Studio Intern
Studio Intern
Type of Position: Internship / Work Placement Company / Organisation / Artist Name: Muzungu Sisters Area of Fashion: Retail & Ecommerce Operations | Sales (non retail store role) Location: Notting Hill, West London, London, UKLength of Internship / Placement: 6 months Hours: Full Time Salary / Wage: National Minimum Wage + Website: http://www.muzungusisters.com Twitter Handle: @ Ad Expires In: 1 week 2 days About: Launched in 2011 by friends Tatiana Casiraghi and Dana Alikhani, Muzungu Sisters offers ethically-sourced handmade luxury, produced by 16 different artisan communities across four continents. Each piece possesses a remarkable history, adding value and meaning to garments that are designed to be kept for years to come.Muzungu Sisters shines a light on the under-exposed work of the artisans responsible for their collection, by commissioning items produced using thousand-year old weaving and embroidery techniques. By working solely with fair trade cooperatives, non-profit foundations, family-owned workshops and sole artisans, Muzungu Sisters is able to maintain a close relationship with every producer and ensure that the entire production process is transparent. |
Ethical slow fashion brand, Muzungu Sisters is looking for a full-time Studio Intern. Whilst working at Muzungu Sisters for 6 months, the successful applicant will help with the day-to-day functions of the ecommerce studio as well as help manage the website.
The role will include:
- Assist with events, shoots and pop-ups
- Updating sales reports
- Updating website homepage weekly
- Uploading product to Shopify
- Maintaining inventory
- Packing and fulfilling online orders
- Customer service on email, Instagram and WhatsApp
- Maintain and update mailing list
- Create daily Instagram stories and check DMs comments
- Maintaining showroom, making sure garments are steamed, neat and presented in an orderly manner
- Arranging PR send-outs and returns
- Assist office manager in packing wholesale orders
- Shoot and edit products for online
Requirements:
- Strong communication skills
- Extremely neat and organised
- Some experience with relevant Adobe software and Excel
- A positive, can-do & hard-working attitude
Beneficial:
- Shopify experience is a plus
Application
Please apply with a CV and cover letter via the application form.
About Muzungu Sisters:
Muzungu Sisters continues to value and champion hand-embroidery, which is sadly a dying art due to the increase in popularity of machine-embroidery.
Muzungu Sisters pieces are ethically handmade, handwoven and hand-embroidered only in small ateliers, fully certified ethical production facilities exceeding ILO (International Labour Organisation) standards, or cottage industries of women working from home to sustain their livelihoods while looking after their families.
OUR PRODUCERS
Our producers are varied: some are individuals who are taught their craft as a means of empowerment or income; other represent entire families of artisans who have inherited their skills from previous generations.
All of the artisans we work with are directly paid a living wage for the goods they produce for us.
Muzungu Sisters continues to value and champion hand embroidery, which is sadly a dying art due to the increase in popularity of machine embroidery.
Muzungu Sisters pieces are ethically handmade, handwoven and hand-embroidered only in small ateliers, fully certified ethical production facilities exceeding ILO (International Labour Organisation) standards, or cottage industries of women working from home to sustain their livelihoods while looking after their families.
'In any case, many of our items represent the sole means of revenue for the artisans and others in their communities.'
By exposing their products to an international audience and new markets, we are able to guarantee that the artisans sustain their personal and communal livelihoods in a manner that respects their own cultural practices. While all our producers may not have fair-trade certification, our close ties with the craftsmen allow us to ensure that fair labour practices are sustained throughout the supply chain
