Licensing Intern

We are recruiting for a Licensing Intern at the KARL LAGERFELD HQ in Amsterdam. The intern will be involved in the day-to-day licensing activities, with a strong marketing and communication focus, supporting key account management and being in direct contact with internal and external stakeholders of the KARL LAGERFELD brand.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in a successful and rapidly growing fashion and retail company, working with key licensing partners and categories such as menswear, footwear, fragrances, eyewear, and kidswear, as well as on major co-branding projects with other global premium brands.

Purpose of the role

Women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, bags, small leather goods, swimwear, and underwear are managed directly from our Amsterdam headquarters, while other categories, including footwear, fragrances, eyewear, and more, are developed with best-in-class licensing partners.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate projects internally with business units including product and merchandising, marketing, sales, retail, e-commerce, press, and finance
• Manage reporting internally and externally, and develop supporting tools in Excel and PowerPoint
• Support marketing and communication assets such as advertising campaigns and other shootings from A to Z organization
• Coordinate copy briefing and communication assets
• Support social media tools
• Support influencer campaigns
• Manage samples
• Manage the department database
• Support ad hoc projects

Skills, education and experience

• You must be in the second year of a Master’s program and may also be required to hold qualifications relating to Marketing, Sales, or Business Administration
• Candidates pursuing a degree in Economics will be prioritized
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written; French is preferred with a very high standard
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel

Profile

• Strong in building and maintaining relationships and enjoy working with different departments, products, and international people
• Proactive, forward-thinking, structured in your work, and independent
• Reliable and able to deliver a high level of partnership while representing the brand
• Precise, detail-oriented, and organized in managing paperwork
• Both marketing- and business-oriented
• Communicate openly, honestly, and constructively
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills due to the volume of communication with key accounts and external partners
• Willing to live in Amsterdam for the internship

Why #TEAMKARL?

• Opportunity to make an impact
• Working in the heart of Amsterdam
• Exclusive sample sales only for #TEAMKARL