Strategic Projects Intern: Global Brand & Market Insight

The Estée Lauder Companies; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a Strategic Project intern to support regional marketing, category strategy, and brand execution. You will assist with tracking milestones, consolidating inputs, and preparing updates for leadership meetings.

Responsibilities include maintaining project trackers, coordinating cross‑functional teams, and supporting regional events and initiatives. Fluent English is required; French is a plus. This internship offers exposure to global brand programs.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, International Business, Luxury Management, Communications, Project Management, or related field.
• Fluent in written and spoken English; French or another language is a plus.
• Strong interest in beauty, luxury, consumer trends, retail, brand strategy, category management, and international markets.
• Previous internship in marketing, business analysis, beauty, luxury, retail, FMCG, project coordination, consulting, or international business is a plus.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with confidence working with data, market insights, project trackers, and business information.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate, well-structured documents and presentations.
• Strong organizational, communication, and teamwork skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in an international environment.
• Proactive, curious, reliable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Good command of Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Track project milestones, deliverables, timelines, action points, dependencies, and potential risks.
• Maintain accurate project trackers, planning tools, shared documents, and follow-up files.
• Consolidate stakeholder inputs, project updates, and business information to support decision-making and execution.
• Contribute to ad hoc projects related to regional marketing, category strategy, brand execution, consumer trends, regional events, and go-to-market follow-up.
• Monitor beauty, luxury, retail, consumer, digital, and competitor trends relevant to brand and category strategy.
• Gather and consolidate market intelligence from internal and external sources, including market feedback and local activations.
• Prepare concise insight summaries and identify best-in-class launches, campaigns, retail initiatives, marketplace activity, and consumer engagement across markets.
• Prepare and format strategic presentations, brand documents, project updates, recaps, and meeting materials for Brand VP / GM engagements, town halls, market visits, retailer meetings, and internal updates.
• Ensure materials are accurate, well structured, visually clear, and aligned with brand guidelines.
• Keep brand books, toolkits, and key documentation current and accessible to regional and affiliate stakeholders.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities with Regional, Global, Affiliate, and other cross-functional teams.
• Follow up on action points, timelines, information requests, and competing priorities to support smooth execution.
• Facilitate clear communication and information sharing across stakeholders.
• Assist with planning and coordinating regional brand events, meetings, and key internal initiatives.
• Support logistical follow-up, agendas, presentations, recap documents, and action tracking.
• Consolidate market input before and after key events, improve visibility of local initiatives, and facilitate best-practice sharing across the region.

Skills

English fluency

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Master's in Marketing/Business/Luxury Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Estée Lauder Companies is seeking a Strategic Project intern to support regional marketing, category strategy, and brand execution. You will assist with tracking milestones, consolidating inputs, and preparing updates for leadership meetings.

Responsibilities include maintaining project trackers, coordinating cross‑functional teams, and supporting regional events and initiatives. Fluent English is required; French is a plus. This internship offers exposure to global brand programs.