Social Media & Art Direction Intern
Salary
£27,000 per annum (pro rata)
Hours
39 hours per week
Closing Date
31 January 2026
Internship Length
6 months
Internship Location
London
Supervisor Job Title
Social Media Manager
Main Duties
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 Specialist 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
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
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.
Social Media & Art Direction Intern
1 New Oxford St, London WC1A 1JS, UK
Employees work in a hybrid mode 3 days per week office presence is required
Intern
Company Description
COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories rooted in exceptional quality and lasting design. The brand has an elevated aesthetic that embodies luxury with an emphasis on craftsmanship, innovation and compelling fashion movements.
Job Description
As a Social Media 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.
Qualifications
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.
- A relevant degree.
- A team player with a positive, can do attitude.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Expresses own opinions even when they differ from the majority.
- Is curious and stays up to date with trends and is knowledgeable about brands, products, services etc.
- Comes up with new creative ideas.
- Is confident to offer different or challenging ideas.
- Is able to prioritise efficiently.
- Communicates clearly and concisely.
Additional information
This is a paid, full time 6 month temporary contract based at our Head Office in London starting Monday 13th April,2026.
Benefits
We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.
In addition to this office based colleagues also receive:
- 20 days holiday
- Discounts on everyday brands and leisure activities
- Retail Trust membership
- Pension scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
Inclusion & Diversity
At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.