Kinnect Summer Intern

ABOUT THE ROLE

Location: Soho Men's store

Status: Part Time

Compensation: $17.00/hr

Position Summary:

As a Kinnect Summer Intern, you will be spending time in our Retail stores supporting the daily operations of the store under the guidance of the leadership team and the HQ office by supporting the cross-functional initiatives within the office. By completing a vast range of tasks, you’ll be able to build substantial work experience, with the goal of adding to all you’ve accomplished with the Kinnect Foundation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Responsibilities:

• Follow Standard Operating Procedures to ensure the product is readily available for clients.

• Ensure assigned tasks are completed in an efficient and timely manner.

• Provide a friendly and welcoming environment to both our external and internal clients.

• Work with the sales-floor team to ensure customers are receiving products in a timely manner.

• Ensure adherence to all company policy and procedures.

• Promote and maintain an environment that is sharply focused on consistently delivering exceptional, positive, in-store customer service.

• Support the Client Advisors to ensure clients are receiving genuine and efficient service both during and after their store experience.

• Assist in completion and accuracy of any/all operational tasks, as business needs.

• Support the sales floor replenishment, stockroom organization, and the upkeep of visual standards.

• Assist the store management team with housekeeping responsibilities including but not limited to dusting, sweeping, collection of trash, and other tasks traditionally associated with standard retail operations.

• Assist with day-to-day HQ office operations.

• Support HQ team members with administrative tasks or ad hoc projects, as business needs.

• Complete all assigned office tasks on time while staying organized and paying attention to detail.

• Complete all assigned projects given by your HQ manager.

• Support team members with administrative tasks or ad hoc projects, as business needs.

Special Projects / Tasks:

• Aid during any Visual initiatives, as needed.

• Aid any direct projects from your HQ manager, as needed.

• Attend any professional development courses, as needed.

• Complete final HQ Kintern project for presentation.

REQUIREMENTS

Skills:

• Basic computer skills

• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job – standing/walking for prolonged periods of time

• Lifting or moving up to 15 pounds

• Bending, twisting, as well as other physical tasks related to standard retail operations

• Efficient time management skills

• Ability to multi-task

WHO YOU ARE

Professional Characteristics:

• Strong communicator

• Team-player

• Supportive

• Self-starter

• Adaptive and resourceful

• Organization Skills 

Personal Characteristics:

• Personable and welcoming

• Energetic

• Organized

• Communicative

• Reliable and Trustworthy

WHO WE ARE

Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.

Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.

The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.

Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. 

All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering anything other than in-person work, is fraudulent.

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