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Women's Design Intern

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:

• Assist design team with all aspects of the design process

• Organize samples and trims by maintaining trim library

• Sketch and update CADs in Illustrator after meetings and fittings

• Update and organize various binders for fabrics/CADs/trims/artwork

• Organize and file paperwork and samples

• Maintain functional and organized office space by helping to file paperwork, trims, fabrics and color swatches and hang/organize samples

• Demonstrate the ability to carefully listen to others at all levels in the organization

• Strong time management, prioritization and organizational skills

• Complete ad hoc projects and responsibilities as needed

What you bring:

• Attending school for design with a strong interest in women’s and girls’ apparel and or print/pattern design

• STRONG organizational skill

• Skilled in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

• Eager to learn

• 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 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!