KAUFMANFRANCO is a high-end, luxury women’s wear company seeking dedicated, enthusiastic interns to assist with our Pre Fall/Fall 2015 collections. We currently sell at major department stores including Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue and a number of high-end online retailers including Net-A-Porter.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Sales and PR

• Assisting with the Pre-Fall 2015 and FW15 Collections.
• Preparation for market.
• Archiving samples.
• Sample send-outs, trafficking and returns.
• Maintaining the organization of our showroom.
  
  Sales and PR - Please send your Cover Letter and Resume to lk@kaufmanfranco.com.  
  

Design & Product Development

• Assisting the design team on the development of the collection (dying zippers, sourcing trims and materials, fabric treatments, embroidery artwork/process).
• Delivering and picking up from garment factories, fabric and trim vendors – (this will include a responsibility of time management skills).
• An understanding of patternmaking.
• Organizing trims and tracking inventory as well as pulling trims for production.
• Knowledge of excel, Illustrator and Photoshop is a plus
  
  Design and Product Development – Please send your Cover Letter and Resume to jr@kaufmanfranco.com.  
  

Production

• Prepare Pre-Production packages to send out to factories.
• Help with allocation of raw materials to factories.
• Follow up with local service providers such as fusing, marking & grading companies and bias makers.
• Enter cutters must into the system.
  
  Production – Please send your Cover Letter and resume to kh@kaufmanfranco.com.  
  

Our company holds in-house patternmakers as well as seamstresses and a tailor, allowing for a very fulfilling environment to work – one can observe the development process from design concept, draping, patternmaking, construction, execution – to production and to sales/ PR.

While the internship is unpaid, we can offer school credit. Part-time or full time, at least 2-3 days a week for a 3+ month period is preferred - this is beneficial for both parties as more learning and experience gains with time.

An internship at KAUFMANFRANCO will provide you with hands-on experience and industry exposure!