The Role
Supports new product development through beauty, packaging, sustainability, consumer, market, and competitor research. Creates mood boards, contributes to product concepts and storytelling, presents recommendations, supports packaging artwork and brand guidelines, coordinates community testing and focus groups, captures feedback, maintains product development trackers, manages samples, and organizes testing areas.
Summary Generated by Built In
REFY are seeking a motivated and proactive intern to join our New Product Development team. As a NPD intern, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in product and market research, testing, design and conceptualisation within a fast growing, forward thinking environment. You will help develop world first products that cut through the market to simplify your routine and deliver high performance results and quality.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Researching beauty, accessory, packaging, sustainability and consumer trends to inspire future innovation.
- Conducting market research and competitor shops to identify trends and opportunities for REFY.
- Creating inspiring mood boards that feed into product concepts and storytelling.
- Presenting findings to the PD team with clear recommendations on what this means for REFY.
- Supporting the Design & Artwork Exec with packaging artwork updates and brand guideline maintenance.
- Supporting the team in booking and running community testing sessions and focus groups.
- Testing products with our community, capturing feedback, images and insights to present back.
- Assisting with PD admin including updating product decks, boards and development trackers.
- Tracking, organising and sending new product samples to support smooth workflow across projects.
- Maintaining an organised, stocked and hygienic PD room and testing area, and archiving development samples.
ABOUT YOU
- Proficiency in Google Suite/Microsoft Office
- An interest in the cosmetic industry with a willingness to learn about product development
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Cosmetic Science, Marketing, Product Design, Chemistry or a related field
- A proactive and collaborative mindset, with strong communication and teamwork abilities.
- Confident using the Adobe Suite, but mainly Illustrator.
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
About
Aspirational Yet Understated: We are an aspirational brand and workforce that pushes boundaries and disrupts the market in an understated way.Community First: We prioritise community and collaboration. Lead Don't Follow: We champion innovation and initiative, creating an environment where people are empowered to lead and bring ideas to the table.Live. Laugh. Love: We believe in fostering a positive and enjoyable work environment, promoting a healthy work-life balance and encouraging laughter and love along the way.Your Most Confident Self: We believe in empowering our team members to bring their most confident and authentic selves to work.REFY are committed to fostering a workplace culture that embraces diversity and promotes inclusion. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees, workers and job applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability or age, or pregnancy. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels confident and empowered to lead with their ideas and contribute a unique perspective.
Skills Required
- Proficiency in Google Suite or Microsoft Office
- Interest in the cosmetics industry and willingness to learn product development
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Cosmetic Science, Marketing, Product Design, Chemistry, or a related field
- Proactive and collaborative mindset
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities
- Confidence using Adobe Suite, particularly Illustrator
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
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The Company
What We Do
REFY is a beauty brand launched in November 2020 by Jess Hunt and Jenna Meek. It creates innovative, versatile, vegan, cruelty-free and fragrance-free products designed to simplify beauty routines, solve everyday problems and help customers embrace their natural beauty. Its adaptable, buildable collections are sold through an expanding retail presence in the UK and internationally, including Selfridges and other leading retailers.
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