Title: Shell Graduate: How Christine became a young leader at Shell
Duration: 1:10 minutes
Description:
In this video, we follow Christine, a Territory Manager based in Kuantan, who talks about her experience in the Shell Graduate Programme, and how she was able to grow her skills to eventually become a leader at a young age.
Shell Graduate: How Christine became a young leader at Shell transcript
[Background music plays]
Light musical tones with a catchy rhythm plays.
Christine
Let me share with you how Shell empowered me to be the young leader that I am today.
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Christine
Territory Manager, Kuantan
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How Shell empowered me to be the young leader that I am today.
[Video footage]
A close-up medium shot of Christine shows her talking towards the camera with a smile on her face while seated at her work desk with her laptop placed in front of her.
[Transition]
Panels of solid colors patterned as blue-orange-blue in the Shell brand colors animates in from the top of the screen to cover the whole screen as it goes towards the bottom of the screen and out of frame.
Christine
It all started when I joined the Shell Graduate Programme. I get to grow my skills and be part of the energy transition. The challenge was there, but it excites me.
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Shell Graduate Programme
I got to grow my skills and be part of the energy transition
The challenge was there, but it excites me.
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We see a wider shot of Christine still at her desk talking towards the camera. It changes into a picture-in-picture frame. Positioned on the top left side of the screen is a video of Christine being interviewed talking to an interviewer that is out-of-frame while it is set against a full-screen backdrop of a video of Christine walking along with her colleagues in another country.
[Split-screen footage]
The left side of the screen shows a photo of Christine standing on a parking lot with numerous trucks parked with Shell branding. She is holding a hard hat and carrying a bag with a yellow jacket. The photo changes to her on site, standing in front of a Shell Select store together with two colleagues. The other side of the screen is a video of a solar farm with solar panels slowly being installed on support frames.
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Next, the frame shows a full-screen video sped up showing a view of Malaysia’s cityscape at night illuminated with glowing lights in tall buildings and blurred lines of light depicting fast movement of cars on curving highway roads. A photo pops up in the middle of the video of Christine standing in front of a wall full of leaves and a brightly-lit sign that says “Powering Progress”.
Christine
Since last year, we started solarizing our retail stations. We’re also looking at installing more electric vehicle chargers as part of our retail station offering.
[Video footage and split-screen footage]
A video of solar panels encompasses the screen that reflects the sky and moving clouds on its reflective surface. The video then turns into a split screen where the video with solar panels stays on the left side while the right side exhibits a video of the solar panels on the roof of one of Shell’s retail stations. Next, the left screen transition to Christine talking towards the camera while she is seated at her desk, while the right shows an electric vehicle charger with solar panels installed on a roof with the video panning from the bottom going upwards. The left panel shifts to show another angle of the electric vehicle charger. Afterwards, a close-up of the torso of a man in a suit is shown with his arm holding an electric vehicle charger pump being plugged into the charging port of an electric vehicle.
Christine
The task helped me to grow my strategic thinking and management skills.
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strategic thinking
management skills
[Video footage]
The following frame goes back to Christine at her desk talking towards the camera, and then shifts to a close-up of her smiling face as she does her work typing on her laptop and looking at the screen.
[Transition]
Panels of solid colors patterned as blue-orange-blue in the Shell brand colors animates in from the top of the screen to cover the whole screen as it goes towards the bottom of the screen and out of frame.
Christine
At Shell, I’m surrounded by great mentors who are both work and life advisors.
The support system is borderless.
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I’m surrounded by great mentors who are both work and life advisors
The support system is borderless
[Video footage and split-screen footage]
The screen splits into two with the left panel showing a photo of Christine standing with one of her mentors in an office setting. The right side is a front-view video of the same mentor with a big smile on his face, seated by a table, as he listens to Christine and a colleague seated across from him. The following video is of Christine at her desk talking towards the camera, where she is framed to the left of the screen. The video changes to a close-up view of Christine as she talks animatedly to a person she is meeting with online through her laptop screen.
