Internship - VISUAL MERCHANDISING & STORE DESIGN Assistant

Date: Mar 10, 2026

Location: Neuilly sur Seine, J, FR, 92200

Company: ELC Beauty LLC

Description

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD BEAUTY, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, and the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD..

M.A.C Cosmetics, Aveda, Smashbox, Bumble&Bumble RDDC EMEA are looking to hire a VM & SD assistant to join the team starting July 2026.

EMEA RDDC team is responsible to guide and advise Europe, Middle-east, Africa, Russia and India affiliates on every initiative in store that brings to life the marketing calendar, according to the brand guidelines and DNA, aiming for the most impactful consumer journey and storytelling of our launches, heroes and permanent collections. This includes supporting in developing brand store design concept, partnering with the affiliates in the development and execution of SD concepts and VM assets and layouts, collaterals & planograms guidelines.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

Support and collaborate with the SD & VM team in the execution of the following: Initiate and develop tools to aid markets with keeping up to date with new collateral launches and new merchandising guidelines Support VM team with launch & permanent displayers regional production (create brief / follow up) Create or adapt the VM assets in conformity with brand equity and directions given by Global, Marketing and Creative teams. Create Mockups (Photoshop) for each project to visualize the assets intentions Develop technical drawings (DTO) of VM assets Ability to develop VM guidelines Update lineups, schematics, planogram for different store concepts Good communication and coordination among various departments Develop VM competition survey & identify best practices to scale Adaptation of guidelines for the creation of spaces according to market demands Production of 3D store images (SketchUp) for internal and external validation Realization of preliminary plan packages (APS) to markets Production monitoring (validation of shopfitters' technical plans, verification of production up to remote installation) Support SD team with design layouts for all kind of formats and concepts Support SD team with Plan set and technical drawings corrections Create 3D of new stores for markets validations Follow up of all phases of a store opening An internship agreement provided by your school is mandatory.

 

Qualifications

Available 6 months starting July 2026

Minimum Education Level: Student of Graphic/Art school type of ENSAD, École Boulle, ENSAAMA, Penninghen, LISAA or interior design degree

Minimum Years and Area of Experience: Last year of study

Required Language Proficiency: English & French both oral and written

Additional Job Specifications:

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) SketchUP, AutoCad & Microsoft Office (Powerpoint)

Able to adapt to both SD and VM project

Previous experience in graphism retail needed

Beauty experience will be highly appreciated / Sensibility in the cosmetics universe

Fluent English

Proactive, well organized, detail oriented and ability to work under tight deadlines

Benefits:

Located in Neuilly-sur-Seine

International environment with over 40 nationalities in the office

Up to 10 days a month of remote working

10 days of remote working in the EU within your internship framework

Conciergerie (corporate store, gym center, beauty salon)

A gift bag of products at the end of your internship

A meal voucher card