Urban Outfitters Creative Studio Intern

URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly); Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 20,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Employee discounts

Mentorship & events

Job summary

URBN invites applications for a Creative Intern for Summer 2027, gaining hands-on experience across art direction, styling, photography, and production from concepting to final execution. The role collaborates with teams across the URBN Creative organization to support seasonal storytelling and daily creative initiatives.

The program runs at the Home Office in Philadelphia, PA, from 6/7 through 8/13, with paid internship status and opportunities to interview for full-time roles for those who

Qualifications

• Observational and curious, with a strong cultural awareness and a willingness to bring forward fresh perspectives, challenge convention, and contribute new ideas.
• Eager to learn across multiple creative disciplines rather than focusing on a single area of expertise.
• Highly organized, collaborative, and comfortable working within a fast-paced creative environment.
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to balance creative thinking and hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

• Support the creative team across art direction, styling, photography, and production for seasonal campaigns, editorial, e-commerce, and digital content.
• Assist with creative research and concept development, including visual references, mood boards, casting inspiration, location research, and competitive exploration.
• Support shoot preparation and on-set execution, working alongside photographers, art directors, stylists, producers, and other creative partners.
• Assist the styling team with sample organization, outfitting preparation, and developing seasonal trend direction.
• Support production needs including prop and location research, shoot organization, call sheet preparation, and general pre-production coordination.
• Participate in contributing ideas and developing an understanding of the Urban Outfitters visual identity.

Skills

Observational mindset

Curious learner

Organized and collaborative

Attention to detail

Job description

Urban Outfitters is looking for a Creative Intern to join our team for Summer 2027. This role will work across art direction, styling, photography, and production, gaining hands-on experience in the creative process from early concepting through final execution. The intern will support both seasonal storytelling and day-to-day creative initiatives while collaborating with teams across the UO Creative organization.

About The Summer Internship Program

Each summer, URBN Inc. welcomes candidates from across the country to immerse themselves within various teams across our portfolio of brands and gain hands-on learning experience in the area of business they choose to pursue. Our paid internship program also offers a summer full of intern-focused events, including exposure to senior leadership through small-group settings, insight into company initiatives, off-site field trips, and, for those who qualify, the opportunity to interview for a full-time position. See for yourself what our past and present interns are up to @urbncareers!

The URBN 2027 Summer Internship Program will run from 6/7 through 8/13 at our Home Office in Philadelphia, PA.

Applications will close at 5:00 PM EST on October 30, 2026.

Role Responsibilities

• Support the creative team across art direction, styling, photography, and production for seasonal campaigns, editorial, e-commerce, and digital content.
• Assist with creative research and concept development, including visual references, mood boards, casting inspiration, location research, and competitive exploration.
• Support shoot preparation and on-set execution, working alongside photographers, art directors, stylists, producers, and other creative partners.
• Assist the styling team with sample organization, outfitting preparation, and developing seasonal trend direction.
• Support production needs including prop and location research, shoot organization, call sheet preparation, and general pre-production coordination.
• Participate in contributing ideas and developing an understanding of the Urban Outfitters visual identity.

Role Qualifications

• Observational and curious, with a strong cultural awareness and a willingness to bring forward fresh perspectives, challenge convention, and contribute new ideas.
• Eager to learn across multiple creative disciplines rather than focusing on a single area of expertise.
• Highly organized, collaborative, and comfortable working within a fast-paced creative environment.
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to balance creative thinking and hands-on execution.

Project Requirement

In addition to your application and resume, to be considered for this role please submit a Concept Campaign Board (8.5 X 11 PDF format is preferred). Once you complete your project, please upload it, along with your portfolio, to the additional documents section in the application process.

• Create a concept board for a Fall 2027 Anthropologie Campaign. Please include imagery you think best represents the Anthro brand, including casting decisions (models), shoot locations, product, art direction inspiration, and styled looks.
• Pull imagery from Streetwear, Pinterest, Social, runway, etc. to show your point of view.
• We are looking for forward thinkers showing future inspirational trends that move beyond where we are currently or where we have been, so show us fun trends we should have in our assortment!

Our team is inspired by storytelling so please make this as visually creative and compelling as you want!

This is the creative part of the application- so have fun with it!

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.