Every Fall Internship Should Feel This Good!
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.
About us:
vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.
vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every Day Should Feel This Good.
You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every Day Should Feel This Good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.
In our stores and at our Harbor Drive headquarters, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.
Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.
We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in the daily concept and creation of in market assets, including site, email, and social channels
- Collaborate with the Creative Team on content lifecycle management for the season including sampling process, PDP asset creation and management, campaign and content capture, and in-market deliverables.
- Assist with campaign concepting, casting, location scouting, production processes, art direction, final selection, and sign-off.
- Work with the social creative team to concept and create best in channel assets across all social channels and activations.
- Take on ad-hoc projects as needed
- Willingness to share and contribute creative ideas
What you bring:
- Working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop is a plus
- Candidates must have a “can-do” attitude, strong attention to detail and be comfortable in a fast paced environment
- Well-organized, talented and enthusiastic
- Proactive in their approach, look for opportunities to improve upon existing structures and find creative ways to utilize best practices
- Demonstrate the ability to carefully listen to others at all levels of the organization
- Strong time management, prioritization and organizational skills
- Understand and adhere to all policies related to the organization
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 Monday, 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.
- Fall internships can be up to 15 weeks long with a max of 20 hours per week
- Fall internships slated to start early to mid-September
- 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!
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Skills Required
- Working toward a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or equivalent experience
- Provide internship-for-credit paperwork from school
- Able to come into the office 2x per week (Mon-Thurs availability)
- Knowledge of Adobe InDesign
- Knowledge of Photoshop
- Can-do attitude, strong attention to detail, comfortable in a fast-paced environment
- Well-organized, talented, and enthusiastic
- Proactive approach; seeks opportunities to improve existing structures and practices
- Demonstrated ability to listen carefully to others at all levels
- Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
- Understand and adhere to company policies
What We Do
vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 100 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is also carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US. At vineyard vines we pride ourselves on Shep & Ian’s philosophy that “every day should feel this good” and “if you’re doing what you love, you’ll be successful”. Now is an exciting time to join vineyard vines. In order to keep-up with our growing and evolving business needs, we need smart and talented individuals to join our crew and help us to drive the good life! vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that "Every day should feel this good." This state of mind is something that all people experience at some point. Those moments are different for all of us, but they are important because they're uniquely ours. EDSFTG is at the core of our culture and allows us to celebrate the differences that tie us together. These different backgrounds are what make us stronger as a team, and it is why we are passionate about creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where every team member can bring their true self to work. We are committed to building a diverse Team across all channels, departments, and stores within our community. Won't you join us and share your EDSFTG moment?
