Details about the Kendo Summer 2025 Internship Program in San Francisco:
If you’re looking to break into the beauty industry, Kendo has a variety of internship opportunities in San Francisco for summer 2025! As the powerhouse behind innovative brands like Fenty Beauty, Ole Henriksen, KVD Beauty and more, Kendo is offering hands-on roles across multiple departments, giving students and recent 2025 graduates the chance to gain real-world experience at the intersection of beauty, business and creativity.
With so many positions available, there’s an opportunity for nearly every interest – whether you’re drawn to product development, operations or design. These internships provide an inside look at how some of the most disruptive beauty brands are built and give you the chance to work alongside industry leaders in a fast-paced, creative environment.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Duration: 10 Weeks
Deadline: March 5, 2025
Compensation: $24.00 per hour
Program Dates:
Option 1: June 2 – August 8
Option 2: June 23rd - August 29.
Work Schedule: Hybrid from San Francisco office. (Onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, work from home every Monday and Friday)
Who Can Apply:
Rising juniors, seniors, or 2025 graduates of an accredited college or university within the past 12 months.
Benefits:
- Face time with senior leadership
- Networking opportunities
- Regular feedback to help you grow.
- Opportunities to learn more about LVMH and Kendo’s role in the luxury world
Additional Details:
You must be legally authorized to work in the US.
AVAILABLE ROLES
Global Marketing, Ole Henriksen, Intern
The Kendo Global Marketing, Ole Henriksen intern will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of the Ole Henriksen Marketing team. In addition, they will be responsible for leading an individual project that will be presented to Senior Leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the development of targeted marketing campaigns, with a focus on paid media, by bringing a new point of view through research of the Gen Z cultural landscape and development of reports on how consumers process + engage with the world around them
- Support the coordination of Global Marketing efforts across regions to ensure brand cohesion (EU/Scandinavia/Aus/NZ/HK)
- Keep up to date on the latest products, trends, advertising, and insights across platforms
- Support the development of creative briefs for influencer paid media content
- Work with the global marketing manager to analyze paid media data to understand performance and create recommendations for future optimization. Occasionally edit assets to best meet goals.
- Support on day-to-day projects across marketing activation, press, content etc.
- Apply a keen understanding of the brand’s business, priorities, and overall skincare category
- Create strong partnerships with cross-functional partners through regular catch-up meetings and emails. Kendo has a highly collaborative culture, so you are encouraged and expected to work closely with other related teams such as Social, Brand, Digital as well as other categories
- Develop, grow, and have fun
- Learn from the best by interacting with a dynamic team of professionals
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising junior, senior or 2025 graduate in Marketing, communications, merchandising, business
- Full competency of Microsoft Office Suite – specifically Excel and PowerPoint
- Passion for skincare and cosmetics
- Good communicator/Listener
- Self-starter and out-of-box thinker
- Project and time management
- Detail oriented
- Data driven
- Creative mindset
- Team player
- Positive Attitude
Apply to the Kendo Summer Global Marketing Ole Henriksen Internship here.
Finance, IT, Operations Intern
The FIO intern will be fully integrated into the FIO (Finance, IT, Operations) team and working closely with Business Process owners and IT to help accelerate pace of automation and streamline reporting process and tools. One individual project will be presented to Senior FIO leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participate and contribute to Finance and Operations automation projects build around the following technology stack: MS365 (including Power Automate, Power Query & PowerBI), Anaplan, GCP
- Assist with defining and prototyping data flows and executive dashboards and reports
- Participate actively in a variety of meetings across multiple business functions
- Own and present an individual project at the conclusion of the internship
- Perform other ad-hoc projects to support the team
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising junior, senior or class of 2025 graduate (or within 12 months of graduation) with a double major in Computer Science and Business or Economics or Finance & Accounting
- Curiosity, desire to learn and understand business needs and use modern technology to enable next level of efficiency
- Good communication skills and ability to prototype and explain in simple words to the business process owners how technology can help
- Strong qualitative and analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data into an insightful story
- Good understanding of data management tools and techniques (SQL, MS Power Platform, Python)
- Optimistic and can-do attitude to help push for resolutions
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Creative problem solver with a sense of curiosity; able to work independently to produce quality results
Sourcing Intern
The Sourcing intern will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of the Sourcing team. In addition, you will be responsible for leading an individual project that will be presented to Senior Leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in researching and identifying cost savings.
- Support in the negotiation of pricing, terms, and contracts with suppliers to ensure competitive advantage and cost efficiency
- Support initiatives related to vendor risk mitigation.
