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Job Title
Urban Outfitters Summer 2018 Internships - Women's Apparel Design
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Region
Northeast
Reference Number
67640
Position type
Freelance/Contract
Category
Apparel
Job Function
Design - Fashion / Product
Intern / Entry-Level
Experience level
Internship

Urban Outfitters Summer 2018 Internships - Women's Apparel Design

DESIGN - APPAREL

Are you interested in an internship in Philly with URBN for the summer of 2018?  Now is your chance! We are currently accepting applications to receive an invitation to the URBN Internship Interview Day that will take place in early January 2018.

 

 

CREATOR: You are innovative, inventive, artistic, and detail oriented.

 

Design Intern Responsibilities

 

  • Assist in the development of product
  • Organize samples and trims
  • Set up and maintain design books
  • Work with overseas factory shipments

 

 

Qualifications

 

  • Hand sketching skills as well as ability to sketch or to communicate design ideas via CAD
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with partners in Merchandising, Buying, Production, and Design
  • Ability to respond to business objectives with creative, innovative, and cost-effective design solutions
  • Ability to research and report on industry trend direction, color direction, and fabric innovations approximately 9-12 months ahead of season
  • Ability to recognize and accurately forecast fashion and cultural trends as they relate to the target customer

 

 

What to Submit

 

(1) Resume

 

(2) Spring 2018 Design Brief (8.5 X 11 PDF)

  • Study our customer and design a concept board for the Spring 2018 season showing a fashion trend based upon your understanding of our customer and product (can focus on soft woven blouses, dresses, structured wovens, or knits - or a variety of these).
  • The board should touch upon trending fashion silhouettes, pattern direction, and color palette.  Please include image tears, trims, knit downs, fabric qualities, or anything you feel is relevant to convey your point of view.
  • Create 3-5 hand-drawn figure sketches based around this idea to demonstrate your research abilities, ability to develop a concept, as well as your artistic hand.
  • This is the creative part of the application so have fun with it!

 

***Please be sure to include your portfolio and/or links to your personal web site for us to check out!!***

 

 

How to Submit

 

·         Please create 1 PDF that contains the two pieces of your application (resume and design project) and upload it to the Resume section of your online application.

Once you have submitted your complete application online you will receive an email invitation to complete a video interview for the position. This video interview must be completed within 2 days from the time you receive the invitation so be on the lookout for the video interview email.

 

***Please note it may take up to 2 weeks to receive the video interview invitation from our system, so please be patient!***

 

The “Fine Print”

 

Applications must be received by Sunday, December 3rd, 6PM ESTApplications received after the deadline or those that are incomplete are not guaranteed to be reviewed.

 

***Please DO NOT apply for more than one Brand and/or internship position – if you do so your application will be disqualified.***

 

 If you are selected for an in person interview, you will be notified on or before December 20th, 2017 with the details for our Internship Interview Day. If you are unable to attend our recruiting day, we will try to accommodate you at another time, but cannot guarantee it. You MUST be selected for an interview in order to attend the recruiting day – if you aren’t on the list, you won’t get to interview with us. Sorry, no exceptions.

 

Thanks for your interest in the URBN Inc. Internship Program!