Public Relations Intern (Chicago)

Company: Grace PR
Email: careers@gracePRgroup.com
Website: www.gracePRgroup.com
Internship Location: Chicago
Details of Internship:
Grace Public Relations offers a summer internship at its office in Chicago. The internship program is specifically designed to introduce students and recent graduates to all aspects of working in a boutique lifestyle public relations firm. The internship program offers a exceptional opportunity to be involved in all aspects of being a Grace PR employee.

Grace PR seeks candidates who are eager to learn about the public relations field, strong oral and written communicators and strategic thinkers.

General Information: This internship is offered for Summer 2009. Interns may receive academic credit for their college or university.

Application Procedures: Candidates must submit their resume and cover letter to careers@gracePRgroup.com for review.

Posted by Mary

“FASHION FORWARD” RESEARCH INTERN, New York

Company: SRO, llc

Job Position: Intern
Location: New York, New York
Compensation: Unpaid

Length of time: (Summer position)

This position is for an energetic, committed person with a specific interest in fair trade (as it relates to the garment industry), fashion and textiles. Because this position will require extensive research, including online, over the phone, and sometimes face-to-face, a background in research and ability to really dig down deep is a prerequisite. (This research is not the type of research that you normally do in order to write consumer-based articles, but real market research that gets to the root of the answers).

I will be traveling for part of the summer, so intern will work collaboratively with my core team, but will at times need to work without direction. I’m all about someone bringing something extra cool and different to the table.

Approximate hours/week: Anywhere from 3 days a week to 5 days a week (occasionally can work from home as long as work is complete).

Qualifications:

- An interest in textiles, trade and fashion
- An interest or passion for sustainability
- Great writing competency and communication skills
- Great research skills (i.e. library, trade reports, science journals; access to college resources is highly preferred)

Application process: Concise cover letter + resume + Career History Form (if no “career” options, please put your activities and describe)

Posted by Ashley Eslick

Be&D Summer 09 Internship

SUMMER 2009 INTERNSHIP

We are a young high-end accessory company based in Midtown Manhattan. Design, Sampling, Sales, Press and Production are handled wit

hin our corporate offices, and interns will accordingly gain exposure to many aspects of the luxury accessories business.

We are seeking highly organized, detail-oriented and numbers-oriented candidates with a strong desire to learn for our Sales/Marketing department, which encompasses wholesale, retail (web store), marketing and press functions. Full and part-time internships are available for Summer 2009, from the end of May/June through August.

One should have a passion for accessories and the fashion industry, but more importantly a positive attitude and willingness to learn. Wholesale is the business side of fashion, where branding, market analysis and customer relationships are developed and supported on a quarterly calendar, centered around sales market four times per year in New York City and Paris, France.

RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to)

• Assist with Cruise ‘10 footwear and accessory sales market scheduling and preparation, including linesheet creation, sample inventory/photography, showroom merchandising and presentation

• Support sales in the post-market responsibilities of order review/correction and order entry

• Help to maintain ongoing wholesale distribution analysis, including research of potential new accounts

• Assist in the management of press requests and press organization

• Participate in store visits with wholesale team to New York City locations such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Intermix and Bloomingdales for product knowledge seminars and maintenance of merchandising standards

• General sales assistance such as selling organization and analysis (from major and boutique accounts), RA/RTV and reorder processing and maintenance of web store orders and appearance

IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL POSSESS

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel, knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop a plus

• Previous internship experience in relevant field

• Excellent follow-through and organizational skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• The desire/intent to pursue a career in the fashion industry

This is an exciting opportunity to gain exposure to and hands-on experience in all facets of a luxury accessories brand from design to sales. This is an UNPAID internship, though college credit is available where accepted by a candidate’s curriculum. Be & D is happy to tailor this experience to meet the needs of one’s individual program requirements, so please do not hesitate to inquire or to provide our contact information to your school’s guidance office or career center. Students finishing their Sophomore or Junior years are preferred.

TO APPLY

Please email cover letter and resume (.doc and .pdf formats only) to pam@beandd.com, specifying your availability during the months of May – August 2009. Sorry, no phone calls.

Posted By: Antonia Huang

Virtual Goods Internship

Virtual apparel is a burgeoning market. In 2008, more than $2.6 billion dollars of virtual goods were sold in virtual worlds, games, and immersive spaces just in China alone. This figure is expected to double in 2009. Avatar apparel – clothing, accessories, and footwear worn by avatars – is a huge part of these sales. Until now, there have been no programs specifically intended to help new designers become established in this area.

Fashion Research Institute is pleased to announce 6 avatar apparel design internships to be conducted wholly in the immersive workspace it maintains in Second Life. Interns will work directly with the CEO of Fashion Research Institute, Shenlei Winkler.

