Emerging Apparel Design Intern — Trend, 3D & Sketching

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

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