Home Design Internship - Virtual at Lands End Inc in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Job Description:

Our environment is customer focused and innovative. When you join Lands’ End, you will join over 5,000 talented individuals who are leaders, critical thinkers, accountable, curious, flexible, and results-minded all driving toward the same goal, to motivate customers and drive sales through multiple channels. Our 12-week summer Internship program is currently planned to be a virtual experience for 2021.
 
As a Lands’ End intern, you’ll join a diverse group of individuals from a variety of colleges, universities and areas of study for the summer experience. Some highlights of our internship program include: 
 

• Competitive salary


• Summer Hours


• Scholarship opportunities


• Team-building, networking activities including team projects, case competitions & career-building workshops


• Leadership and cross-functional learning opportunities


• Senior leader speaker series


• Merchandise discounts on Lands’ End products 

 
Our internship program is designed with future leaders in mind and serves as a pipeline for top talent. Participants in our program receive one-on-one mentorship while working alongside members of our Merchandising, Design, Creative, Inventory Planning, Marketing, E-commerce, Retail, Finance, Operations, Global Sourcing and Technical Design teams to complete initiatives that are key to our business success. You will learn to research and identify opportunities, perform business analysis, develop strategies and present your findings to senior leadership. You will quickly come to appreciate the complexities of growing a global, multi-channel retailer.  
 
The Intern experience at Lands’ End is a comprehensive development-based role, designed to facilitate a robust Design career path. Interns will be immersed in the various functions of the business that contribute to the broader scope of the Design model, gaining valuable hands-on experience in skill competency areas. Lands’ End interns will be placed in one of the product areas including women’s, men’s, kid’s, and non-apparel/accessories. Intern experiences and responsibilities include but not limited to trend and competitor research, technical flats and inspiration boards, visual set ups and presentations and fittings/returns analysis. 
 
Successful Design candidates should have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:
 

• Thorough understanding of textile construction as well as color and printing techniques.


• Strong industry knowledge and passion for the Lands’ End brand.


• Basic fit and pattern making skills.


• Passion for current fashion and emerging trends.


• Ability to work with a variety of work styles as well as the ability to work independently, flexible


• Instinct and passion for product and design, great product (taste level), and a strong product point of view.


• Customer-focused, results driven, analytical.


• Acute awareness of market trends (trend forecasting); can translate this into ideas for key items, profitable growth and measurable results.


• Innovative, critical thinker with the ability to continuously operate strategically and work cross-functionally.


• Strong leadership skills and communication skills, proven relationship builder.


• Working toward a degree in apparel design or related field

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