Social Media & Art Direction Intern

Main Duties

As Social Media & Art Direction Intern at COS, you will support and work in collaboration with the wider social media and content team. You will assist in the creation and distribution of the best social media content for COS, so that all social platforms are optimised and constantly disrupting luxury fashion.

What you will do:

• Social media scheduling, posting, and monitoring.
• Support the Social Media Coordinator with content planning and timelines
• Maintain a weekly overview of competitor activities​
• Assist the Social Media Strategist with reporting on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis, developing a comprehension of what content works on different channels​
• Conduct research for references, concepts, creators, and collaborations relevant to the brand and social trends
• Support on writing and developing concepts for art direction briefs
• Opportunities to shadow the Social Media Art Director on-set during content shoots, and learn how professional sets operate
• Keep up to date with emerging social media platforms and trends to enable brainstorming with the social team
• Assist with community management and customer service​
• Maintain a clear overview of stock across regions, to communicate product at relevant times​

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.

What you need to succeed

• A keen interest and demonstrated understanding of social media platforms.
• Relevant Fashion Marketing degree with a focus on social media preferred.
• A team player with a positive, can do attitude.​
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Is curious and stays up to date with trends, demonstrating knowledge about brands, products, services etc.
• Comes up with new creative ideas.
• Confidently shares own opinions or challenging ideas
• Is able to prioritise efficiently.
• Communicates clearly and concisely.

What will the internship offer the student and what will they learn while they are with you? E.g. skills they could learn/develop and experience they could gain.

What are the learning outcomes:

• Gain knowledge and comprehension of social media platforms and practices in a global fashion company​
• Experience in day-to-day execution of content on social media accounts with a creative, strategic and commercial mindset​
• Gain an understanding of larger brand projects, from ideation and creation to analysis​
• Learn how to maintain and grow social media communities and create strong brand-lead messaging​
• Become an expert in using a variety of social media tools for creation and analysis​