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Vans (A Division Of VF) is THE leading action sports lifestyle company for the youth market. While some companies just started making skate shoes, we’ve been doing it (and doing it right!) since 1966. We reach our off-the-wall customers through the sponsorship of Core Sports™ such as skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing and wakeboarding, and through major entertainment events and venues like the VANS Warped Tour, Vans World Amateur Skateboarding Championships, Vans Triple Crown events, and large-scale Vans skateparks. You name it, if it’s cool, it’s Vans.
VANS operates over 240 retail stores in the U.S. and Europe. We design, market, and distribute active-casual footwear, clothing and accessories, performance footwear for Core Sports™ snowboard boots and snowboard outerwear. VANS also offers the PRO-TEC line of protective helmets and pads through its PRO-TEC label. Check us out at www.vans.com.
Background:
Vans is the original action sports footwear company grounded in youth, authenticity and individual style. Our purpose is to embody and represent the creativity and self-expression at the core of action sports and youth culture.
Job Summary:
The proposed position is a full-time Design Internship. The intern will create and develop product concept drawings and prototypes that optimize function and appearance in the Vans Footwear lines. The intern will analyze feedback from sales and marketing to ensure designs meet the requirements of the consumer and the brand. The intern will also cooperate with the development department to maintain a practical concern for technical processes and manufacturing requirements. This internship is for Product, Transportation and Fashion majors.
Essential Functions:
• Develops designs and products based on design briefs.
• Produces both hand sketches and computer drawings as design proposals.
• Communicates with designers, Development, Merchandising and Sales to meet market and engineering constraints.
Qualifications:
• Currently enrolled in a educational institution with a degree in Design.
• Excellent sketching and illustration skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• A strong aesthetic and fashion sense.
• Illustrator and Photoshop proficiency.
• Proficiency in design software Solidworks, Alias or similar is a plus.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be capable working within a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects during the product creation cycle.
• A strong participation in action sports (Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding or BMX) is considered a plus.
The Intern will possibly be taking part in inspiration and market research trips and product launches.
VANS operates over 240 retail stores in the U.S. and Europe. We design, market, and distribute active-casual footwear, clothing and accessories, performance footwear for Core Sports™ snowboard boots and snowboard outerwear. VANS also offers the PRO-TEC line of protective helmets and pads through its PRO-TEC label. Check us out at www.vans.com.
Background:
Vans is the original action sports footwear company grounded in youth, authenticity and individual style. Our purpose is to embody and represent the creativity and self-expression at the core of action sports and youth culture.
Job Summary:
The proposed position is a full-time Design Internship. The intern will create and develop product concept drawings and prototypes that optimize function and appearance in the Vans Footwear lines. The intern will analyze feedback from sales and marketing to ensure designs meet the requirements of the consumer and the brand. The intern will also cooperate with the development department to maintain a practical concern for technical processes and manufacturing requirements. This internship is for Product, Transportation and Fashion majors.
Essential Functions:
• Develops designs and products based on design briefs.
• Produces both hand sketches and computer drawings as design proposals.
• Communicates with designers, Development, Merchandising and Sales to meet market and engineering constraints.
Qualifications:
• Currently enrolled in a educational institution with a degree in Design.
• Excellent sketching and illustration skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• A strong aesthetic and fashion sense.
• Illustrator and Photoshop proficiency.
• Proficiency in design software Solidworks, Alias or similar is a plus.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be capable working within a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects during the product creation cycle.
• A strong participation in action sports (Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding or BMX) is considered a plus.
The Intern will possibly be taking part in inspiration and market research trips and product launches.