New Fashion Interns/Jobs!

Okay, as promised her are some new jobs and internships now available in the fashion industry. I'll continue to post more when I hear about them!

Lacoste Summer Marketing Intern (NY)
Lacoste is an over 75-year old upscale wholesale and retail French apparel company specializing in men’s, women’s and children’s sportswear, eyewear, watches and accessories. Lacoste merchandise is known around the world for its quality, innovation and international appeal. Recognized for its signature crocodile logo — born in 1927 as a nickname for founder and world champion tennis player René Lacoste, who promptly emblazoned one on his tennis blazer — Lacoste revolutionized the world of tennis apparel and sportswear with the introduction of the famous pique knit polo.

For students interested in fashion marketing, public relations and event planning. Students will participate in:

Marketing
o E-mail calendar updates

o Lacoste.com homepage and landing page images

o Copy for lacoste.com

o Direct mail analysis

o Email marketing analysis (ratio & revenue)

Advertising
Competitive research

Updating Co-op advertising collateral

Maintain and update advertising rate charts

Public Relations
Regular maintenance of sample closet

Tracking of product lending for stylists and magazine editors

Maintaining and updating editorial credit books

Maintaining and updating editorial and celebrity contacts

Assisting with packaging and sendout of celebrity sendouts

Maintaining and updating magazine and masthead database

Events
Assist in setup and execution of internal sales meeting

Assist in events with magazines & outside organizations, including planning & execution

Lacoste Spring 2011 Fashion show in Bryant Park

Assist in setup and execution of US Open Suite
- Proficient in EXCEL and WORD for Windows, FileMaker PRO a plus
- Extremely detail oriented and organized
- Self motivated and takes initiative
- Previous intern experience especially in marketing or a magazine is a plus
- Understanding of retail seasons and delivery flow a plus
- Excellent analytical and communication skills

The student MUST receive school credit, please do not apply if you cannot receive school credits
This is an unpaid internship for start June 1st or sooner. You must be available minimum 3 full days a week.
Please send resumes to internships@lacoste-usa.com
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Online Advertising (Potrero Hill)

This will be for 10-20 hours per week. And will be a paid internship.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated student interested in earning valuable industry experience! The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the design, development, and launch of digital ads for a wide range of top-tier brands.

Company Description:

Kontera delivers the most relevant In-Text Advertising & Related Information solutions online. Kontera’s patented technology performs real-time semantic analysis of content and other information to dynamically hyper-link the terms that most accurately represent and predict user-intent and engagement. For more about Kontera, visit: www.kontera.com

Primary duties:

- Creating mockups of digital ad units (i.e., banners)

- Editing third-party ad units, translating them from ActionScript 3 to ActionScript 2

- Repairing flash animation on third party ad units and embedding tags.

- Must be available to work on location for up to 19 hours/week

Skills/Experience:

- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite: PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash

- Demonstrated experience in digital graphic design

- Ability to create mockups of digital ad units (i.e., banners) based on descriptions, wireframes, and examples

- Strong working knowledge and a willingness to learn ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3

- Experience in advertising (print or digital) a PLUS

- Interest in advertising a huge PLUS!

- Must be organized and comfortable working in a structured environment

- Must be able to work quickly and efficiently to meet deadlines
Reply to: job-zswte-1660863580@craigslist.org
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Fashion Intern (NY)


I am looking for an intern for to work for a well known, established fashion company. It is for a new line that recently launched and is becoming huge! Tasks include tracking samples borrowed by fashion magazines, stylists, and celebrity publicists. Maintaining showroom appearence, maintaining lists of major accounts, assisting with various research projects, assisting at trade shows, assiting the vice president and account manager with all tasks and projects, and much more!

Candidate must have amazing organizational skills, be extremely outgoing and communicate effectively, and must have a strong interest in fashion! Candidate must also be computer savvy and proficient with microsoft excel.

Unpaid internship, school credit available if needed.
Minimum 3-5 days a week, from 10am-6pm.
Send resume to Akusherman@gmail.com
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Zac Posen Admin Intern (NY)


We are looking for an administrative intern to manage the front desk as well as interact with each department company wide. The ideal candidate must be poised, well spoken, and have exceptional phone and writing skills. In addition strong organizational skills, an ability to take direction and knowledge of general office management is required.

Must be available immediately, Must have open availability. Also this is a Non-Paid internship.If interested, please email resume to the address below for consideration.

Hr@zacposen.com
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Karla Otto PR Intern (NY)
Public Relations Internship at Karla Otto Inc.

Internship Location: Chelsea, NY
Karla Otto Inc. is a leading fashion public relations firm with offices in Milan, Paris, London, New York, and Los Angeles. We are currently seeking part-time and full-time interns to start immediately in our New York office located in West Chelsea. The offices of Karla Otto represent highly respected European and American clients such as Chanel, Christian Dior, Celine, Hussein Chalayan, Marni, and Thakoon. Interns will be assisting both the pressroom and logistics departments.

Daily responsibilities include:

-managing and organizing the company showroom

-clothing sample organization and tracking

-magazine clipping and scanning

-basic office tasks
We ask that you have good communication and organization skills, a great work ethic, ability to work efficiently, and a can-do attitude. You will be working with a very welcoming and friendly office that is eager to share their knowledge of the industry.
Overall, this internship opportunity will be a great way to gain insight into the fast-paced and exciting world of fashion. Experience is a plus, however, we always welcome anyone who is eager to learn and work hard for the sake of fashion.

If you are interested, please forward a short cover letter and recent resume to showroomny@karlaotto.com