- Support in maintaining accurate purchasing records and documentation.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising Junior, Senior or 2025 Graduate preferably in Supply Chain, International Trade or related field
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, in professional setting
- Ability to multi-task & prioritize with excellent follow-through and task completion
- Thrives in a fast-paced, often-changing, startup environment
- Creative problem solver and analytical mindset with a good sense of curiosity; able to work independently to produce quality results
- Flexible and positive attitude; able to work independently and within teams
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Supply Planning Intern
The Supply Planning Intern will learn the end to end responsibilities of a Supply Planner at Kendo and be introduced to all the brands. The intern will assist in planning supply to meet demand and supporting the team to meet organizational goals. The focus may be on new product launches, core business or both. The team will assign the intern to be on one process improvement project and the team will share the results at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support and collaborate with the supply planning team and cross functional partners.
- Help identify and mitigate risks in the supply chain and recommend creative solutions to challenges.
- Assist with the gathering and input of data for supply planning processes
- Participate actively in a variety of meetings across multiple business functions
- Perform ad-hoc projects to support the team
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising junior, senior or Class of 2025, preferably with a major/minor in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving abilities and interpersonal skills
- Communication excellence such as professionally communicating clearly: verbal and written
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly in Excel with basic knowledge of formula structures and pivot tables
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Supply Planning Internship here.
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Ecommerce & Digital Intern
The Ecommerce & Digital intern at Kendo will be supporting various parts of the Digital organization. This will be a great opportunity to explore and learn about multiple facets of the Digital business and emerging platforms, with special attention to the importance of communication, cross-functional collaboration, and documentation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own key aspects of digital projects, including TikTok initiatives, PDP imagery refresh, and site competitive analysis. Conduct research, develop insights, and deliver a final presentation by the end of the program. Perform in-depth competitor analysis from site and regional perspectives to provide strategic recommendations. Collaborate with the digital team intern as needed.
- Support day-to-day executional business support, to include supporting promo or product setup on site, site merchandising, project management, process documentation, TikTok Shop management, etc.
- Support the team with ad hoc digital tasks which could include data collection, creative project management, creative content uploads, and website quality checks.
- Support in obtaining content needs for special projects from cross-functional partners such as Education, Social and Creative
- Support in process and tool documentation for cross-functional use
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current undergraduate student (rising junior, senior, or soon-to-be graduate) pursuing a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Marketing or related field
- Demonstrated interest in the beauty industry, ecommerce, and digital marketing with previous relevant internship/work/project experience a plus
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including excellent follow-through and task completion
- Strong team player, ability to work with diverse cross-functional teams
- Creative problem solver with sense of curiosity; able to work independently to produce quality results
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Experience with a Work Management tool such as Asana, Workfront a plus
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Ecommerce & Digital Internship here.
Field Operations Intern
The Field Operations Intern will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of the Field Operations and Retail Events team. You will coordinate resources, support operational processes, and lead individual projects to be presented to leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Modernize operational processes for the North America Field Team
- Provide administrative support: calendars, recaps, content uploads, and meeting scheduling
- Update, clean, and maintain the field team app, digital databases, and product platforms
- Support data analysis and recap creation
- Manage physical storage of products, samples, tools, and training materials
- Prepare shipments and process manual orders
- Plan and maintain departmental calendars
- Document standard operating procedures and update guidebooks
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising junior, senior, or class of 2025 preferably with a major in Retail, Sales, Beauty, Events, or Marketing
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Solutions, customer service, and results-oriented
- Optimistic and can-do attitude to help push for resolutions
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Creative problem solver with a sense of curiosity; able to work independently to produce quality results
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Field Operations Internship here.
Quality Assurance Intern
The Quality Assurance Intern is responsible for assisting the skincare team in their day-to-day QA/QC activities. In addition, you will be responsible for leading an individual project that will be presented to Quality/Technical Services leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participates and coordinates the preparation of samples for review of physical attributes (color, odor, appearance, texture), evaluation of bulk product, work-in-process, and finished goods manufactured by suppliers.
- Communicates with suppliers/contractors results of evaluation and/or examination issues related to product/package integrity.
- Helps to organize product retains.
- Supports Quality Assurance for examination of complaint samples.
- Own and present an individual project at the conclusion of the internship.
- Perform ad-hoc projects to support the team.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising junior, senior preferably with a major in chemistry or life sciences, or experience in cosmetics or related industry.
- Passionate about cosmetics and skin care
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task with excellent follow-through and task completion is critical.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
- Optimistic and can-do attitude to help push for resolutions.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Creative problem solving and analytical skills; able to work independently to produce quality results.
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Quality Assurance Internship here.
Supply Chain Data Analyst Intern
The Supply Chain Data Analyst Intern will be responsible for maintaining the accuracy and compliance of our SC Master Data, lead data clean-up efforts, support new product launches and supply chain performance goals. Additionally, they will participate in developing a master data governance strategy to meet our evolving business needs. Join our Supply Chain team and dive deep into the world of data analytics, gaining comprehensive insights into the entire supply chain process! This role will collaborate with multiple departments, Product Development, Operations, IT, and Brands.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Data Governance: Resolve data quality problems through the appropriate choice of error detection and correction, process control and improvement, ensure existing data fields are kept up to date, driving accuracy and timeliness to hit key milestones.
- Lead product data clean-up and validation process, clean up any data gaps to support daily business operations.