Christine
For instance, I had a colleague from Europe, which helped me understand how inflation rates work in different countries.
[Video footage]
A medium low-angle shot of Christine seated in a lounge area, with her laptop facing her as she speaks to a person on the screen as the video slowly zooms out from her. A close-up shot of her laptop screen shows a colleague, who is based in a different country, as he speaks with Christine and gestures with his hands. The next frame goes back to Christine at her desk talking towards the camera.
[Transition]
Panels of solid colors patterned as blue-orange-blue in the Shell brand colors animates in from the top of the screen to cover the whole screen as it goes towards the bottom of the screen and out of frame.
Christine
Shell is also supportive of my non-work endeavours. I can do my PhD because I value education, and I can volunteer as a host during company events.
[Split screen and picture-in-picture]
A split screen appears on screen with a medium shot of Christine seated in front of her laptop at home as she opens it then shifts to a top-down angle of her writing in her notebook as she peruses the screen of her laptop. The right panel shows a close-up of Christine as she talks towards the camera. The split screen becomes a full-screen of several photos popping in succession of Christine in different poses and angles as she animatedly hosts a company event. The screen splits once again where the left side is a wide-angle video of the event hall where Christine hosted, and is full of attendees seated while listening to a couple of speakers on stage. The right side of the screen shows a medium shot of Christine talking to the camera from her desk.
Christine
All the challenges, mentorships, global support, and growth has powered my progress. I’m now a Territory Manager.
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challenges
mentorships
global support
growth
[Video footage and photos]
A close-up angle of Christine is seen as she works at her desk. A series of photos in full screen is shown in succession. The first photo shows Christine with a female colleague posing in an outdoor setting with bricked pathway and metal railings in the background. The next photo is of Christine at a company event with another female colleague in front of an LED screen displaying an artwork, as Christine poses with a thumbs up while her colleague does the Korean heart sign bringing together her thumb and pointer finger to create a ‘heart’. Following that, another photo of Christine standing at an event abroad as she takes a selfie with a female companion. A wide-angle photo of Christine standing amidst a crowd at an event hall, wearing their Shell uniforms as several of the people are holding long poles with several country flags attached at the end. A couple of toms drums are also seen as individuals are seen playing them. After, a video of Christine is then seen talking towards the camera at her desk. To end the montage, a photo of Christine seated in chairs amongst three other people facing towards a group of people as she talks to them one of the panels during a company event.
[Transition]
Panels of solid colors patterned as blue-orange-blue in the Shell brand colors animates in from the top of the screen to cover the whole screen as it goes towards the bottom of the screen and out of frame.
Christine
With Shell, I’ve experienced growth beyond my imagination.
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I’ve experienced growth beyond my imagination
[Video footage]
A video displays a group of four individuals seated around a small round table with Christine among them, against a backdrop of floor-to-ceiling windows showing an outdoor atrium of the Shell office. The next video is a close-up of Christine in the midst of a laugh with her eyes closing and hand over her mouth. A side-view angle of Christine seated beside a male colleague is seen next as she’s talking to someone outside of the frame. Following that, a shot of Christine standing in front of her desk as she talks and gestures to someone out of frame.
Christine
From becoming an aspiring leader to being an actual leader at a young age. That is truly special.
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from becoming an aspiring leader to being an actual leader
[Background music plays]
Music ends with a definitive note to signal the end before the Shell brand mnemonic plays.
[Video footage and animated sequence]
Over medium footage of Christine talking towards the camera, standing in an outdoor setting with trees and grass around, a yellow line draws the shape of a Pecten, and text displays below this. Then, concentric Pecten shapes pulsate out from the original shape until the frame is filled with radiating Pecten shapes.
[Audio]
Shell brand mnemonic played on strings.
[Text displays]
Find out more
shell.com.my/careers
[Animated sequence]
The small classic red and yellow Pecten transitions in to display at frame-center against a white background.
