new environment I was working in, which got me intrigued about whatever task I would be doing next.

The next day I was helped by Morgan Fisher (Marketing Executive at Kubu) to create my own LinkedIn page. I found this to be one of the most beneficial parts of the week, as I know it will help me in the future. Not only during the work experience placement itself, but for when I enter the world of work after I finish school.?

However, for me it was also one of the most enjoyable tasks as I got to get creative. Whilst exploring new programs like Canva, I digitally produced a new cover photo for my page.

After creating this (and putting it all together in my LinkedIn profile), I used the app to compare Kubu’s social media strategies with other leading companies in the industry by creating a comparison document.?

These tasks in particular really allowed me to gain a sense of the way Kubu wanted to communicate themselves to their customers, as well as the techniques they use to do so effectively. The message clearly conveyed through these techniques, let me further understand the company’s main aim.

So now I’m putting everything I’ve learned into one place - into this blog. My experience at Kubu – and with its welcoming team – has been really interesting; I have learnt many different things that I never would have done being at school (especially how to operate in a job–like situation).?

The week has also given me an all-important insight into what working in business could look like for me once I leave school – which I now know seems like something I would love to be able to do.