letter of recommendaiton ogilvy
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To whom it may concern, This letter is my personal recommendation for Lise-‐Marie Amar. Until very recently, I was Lise-‐Marie’s supervisor during her three months internship at Ogilvy & Mather Paris. I have known Lise-‐Marie by accepting her application for a 3 months internship as an account manager assistant for Ogilvy & Mather in 2015, as Lise-‐Marie’s direct superior and Business Manager. She was assigned to the Netflix Global and Netflix France accounts of our advertising agency and played a great role in the production and organization of our event, The Netflix Fest. Her responsibilities were to assist the account manager on daily tasks and current projects, set up meetings but also be the link between our client and the agency. She worked in team with a second intern throughout her whole internship. Her adaptability and efficiency at work have been truly valued and counted on, in the team. Lise-‐Marie proved herself to be a talented saleswoman, reliable and ambitious and as such was for instance asked to help with other positions such as production. She stood apart from her fellow intern by her reactivity to always looking for a solution while working on the festival, but also her capacity to multitask and handle other projects as efficiently at the same time. Later, her colleagues spoke to me about her dedication and impressive leadership.
Lise-‐Marie has significant professional experience, from entrepreneurship experiences as an event manager and the creation of her own brand of nightwear, to team member in retail and now advertising, which makes her the strong asset she is today. However, I feel that in some occasions in the past she has been somewhat overconfident in her ability to get the job done in time, or by herself although it has to be taken into account that our line of work is very dynamic and last minute changes are part of the operation. I have raised these issues with her and I suggested that she takes more time to think and prepare before starting a task. Following my comments, she was responsive and welcoming of my comments and I believe she has taken this to heart, as I have not seen evidence of such a tendency since. Overall, she is thorough in her work and confidence is central to the challenges she seeks.
Lise-‐Marie was one of our most driven interns. Indeed, on several occasions, she has shown initiative by asking for more work or to be involved in tasks that where not hers such as event planning, or speaking to the customer herself. She has also acquired knowledge and deep understanding of the role of a manager by shadowing my colleagues and I, in our daily work. Throughout her internship, she has shown a capacity for problem solving and an ability to think on her feet, often in stressful times such as when the deadlines were not respected or a member of the team could not deliver. More over, the account Lise-‐Marie was working on is one of the biggest client the agency has, inciting her to get a good understanding of the latter and its needs, only improving her performances, which is key to master selling. Finally, although she seemed to struggle at first with diplomatic skills, she learnt to develop them in order to build good working relations with her colleagues. I believe she has learnt a lot from her internship at Ogilvy & Mather, but also played a great role in the last 3 months among the team, and to our clients.
I fully support her wish to gain skills needed to enact her goals and fulfill what I believe to be her considerable potential.
Yours Truly, Anne-‐ Sophie Carbo, Business director at Ogilvy & Mather Paris