The focus of the internship is to develop specific skills for virtual goods development, specifically apparel with a lesser focus on accessories and footwear. The intent of the internship is to assist interns to develop private design practices where they can create and sell their virtual goods. Interns are provided with classroom space, creation space, and store front space on the heavily trafficked Shengri La regions in Second Life. This is an ideal internship for aggressive, bright, talented individuals who want to learn the ins and outs of virtual goods design, including how to develop their own label. Annual sales for individual designers range but can top $125,000 a year in cash.

These internships will begin June 9 and run until August 25. Interns are expected to commit a minimum of 6-8 hours a week to the internship, with formal training sessions provided on Tuesday evenings from 6-10 pm ET. Interns must commit to being present at these training sessions. Direction is provided only in English.

Requirements:

Interns must provide their own Internet access and computer hardware and software sufficient to allow them access to the Institute’s classroom and facilities in the immersive Second Life regions of Shengri La. Interns must have experience with and access to Photoshop (not provided). Interns must have a Second Life avatar account (available free), and are solely responsible for any fees related to their Second Life account. Interns must also have a Skype account (also free).

Although the location of these internships is purely virtual (thereby saving travel & commutation expenses and reducing the carbon footprint of all involved), the level of instruction is not. Interns who successfully complete the 12 week long program will receive a certificate of completion and may be eligible for admission into the Fashion Research Institute incubation program.

Applicants may be design students, recent graduates, or currently unemployed designers who need to retrain and learn new skills.

To apply, send your resume with 1-2 fashion images you have sketched or illustrated along with contact information to admin @ fashionresearchinstitute.com.

About Shenlei Winkler:

Shenlei Winkler (Shenlei Flasheart in SL) is a 30 year veteran of the fashion industry. Her work spans both couture and mass market design and development for the real life apparel industry. A successful designer, her lifetime sales of her real life apparel designs have now reached more than $70 million USD, with more than 25 million-dollar styles in her portfolio. Her couture work has appeared extensively on stage and movie screen. Winkler has also enjoyed success in Second Life, where she has designed fashion since 2005, with three popular brands including Prim & Proper (one of the top 400 Second Life earners in 2006), Flash & Trash, and Debutante. Her educational background includes three design degrees, including two from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology. Currently, she is the CEO and founder of the Fashion Research Institute which is focused on researching and developing virtualization technologies with particular emphasis for the apparel industry. Her research areas include content licensing for virtual goods, virtualization of enterprise in immersive workspaces, OpenSim enterprise application development, and user immersion in virtual worlds.

Posted By: Antonia Huang

Buzz Girls PR Internship

The Buzz Girls is a network of tastemaker women in the lifestyle and entertainment industries. We host monthly events, where we strive to create an environment where influential tastemakers connect, while providing products with the opportunity to be introduced and sampled by this prominent audience.
Internship Description
We need an intern to assist with organizing and running events. Including faxing, making calls, stuffing giftbags, organizing office, etc. This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to learn all the different elements involved with hosting an event.

Additional Info
Excellent telephone manner a must!!!!

Semester : FALL - SPRING - SUMMER
Hours : 10 hours per week

Posted By: Antonia Huang

Giant Magazine Design Interns

GIANT Magazine, a bi-monthly publication focused on urban “celebrity, style and culture,” is searching for a design intern to assist our art department.

We are looking for a detail-oriented individual with design/photo research/production experience. Ideal candidates will be proficient in Adobe CS3 InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop; be art/design school students or new graduates; have excellent typographic, photo selection and layout skills; be highly organized and have the ability to multi-task. Knowledge of electronic pre-press file preparation a plus.

Candidates should be available to work for two months, at least two days a week.

Email steven.psyllos@giantmag.com if interested.

Posted By: Antonia Huang

NY - Triple 5 Soul Design & Sales Internships

Design Internship

The intern’s main responsibilities will consist of creating and updating the CADs and line sheets by using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

The CADs are the style sheets of the collection containing the flat sketches of each style and the color ways. These flat sketches will be inserted into the line sheets to create a catalog for the buyers.

Furthermore, the intern will be supporting the design team with finding inspirational images, research for the new collections as well as administrative tasks.

Overall we expect the intern to be enthusiastic, organized and have a good eye for the detail.

This is a non-paid internship.

Work hours and days depend on the credits the student wishes to acquire.

The training will take place in our Manhattan office.

The work site is accessible by public transport.

Please reply to apalmer@osaus.com

Sales Intern

The intern’s main responsibility will be merchandising samples in our show room and flagship store. This will consist of preparing the space for buyers, dressing mannequins and caring for samples.

Overall we expect the intern to be enthusiastic, organized and have a good eye for detail.

This is a non-paid internship.

Work hours and days depend on the credits the student wishes to acquire.

The training will take place in our Manhattan office.

The work site is accessible by public transport.

Please reply to apalmer@osaus.com

Posted By: Antonia Huang