Centric Brands Looking for CENTRIC BRANDS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR DESIGNERS at New York, New York Full Time

CENTRIC BRANDS

SUMMER 2022 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR DESIGNERS

BE CREATIVE | BE CURIOUS | BE COLLABORATIVE

Centric Brands is excited to invite the next generation of creative, curious, and collaborative designers to join us for the SUMMER OF 2022 internship program. Rising Juniors, Seniors and Recent Graduates are eligible to apply for a summer position.

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets, and sells high-quality products in the kids, men’s and women’s apparel, accessories, beauty, and entertainment categories. Our portfolio includes over 100 owned and licensed brands including Calvin Klein®, Tommy Hilfiger®, Under Armour®, Joe’s Jeans®, Hervé Léger®, Kate Spade®, Timberland®, Disney®, Marvel®, Nickelodeon®, Zac Posen®, Hudson®, Robert Graham®, and Taste Beauty®.

Design Interns accepted into our SUMMER 2022 paid ten (10) week program will:

• Work closely with our brand focused design teams and businesses,
• Collaborate on innovative team projects,
• Attend business focused, brand focused and career focused learning sessions and
• Participate in our volunteer and socially conscious programs – including our philanthropic and diversity & inclusion committees.

Responsibilities:

• Research and identify trend directions; perform competitive analysis; design concepts, presentation boards for meetings, mock-ups, color-ups, inspirational photos
• Execute development of initial seasonal design category in context of larger assortment and cost structure
• Create Illustrator sketches; review specification sheets; ensure accuracy of product development logs, line sheets, boards and design archives library; ensure maintenance of designs in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system or shared drives.
• Design according to style plans, sales needs and emerging trends; ensure timely execution of product development calendar.
• Work on predevelopment in trend and new techniques with PD department.
• Review samples, provide comments and solutions to problems as well as price challenges without sacrificing the look and perceived value of product.
• Innovate in silhouettes, ideas, strategy and guide the evolution of the brand through new ideation.
• Coordinate follow-up with internal and external customers and partners, including technical design, production and vendors; manager interoffice communication.
• Creativity, technical capability and sensibility for merchandising; ability to sketch by hand and on the computer.

Skills and Requirements

• Knowledge of current market trends
• Proficient in the following software applications-
• Adobe illustrator and Photoshop
• Mac and PC skills, Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to work in NYC for the full 10-week program from June 6th to August 12th.
• Superior organizational skills and excellent communication skills; team oriented.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines; highly detail oriented, meticulous and creative.
• Creativity, innovative, technical capability and entrepreneurial mindset

Centric Brands is an equal opportunity employer.