Free People Design Intern - Femme Collections

Free People is seeking a Summer Design Intern to join the Free People Collection Design Team. The Design intern will contribute creatively through trend research, hand & digital sketching to communicate design ideas via CAD and AI to assist in the development of product.  They will also bring these ideas to life through use of mocking, sewing and draping actual garments to present in key design meetings.

About the Summer Internship Program:

Each summer URBN Inc. welcomes candidates from across the country to immerse themselves within various teams across our portfolio of brands and gain hands-on learning experience in the area of business which they choose to pursue. Our paid internship program also offers a summer full of intern focused events including exposure to our senior leadership across the business in small group settings, insight into company initiatives, off-site field trips & for those qualified a chance to interview for a full-time job opportunity. See for yourself what our past & present interns are up to @urbnearlycareers! 

The URBN 2025 Summer Internship Program will run from 6/2 through 8/8 at our Home Office in Philadelphia, PA.  

Summer Internship Program Application Process:

1. Apply to one (1) internship posting that best suits your interest & skills.  If there is a project component required for the design internship position you are applying for, you will be notified directly by 11/8. If requested to complete a project, it is required that you submit this to be considered for a position. 

2. Complete Video Interview: Candidates selected will receive an email with a link to complete a video interview. You will have 2 days to complete this portion of the application once the email is received.   

3. Interviews will be scheduled with our internal teams, continuing on a rolling basis.    

Applications will close at 5:00pm EST on November 4th 2024. 

• Support existing design team during creative process cycle (support sketching, mocking, fitting help, etc.).
• Sketching new styles and executing sketch updates via Procreate and Adobe programs as well as AI programs such as MidJourney.
• Mock, sew and drape new ideas in preparation of key design meetings and presentations.
• Help create design packages once styles are ready to be sent to vendors.
• Help executing artwork and color packages for weekly design packages.
• Help prepare final digital design presentations for upcoming meetings using team’s shared Power Point documents.
• Help organize and propose new tools to help design team meet upcoming design deadlines (fabric info, fabric swatching, getting samples organized, etc.).
• Attend fittings for the category you are on, help take notes and pictures from the meeting and help send comments over to vendors.
• Participate in doing relevant trend research related to delivery design team is working on. Help pull new ideas and styling details to help support upcoming design meetings that is supporting your category and is in line with the Free People customer.

• Strong sense of organizational skills and proactiveness, great communication skills and ability to multi task.
• Mocking/ Sewing skills.
• Excellent hand and computer sketching/ CAD skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop as well as Procreate. AI knowledge/experience would be a plus!
• Proficient in Microsoft platforms (Excel, Powerpoint & Word).

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.