Intern, Marketing Partnerships

LVMH; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Caring Community

Fulfilling Path

Meaningful Work

Job summary

Sephora Internship Programs offer a 10‑week summer experience in Marketing Partnerships designed to develop early‑career professionals. You will support cross‑functional collaboration, research trends, and help bring partnership initiatives to life across sports, music, entertainment, lifestyle, and beauty.

As an Intern, Marketing Partnerships, you will coordinate timelines, assist with briefs and presentations, and help track performance data while aligning with Pacific Time.

Qualifications

• Interest in marketing partnerships, brand marketing, integrated marketing, experiential, communications, sports, music, entertainment, lifestyle, or beauty.
• Strong organization and project‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on details.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and comfort creating presentations, recaps, and status updates.
• Collaborative, solutions‑oriented approach and the ability to work effectively across teams in a fast‑paced environment.
• Curiosity about culture and consumer trends, with an interest in using data and insights to inform recommendations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Support assigned partnership initiatives from kickoff through launch by maintaining timelines, tracking deliverables and approvals, and coordinating next steps across internal teams and external partners.
• Contribute to partnership briefs, presentations, meeting recaps, status updates, asset trackers, and launch‑readiness materials.
• Research cultural, consumer, and competitive trends across sports, music, entertainment, lifestyle, and beauty to help identify relevant partnership opportunities.
• Gather and organize campaign performance data, press coverage, audience insights, and partner inputs to support insights and recommendations.
• Assist with partner activations and team operations, including event support, meeting coordination, budget and invoice tracking, and maintenance of partnership calendars and resources.
• Demonstrate our Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

Skills

Marketing partnerships

Brand marketing

Integrated marketing

Experiential

Communications

Sports

Music

Entertainment

Lifestyle

Beauty

Education

Undergraduate or graduate student

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Belong to Something Beautiful

At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential, and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

C OMPANY OVERVIEW:

At Sephora, we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us. We are united by a common goal—to reimagine the future of beauty.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Sephora Internships provide an inclusive and comprehensive experience that equips young professionals with the tools needed to align their passions with work. The 10-week internship program develops early career professionals by providing interns with hands‑on learning, personal and professional networking opportunities, and the ability to work on projects that directly impact the business.

Throughout the summer, interns will gain exposure to Sephora’s culture, teams, and career opportunities while building both technical and professional skills.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

An inclusive and engaging experience that develops technical and professional skills through weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels that provide exposure to Sephora’s career growth opportunities.

2027 Program dates:

• June 14 - August 20, 2027
• Working hours: 36hrs/week. Monday - Friday, PST
• July 5, 2027: Intern holiday observed day off
• July 6 - July 9, 2027: Intern Optional Summer Shutdown

POSITION TITLE:

Intern, Marketing Partnerships

YOUR ROLE AT SEPHORA...

As the Intern, Marketing Partnerships, you will support the development and execution of culturally relevant partnerships that expand Sephora’s reach, deepen client connection, and contribute to measurable brand and business outcomes. You will gain hands‑on experience coordinating cross‑functional workstreams, supporting partner relationships, conducting research, and helping bring integrated partnership programs to life across sports, music, entertainment, lifestyle, and beauty.

WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH:

Support assigned partnership initiatives from kickoff through launch by maintaining timelines, tracking deliverables and approvals, and coordinating next steps across internal teams and external partners.

Contribute to partnership briefs, presentations, meeting recaps, status updates, asset trackers, and launch‑readiness materials.

Research cultural, consumer, and competitive trends across sports, music, entertainment, lifestyle, and beauty to help identify relevant partnership opportunities.

Gather and organize campaign performance data, press coverage, audience insights, and partner inputs to support insights and recommendations.

Assist with partner activations and team operations, including event support, meeting coordination, budget and invoice tracking, and maintenance of partnership calendars and resources.

Demonstrate our Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Interest in marketing partnerships, brand marketing, integrated marketing, experiential, communications, sports, music, entertainment, lifestyle, or beauty.

Strong organization and project‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on details.

Clear written and verbal communication skills and comfort creating presentations, recaps, and status updates.

Collaborative, solutions‑oriented approach and the ability to work effectively across teams in a fast‑paced environment.

Curiosity about culture and consumer trends, with an interest in using data and insights to inform recommendations.

Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Graduating in 2027 or 2028 from an undergraduate or graduate program.

Hybrid program—work schedule must align with Pacific Time.

Must permanently reside and work in the U.S.

Must be open to relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area upon graduation for consideration for full‑time hybrid positions.

Available from June 7–August 13, 2027.

What You’ll Get:

The target hourly pay for this position is $27.00- $27.00. The actual hourly pay offered depends on various factors, which may include, as applicable, the individual applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non‑discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses.

• CaringCommunity.You’llcollaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating and driving the industry forward – together, united in beauty.
• Fulfilling Path.Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge,stretchand develop your skills.
• Meaningful Work.As you make an impact onbeauty,you’llfeel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) thatyourindividual voice is a part of.

Sephora values a diverse andinclusiveworkplace and considers all applicants without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, national origin, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age, religion, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Sephora is committed to providing reasonable accommodation ta applicants with disabilities or other medical conditions.

Sephora will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.

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