Company: Vineyard Vines Apparel
Location: Stanford, CT
Position: Internship
Department: Merchandising and Digital Retailing

Apply online at https://recruiting.ultipro.com/VIN1003VINE/JobBoard/40482047-a7f3-434d-bd61-d246ea779eaa/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=4e7226f9-9092-40ed-ae47-d2abe527c73c

We’re on the lookout for highly motivated college students, in good academic standing, who are passionate about our brand and working toward a career in the retail industry. Interns will be responsible for assisting in day-to-day operations within their designated department, providing support to other departments as needed, as well as handling administrative tasks throughout the office.

You Will:

• Assist the wholesale department in driving sales by supporting accounts with order entry, copy forms, digital images and daily account maintenance
• Attend seasonal trade shows and in house Showroom appointments to support teams 
• Work in NuOrder to create sales collateral and update with compelling information weekly
• Analyze department store business with weekly selling reports, order analysis and market appointment support
• Prospect new accounts who would be a good fit for the vineyard vines brand
• Work closely with sales and merchandising team to assemble seasonal sample sets
• Build relationships with accounts by hosting in store events and special selling days
• Spearhead a season long special project to drive wholesale business
• Demonstrates the ability to carefully listen to others at all levels of the organization
• Strong time management, prioritization and organizational skills
• Understands and adheres to all policies related to the organization
• Take on ad-hoc projects as needed

What you bring:

• Working towards a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in Excel
• Detail oriented
• Displays a sense of urgency with directions from others
• Strong interpersonal communication
• Ability to plan, manage time, and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Organizational and management skills are essential as well as the ability to multitask and work on multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines
• Competition and industry awareness
• Commitment to career and self-growth of self and others
• Team focused, confident, and professional
• Creative, adaptive, entrepreneurial and driven by integrity
• Leads by example
• Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback
• Passion for the vineyard vines brand
• A positive and enthusiastic attitude

Every-day should feel this good because:

• We have a fun-entrepreneurial culture filled with truly “good” people
• We offer flexible scheduling and are happy to work around your class schedule
• On occasional Thursday’s we have Bagels and Big Ideas where you can learn something new from executive leaders
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat

A few things you should know:

• This internship is for credit only and you must be able to provide the appropriate paperwork from your school in order to be considered
• Able to come into the office on either Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursday (2x a week)
• We work with your class and extracurricular schedule to determine your internship schedule. Please note: we recommend working two full 8 hour days and one 4 hour half day
• This spring internships can be up to 15 weeks long with a max of 20 hours per week
• Spring internship slated to start the week of January 29, 2024
• With a growing number of applicants each year, this is a highly competitive Internship program. Please feel free to add additional information to your application such as a link to your blog, LinkedIn, your portfolio, or any other relevant project to show your passion!