Early Talent 2027 Apparel Design Internship

Kohl's; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Kohl’s is offering an Apparel Design Intern role to support private-label product creation. You’ll gain foundations in design, trend analysis, and customer aesthetics while rotating through categories and brands.

This internship emphasizes hands-on sketching, mood boards, and collaboration across design, merchant, and production teams. You’ll learn to develop tech packs and participate in 3D software training, including Browzwear and Photoshop CADs, enabling practical design execution and

Qualifications

• Academic focus on fashion or apparel design for design internship.
• Interest in trend research, color, and customer aesthetics.
• Experience with deadlines and collaborative projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in category/brand trend research and exploration.
• Support PLM tasks: vendor communication, BOM updates, and style uploads.
• Sketch designs focusing on stitch details and proportion.
• Create presentations in Google Slides to convey concepts.
• Present work with mood boards and AI/Photoshop CADs.
• Help build design tech packs for Tech Design.
• Collaborate with merchants, production, and trend teams.

Skills

Undergraduate Junior

Passion for design

Future product directions

Color and trend

Customer focus

Self-motivated

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Fashion Design Major

Background in apparel design

Job description

As anApparel Design Intern, you will support all aspects of product creation for Kohl’s private-label brands. You will gain a strong understanding of each brand’s aesthetic and customer while developing the foundational design skills necessary in the apparel industry. You will be placed within a specific category or brand but have the opportunity to gain exposure to multiple areas.

What You’ll Do

• Assist in research and trends specific to category and brand
• Assist in PLM skills, including vendor communication, updating BOMs, submitting comments and style uploads
• Sketch designs focus on stitch, detail and proportion accuracy
• Create presentations using Google Slides to articulate design concepts
• Present your work with research and application in the form of color, mood boards, collages, and original designs through AI sketches and Photoshop CADs
• Support in building design tech packs to pass to Tech Design
• Collaborate with merchant, production and trend teams to ideate and execute styles that support the brand’s vision and strategy
• Train in 3D software (Browzwear Vstitcher)
• Additional tasks may be assigned

What Skills You Have

Required

• Undergraduate Junior
• Passion for design and the customer
• Ability to envision future product directions
• Strong eye for color and trend, with skills to translate for the customer
• Highly self-motivated, inquisitive, and solution-oriented
• Basic understanding of fabric and garment construction
• Proficient in managing deadlines and working efficiently
• Clear and articulate communication skills
• Strong collaboration skills

Preferred

• Fashion Design Major
• Background in apparel design