Retail Marketing Internship - Spring 2024

Monday, November 27, 2023


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=1b0a7e5d-53ea-4185-a8a1-fa92fc6e9124

 

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:

 PR

• Sample trafficking and image requests
• Update credit reports and contact spreadsheets
• BlueCherry orders for bloggers, editors, etc
• Assisting in influencer seeding & proposing new relationships

Social Media

• Assist social team in brainstorming campaign ideas and with day to day projects for all social
platforms
• Community management on Facebook, Twitter and TikTok
• Assist in creating presentations for senior leadership regarding analytics, audience growth, and
competitive analysis
• Contribute to social media posts and ideas including images, videos, captions and helping to create
a content calendar.
• Work with the team to help develop a Twitter strategy and schedule
• Monitoring social media activity created by vineyard vines retail stores nationwide for consistency
and brand integrity

 Retail Marketing:

• Assist in cross-functional communication and preparation between the marketing department and retail stores to ensure planning and execution of store marketing events from conception to conclusion
• Reviews and approves in-store-events, in-home shopping parties, and auction item requests for retail stores
• Must be able to respond to all store requests in a timely fashion
• Review and records results from store activations and retail events
• Responsible for updating the weekly events newsletter for District Managers & Retail Leadership
• Assists stores with anniversary parties

 Sponsorship & Events:

• Research & provide recommendations for new event opportunities
• Assist with logistics & planning for vineyard vines sponsored events

What you bring:

• An interest in Marketing and fashion
• Knowledge of social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Majoring in Marketing /Communications
• A passion for the vineyard vines brand and lifestyle
• Great communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Flexibility and open-mindedness
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential company materials
• Strong interpersonal communication
• Ability to plan, manage time, and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback
• 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!