Visual Merchandising Intern (Fall 2024)

Position

Loro Piana is an Italian luxury Maison established in 1924, known for creating the finest quality textiles, ready-to-wear collections, accessories, and bespoke garments. Our dedication to exceptional craftsmanship and use of the world’s finest raw materials positions us a leader in the luxury industry. As an iconic Maison within the LVMH group, we uphold a strong commitment to unparalleled quality and excellence.

General Purpose of the Position:

The Visual Merchandising Intern will partner with the Windows and Special Project Manager in order to support select processes leading up to the final execution of brand creativity across all business channels in collaboration with global teams and local vendors including: worldwide and special window concepts, pop-ups, pop-ins, collection events, store openings, and guest facing and internal communication. In addition to creative projects, they will support the Windows and Special Project Manager in following up on VM department operational activities: calendars, reports, inventories, and team administration. The Visual Merchandising intern is a team player with a can-do attitude and has a eagerness to learn.

Job Responsibilities

• Support select activities related to window installations and special activations, across all business channels, by aiding in the following: calendar updates, installation updates, creative asset inventory and tracking documents, creating select photo reports, on-site hands-on support during creative installations and special events.
• Support select operational activities within the VM department, by aiding in the following: calendar updates, creative asset inventory and organization, creative sample organization and tracking, VM tool organization and inventory, uploading and organizing window and visual merchandising documents/guidelines to select digital channels.
• Support in developing and delivering all collection events including in-store retail and wholesale trunk shows and caravans as well as offsite special collaborations. Support includes: calendar updates, VM installation guide distribution, tool order coordination, logistic partnership, and help with on-site installation.
• Offer hands-on support during monthly Visual Merchandising rotations within the New York market, by aiding in: VM tool implementation, collection preparation, and collection placement
• Support with select tool and creative orders for store openings, renovations, and touch ups in partnership with local VM team members as well as Store Planning in-line with budget and opening timeline.
• Support with new tool introduction and implementation in stores by supporting on-site delivery in NY market, monitoring logistics, distribution of tracking and guidelines related to new tool implementation, and communication with the NA VM network to ensure implementation.
• Help prepare and distribute window, visual merchandising, and VM tool guidelines needed to launch and execute brand image in-store Pop-ins and Off-site Pop-ups via internal digital channels.
• Communicate and collect information efficiently and effectively by determining the best digital channel as well as available resources.
• Support in ensuring select operational and project requests are completed
  
  

Profile

Skills and Abilities required:

• Bachelor’s degree in progress
• Visual learner, visually engaged and detail oriented
• Passionately driven, goal oriented, and consistently takes initiative
• Great organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work well independently and within functional and cross-functional teams
• Desires to work collaboratively and enjoys relationship management
• Fast learner and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Excellent computer skills and Adobe user
  
  

Compensation

Additional information

Loro Piana uses the published salary range as a guideline to provide our employees with market-competitive pay while allowing for flexibility to recognize and reward various levels of expertise, performance, and tenure.

While the published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, Loro Piana reserves the right to pay outside of the published salary range of $20 USD per hour.

EEO Statement

We strive to create a culture of inclusion where everyone has a sense of belonging. Our goal is to ensure that our outreach and recruiting efforts generate diverse identities and perspectives that will be valued and can thrive. We are continuously assessing our employee and candidate populations to identify ways to ensure they are all-encompassing and equitable.