Commercial Partnerships Internship

In this internship, you will support the Commercial Partnerships Lead in building, executing and optimizing commercial collaborations that drive revenue, brand awareness and product trial. You will work on real-life cases with premium brands, media partners and key accounts, operating at the intersection of fragrance, luxury and contemporary brand culture.

You will gain hands-on experience in how strategic partnerships are developed from idea to execution within Europe’s leading perfume discovery platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-growing, trend-driven scale-up environment.

What you’ll work on:

During your internship, you will contribute to concrete partnerships and campaigns such as:

• Brand partnerships with premium perfume houses and niche brands, leveraging their visibility through our commercial activations
• Key account partnerships: always-on campaigns focused on trial and conversion
• Magazine & media collaborations: cover sealings, subvertorials, editorial integrations and gifting activations
• Branded Gift-With-Purchase campaigns: including proposition development, asset briefings and performance evaluation
• Gifting & beauty drops: limited edition boxes, seasonal gift sets and B2B gifting propositions

Key responsibilities:

Commercial & Partnership Support

• Support the preparation of pitches, proposals and sales decks for media, brand and gifting partners
• Assist in the development and execution of concrete cases such as cover campaigns, branded GWP actions and sampling activations
• Conduct research into new partnership opportunities across new markets: encompassing media, brands, B2B and gifting platforms

Campaign & Activation Support

• Support campaign execution from briefing to launch
• Coordinate input and feedback between Commercial, Brand, Creative and CRM teams
• Check and manage campaign assets, timelines and deliverables (online & offline)

Account & Performance Support

• Assist with campaign reporting and evaluation (reach, inflow, revenue, learnings)
• Help maintain overviews of ongoing partnerships and deliverables
• Gain insight into barter vs. non-barter deals and how commercial impact is measured

Gifting & B2B Support

• Support the development of gifting propositions (holiday gifts, giftcards, premium boxes)
• Assist with B2B gifting orders and platforms from proposal to delivery
• Contribute ideas on how gifting supports both brand positioning and revenue growth

What we offer:

• A hands-on internship with real commercial responsibility, not a shadow role
• Direct collaboration with the Commercial Partnerships Lead
• Exposure to premium brands, media titles and high-impact partnerships
• Room for ownership, initiative and learning
• Delicious, healthy office lunches
• Discounts on Parfumado products
• Discounts at Adidas, Zalando, NAK-D, and more via Corporate Benefits
• Hybrid working options: from home and from our beautiful Amsterdam office
• A perfume of your choice every month: because working in beauty should smell nice!

Job requirements

This is what we’re looking for in your profile:

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (e.g. Marketing, Business, Commercial Economics, Communication)
• You have a strong commercial mindset and a natural affinity with brands, luxury and the world of fragrance
• You are on-trend, culturally aware and interested in contemporary brand positioning and premium consumer experiences
• You work in a structured way and are comfortable juggling multiple projects
• You are proactive, hands-on and eager to learn
• You communicate clearly in both English and Dutch
• You are available for a 5-6 month internship

The start date of the internship is flexible; however, we are ideally looking for someone who can start as soon as possible.