Video transcript: Work experience at the University of Leeds - Demetra Brady

Transcript for the video embedded on the undergraduate work experience page. 

[Music playing]

[Footage of the Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds.]

[Demetra Brady appears on screen walking in the University of Leeds Brotherton library, reading a book. Demetra’s name appears as text on the screen.]

Demetra: Leeds played a really big part in helping me get my undergraduate placement year, and they supported me through the process not only in securing the placement but also whilst I was on placement.

[Demetra walks alongside the River Thames looking towards the London skyline.]

Demetra: At IBM, I was specialising in digital strategy consulting.

[Demetra walks towards an IBM building.]

Demetra: We were helping companies to grow through the strategic use of technology.

[Demetra sits at a table, in front of a large screen, with a laptop, talking with a group of people.]

Demetra: Sometimes I’d go to client sites, so I was working at Wimbledon for two weeks over the championships, talking to potential IBM clients and members of the public.

[Footage of the Wimbledon tennis courts and marquees.]

[Demetra at Wimbledon talking to people.]

Demetra: This was really important for me as a step in my career of having this responsibility.

Demetra: I have been offered a place in the IBM Graduate Programme. It means that I can focus on my studies this year and look forward to joining a job I really enjoy pursuing.

[Demetra sits at a table, in front of a large screen, with a laptop, talking with a group of people.]

Demetra: Being able to use the skills that I’ve learned at university at a global organisation has been really rewarding.

[Demetra sits in the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds looking through a book.]

Demetra: It’s helped me to grow professionally and personally, and it’s also set me up for the rest of my career.

[Demetra stands smiling in front of an IBM sign.]

[A white box appears on a turquoise background with the text ‘Think’ inside the box and ‘Beyond’ underneath the box. The University of Leeds logo also appears in white.]