- Continuous improvement: Work with the business to leverage best-practices and create alignment on clear ownership of the datasets. Maintain, monitor, and analyze data.
- Build and test new automation techniques to effectively utilize resources within the function and to make repetitive tasks less labor intensive.
- Help with the IT transition of reports/dashboards (update and creation).
- Documenting business processes
QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently working on completion of Bachelor’s degree in related field (Supply Chain or Data Analytics)
- Database Management. ERP implementation, or Equivalent experience(s)
- Working knowledge of ERP systems, Database modules, BI/Reporting writing
- Excel skills required (lookups, pivot tables, and formula entry a must)
- Sense of urgency to address any data issues or questions
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills needed for cross-functional team collaboration
- Detail oriented with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated potential in problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills; able to handle multiple priorities
- Ability to work in fast-paced, often-changing environment
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Supply Chain Data Analyst Internship here.
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Brand Operations Intern
The Brand Operations intern will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of the Brand Operations and the Global Brand teams. In addition, you will be responsible for leading an individual project that will be presented to Senior Brand leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage Brand Operations Projects End-to-End to ensure milestone timelines are met
- Deep dive into current processes & outstanding operational needs to recommend process improvement opportunities
- Support the Management of Product Lifecyle Processes for Fenty Beauty
- Work closely with cross functional teams, including Global Brand, Sales, Supply Planning, and Finance to ensure processes fit the needs of all teams
- Work closely with global brand to drive strategic decisions that align to profitability goals
QUALIFICATIONS
- Rising juniors, seniors or class of 2025 graduates, preferably majoring in business, merchandising, or similar major.
- Strong organizational skills
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task with excellent follow-through and task completion is critical
- Strong qualitative and analytical skills
- Optimistic and can-do attitude to help push for resolutions
- Creative problem solver with a sense of curiosity; able to work independently to produce quality results
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly in Excel and Powerpoint
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Brand Operations Internship here.
Visual Merchandising Intern
We are seeking a dedicated Visual Merchandising Intern to join our dynamic team. This internship offers you a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the daily operations of visual merchandising, focusing on fixture design and visual communications. Throughout your internship, you will take on a key project that you’ll present to the Director of Fenty Visual Merchandising at the conclusion of your internship. This role is vital in shaping our visual strategy and will provide valuable experience in the field of visual merchandising.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with global brand management teams and retail partners.
- Develop fixture concept designs based on creative briefs.
- Maintain files, records, and detailed data for the department.
- Participate in weekly vendor calls and brand meetings.
- Review graphic overviews and instruction sheets for quality assurance.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Seeking rising juniors, seniors, or members of the class of 2025, preferably majoring in visual communications, fashion merchandising or design, or retail management.
- Should possess creative thinking skills, be resolution-oriented, and have a customer-focused mindset.
- Strong computer skills are required, with experience in Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office programs. Experience with SketchUp or CAD programs is a plus, but not required.
- Must have a flexible and positive attitude; able to work both independently and within teams.
- Must thrive in a fast-paced, multitasking, hands-on environment.
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Visual Merchandising Internship here.
Influencer Marketing Intern, Fenty Beauty
The Influencer Marketing, Fenty Beauty intern will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of the Influencer Marketing team. In addition, you will be responsible for leading an individual project that will be presented to Senior Leadership at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the Influencer Gifting Process across the Fenty Beauty Brands
- Manage Influencer and Content Creator Identification for key campaigns
- Report and analyze findings relating to campaign performance
- Cultivate a keen understanding of the various levers of Influencer Marketing and how we work cross-functionally with our other Marketing teams.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Exceptional knowledge of current beauty and influencer trends
- Organized, detail-oriented, and proactive
- Passion for beauty/cosmetics
- Ability to support multiple projects and problem-solve in a deadline intensive environment
- Be a rising Junior, Senior, or 2025 graduate with experience relating to Influencer Marketing/Social/PR
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Influencer Marketing, Fenty Beauty Internship here.
Packaging Design and Development Intern
The Packaging Design and Development Intern will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of this department – Developing innovative beauty products with passion! They will provide support to both Packaging Design and Development teams while working with internal cross functional partners and suppliers. In addition, they will be responsible for contributing to an individual project that will be presented to the rest of the team at the end of the summer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work on new packaging concepts:
- Innovation research: new trends, innovative materials, art of gifting
- Beauty focus: beauty rituals, merch, Gen-Z, competitive benchmark
- Provide design support from creating mockups, refining some concepts, and proposing new ideas.
- Packaging Development: create a library of past projects and best practices.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Technical and/or design degree preferred
- Curiosity, Creativity, Beauty passion is a must!
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop & Illustrator
- Familiarity with MS Office Suite
- Thrives in a fast-paced, often-changing, startup environment
- Flexible and positive attitude; Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task with excellent follow-through and task completion is critical
Apply to the Kendo Summer 2025 Packaging and Design Internship here.
