Trade Marketing & Operations Intern - Saint Louis, (2027 Semester 1) - Generation H

HERMES MAROQUINERIE-SELLERIE (HMS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Hermès US is seeking a thoughtful undergraduate intern to support Saint-Louis Crystal sales and marketing operations across the United States and Canada. You will collaborate with boutiques, wholesale accounts, logistics, and the head office in France, gaining exposure to multiple facets of the business.

You will participate in daily operations, run errands with senior teams, and help organize events, trade shows, and showroom tools.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate student; 6 months prior experience recommended.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required.
• French is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations: coordinate loans to press, stores and events.
• Assist in trunk shows, trade shows, events organization, and development of brand tools.
• Support sales development and activations in the US market; create and distribute sales tools.
• Provide regular business and marketing reports; assist with merchandise forecasting.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Undergraduate student

Job description

The Team:

The Hermès Group oversees the Saint-Louis Crystal brand, a fast-growing activity within Hermès. The intern will support both sales and marketing operations for the United States and Canada. As part of a dynamic team of six, including one sales representative based in California, the intern will interact with Hermès boutiques, wholesale accounts, logistics, and communications departments, as well as the head office in France. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with various aspects of the business and contribute to our expanding presence in the US market.

Support Saint-Louis Crystal in their sales and enhance Saint-Louis’ presence in the US market.

The Internship Program:

For more than 185 years, Hermès has encouraged a culture of discovery for our clients and our people. We invite you to contribute to this legacy while exploring your own professional future. Discover new opportunities and expand your passions with the Hermès US internship program,Generation H!

As part of Generation H, you will have the opportunity to join Hermès and gain real-world, professional experience as a complement to your academic studies. In addition to the work you will provide within your specific team, you will also attend a learning-focused guest-speaker series that will provide you with exposure to various teams throughout the company; partner with a mentor who will provide feedback and coaching to support your professional skills development; network with stakeholders; and collaborate on a capstone Generation H project.

The duration of the Generation H program is five months. Please note in order to qualify for the program, you must be able to work during this five month period. This internship is scheduled forJanuary 11th – July 2nd 2027and may be Full-Time or Part-Time to accommodate your academic schedule.

All internships are in-person (non-remote) and based in the Hermès US corporate headquarters located in New York City. Interns are paid an hourly rate of US $20.00. A Full-Time Internship will be scheduled for 37.5 hours per week, and Part-Time will be scheduled for more than 15 hours but less than 35 hours per week.

About the Role:

• Participating to the daily operations, including:
  • Coordinating all the loans to press, stores and events.
• Coordinating special projects
  • Trunk show: Coordinate show in stores, sales tools, orders, and product delivery.
  • Trade shows: Tabletops, Design Week
  • Assisting in events organization
  • Develop new tools to enhance the brand’s operational efficiency
• Supporting sales development and activations in the US market
  • Creating, developing, and distributing sales tools
  • Insuring a consistent display in our stores and realization of products assortment proposals
  • Supporting digital development of the brand
• Providing business analysis
  • Providing regular reporting on sales, products ranking, inventory analysis.
  • Providing marketing reports
  • Participating to merchandise forecast

About You:

• Level: Undergraduate student, a former experience of 6 months is recommended.
• Organized with strong analytical skills
• Dynamic, ability to work effectively with others and with the right amount of autonomy
• Excellent communication, written and oral
• Strong skills on Excel and PowerPoint required.
• French is a plus but not a requirement
• Sensitive to Design/Home Decoration and to Luxury market

We are looking for a candidate who has a combination of the above attributes and can perform the key functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodations.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Since 1837, Hermès has remained faithful to its artisan business model and humanist values. We place people at the heart of what we do and aspire to make a positive impact on the world. The freedom to create, the constant search for beautiful materials, the transmission of a savoir-faire of excellence and the aesthetic of functionality define the singularity of Hermès, a house dedicated to making highly-crafted, beautiful objects made to stand the test of time .

An independent, family-owned company, Hermès is dedicated to keeping production in France through its 42 workshops, The Hermès organization is also a truly global community with a network of 310 stores in 49 countries. Hermès employs more than 15,000 people worldwide with over 6,000 of the workforce being Hermès craftspeople engaged in making artisanal products, nurturing a 180+ year tradition of creativity and innovation.

At Hermès, our actions for sustainable development and corporate social responsibility are founded in values passed down by generations of humble artisans who have shaped the story of our house and the integrity of our objects. The roots of Hermès' success and longevity lie in a sense of responsibility; a quest for authenticity and respect for time and preservation of natural resources. All at Hermès wish to leave a positive footprint on the world, a mission that's at the heart of our commitment to progress. This narrative can be experienced in a series of short films “Footsteps Across the World” available on our website.

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