Intern, Brand Marketing - Skin

Job ID: 176982 
Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174)
Address: 525 Market St, 32nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type (Regular/Temporary): Intern/Trainee
Job Function: Marketing

 

Position: Intern, Brand Marketing - Skin

Location: Sephora Field Support Center (FSC) – San Francisco, CA

Rate of Pay: $22/hr 

Duration: Summer Internship, June to August

 

Prime your career at Sephora

At Sephora, we believe our single most important asset is our people, and we are committed to attracting top talent at every level, across the entire organization. If you’re looking for a summer of copying, filing, and coffee pouring, this is not for you! As a Sephora Intern, you can expect true, hands-on experience that includes contributing to a project that will have a direct impact on business results. As an added bonus, you will enjoy our employee discount during the duration of your internship! Make sure you check out our FAQ before applying.

 

Brand Marketing / Marketing

Our Marketing organization includes a strategic team of big thinkers and creatives who truly work interdependently. Whether supporting our digital initiatives, planning our sampling program, or advising brands on how to win at Sephora from a marketing standpoint, we are constantly finding ways to underscore our promise to partner with our clients to make the beauty world feel like it’s theirs—and our place as the industry leader. The pace is fast, the learning is constant…but as part of a team this driven, the possibilities are endless.

 

As a brand marketing intern you will:

• Develop a competitive research deck on top players in the wellness space and make recommendations on how the category at Sephora can be built. 

• Analyze and report on Sephora’s client profiler and brand ROI for the Beauty Insider program. Prepare data to help make recommendations and sell brands on continued investment.

• Assists in procuring and managing Beauty Insider sampling and promotional plans for brands.

• Network with industry leaders and peers. Our Sephora executives are committed to investing in our interns and want to hear from you. Interns can expect to attend meetings with top leaders in the company. 

• Get exposure to cross-functional teams. Sephora has a highly collaborative culture so you are encouraged and expected to work closely with other related teams such as campaign & content, promotions, loyalty, merchandising business analytics and brand partners.

• Develop, grow, and have fun 

 

What you will accomplish:  

• Lead or assist on projects using a hands-on approach

• Contribute to developing the clean skincare and wellness category at Sephora

• Start to gain marketing knowledge and experience in the beauty industry

• Learn from the best by interacting with a dynamic team of professionals
   

To help ensure success, we are requiring the following characteristics, skills and experiences:

 

Education and experience:

• Currently working on completion of Bachelor’s degree in related field (Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Advertising) and is currently a junior or senior in credit hours

• Attention to detail is a must

• Organized and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Powerpoint, Word
   

Characteristics:

• Ambitious 

• Innovative

• Comfortable with ambiguity

• Self-starter

• Data/insights driven

• Passion for Sephora, our programs, clients, store associates, and marketing

• Excellent communicator

• Strong digital, social media and non-traditional marketing background a plus

 

Time Commitment:

• Hours: 32 (expected to be physically in the office 4 days every week during standard business hours)

 

Working at Sephora’s Field Support Center (FSC)

Our North American operations are based in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District, but you won’t hear us call it a headquarters – it’s the Field Support Center (FSC). At the FSC, we support our stores in providing the best possible experience for every client. Dedicated teams cater to our client’s every need by creating covetable assortments, curated content, compelling storytelling, smart strategy, skillful analysis, expert training, and more. It takes a lot of curious and confident individuals, disrupting the status quo and taking chances. The pace is fast, the fun is furious, and the passion is real. We never rest on our laurels. Our motto? If it’s not broken, fix it.

 

 

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. 

 

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

 

 

 

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
SEPHORA has been changing the face of prestige cosmetics since its debut in 1970s Paris. Sephora was acquired by luxury group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) in 1997 then launched stateside in 1998, and is currently home to 200 world-class brands - including its own private label, SEPHORA COLLECTION. Sephora's curated assortment features more than 14,000 products including makeup, skin care, perfume, hair care, body, professional tools and more. Sephora is the beauty education hub, offering consultations at the Beauty Studio, a variety of complimentary classes, one-on-one service from Personal Beauty Advisors, and exclusive retail technology SKINCARE IQ, COLOR IQ, and FRAGRANCE IQ. Sephora is an international force in beauty, and its award-winning website and ever-growing presence on social-media make it the world's premier digital beauty destination.

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