Quicksilver offers unpaid internships across all of their business operations. Internships are offered in all offices and during all parts of the year.
Quiksilver designs, produces and distributes clothing, accessories and related products for young-minded people and develops brands that represent a casual lifestyle driven from a boardriding heritage. Quiksilver's authenticity is evident in its innovative products, events and retail environments across the globe. Quiksilver's products are sold throughout the world, primarily in surf shops, skate shops and other specialty stores that provide authentic retail experience for our customers.
If you are a Junior or Senior in college and are looking for some real world experience, Quiksilver offers internships in various departments throughout the year that provide college students with closely supervised practical experience in the workplace.
You can work with Quiksilver, Roxy, or even DC Shoes. You can intern in departments like Merchandising & Design, Retail Buying, Marketing, or Production to name a few. Quiksilver offers interns insight to their career paths through career specific tasks, direct supervision and evaluation. So, if you love the action sports apparel business then Quiksilver is the best place to do your internship.
Here’s just a brief description of some of the departments looking for interns:
Apparel Design- Intern candidates will learn how we choose styles and colors for each season and how we research trends. They will learn about creating reports and designing. Design major preferred. Knowledge of programs such as Illustrator and Photoshop a must.
Merchandising- Interns will learn the process of merchandising step-by-step from initial sku plan and design to completion of samples. They will work closely with all levels of staff in multiple departments. They will assist merchants with filing, sample wrangling, line guides and department organization. Merchandising majors preferred. Must have strong computer skills, especially Excel.
Marketing- Interns will gain knowledge of the different ways of marketing. They will learn about marketing photos, layouts, and other media. They will help with market research, logging and tracking inventory, and scanning and sizing photos. Marketing majors preferred.
Retail Buying- Interns will be shown the different sides of the Retail Buying world. They will be exposed to best seller, line review, and sales meetings. They will learn about the financial side with an overview of open to buy, pricing, promotions, markdowns, mark ups, and gross margin management. They will also learn about purchase order management. Buying or Merchandising majors preferred. Must have basic knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Quiksilver offers unpaid-college-credit-based internships to qualified candidates on an as needed basis.
- To be considered for the Quiksilver Internship Program you MUST:
- Be currently enrolled at a college or university AND
- Be at Junior or Senior level in good standing AND
- Receive school credit for your internship
