Circa Corporation - Product Development Intern

Location: San Francisco, CA | Posted under Fashion Jobs on July 30, 2012

Job Description

The Product Development Intern will support the Design team with sourcing materials, executing design packages issued by clients, checking in completed samples and labeling and sending samples to customers. During the course of the internship, the intern will have the opportunity to sit in on weekly Product Meetings, learn the characteristics of and the process of making leather articles and develop new hardware through our suppliers and assist Design Directors in preparation of customer meetings and following up afterwards with special customer requests. By the end of the program the candidate will have hands-on experience of helping to execute designs per our customers’ specifications and will have seen the process of a design concept go through development, presentation and on to production.

Project Timeframe : One 8-hour day per week
Hourly Rate: Unpaid

Responsibilities

Assist the Design team in the following areas:
•           Order and develop materials for specs per customer
•           Track and follow up on delivery of materials and finished samples
•           Review, label and send out completed samples
•           Develop new hardware
•           Help to maintain hardware, fabric and sample library

SKILLS:

•           An interest in fashion!
•           Good written and verbal communication
•           Detail oriented, well organized and multi-task oriented
•           Computer skills: MS word, excel
•           Work well with a team