University: University College London/ London College of Fashion

Heading to: Sydney, Australia

For how long: 20 weeks

Unfortunately we could not convince this graduate to write about her Sydney Fashion Internship, but it is such a good position that we have found her that we decided to let all you budding retail fashion students/ graduates know about the internship. We will keep her name out of the article to respect her wishes.

She Applied in September to start her Fashion Retail internship in Sydney, Australia in October/ November. She has studied at London College of Fashion and then at University College London.

So what was she looking to get out of this fashion retail internship in Sydney? She has a good CV, with experience in fashion design combined with some very good university work. She is looking to get some better fashion retail experience on her CV and when she applied said:

“I have an intense passion for Fashion and I am determined to pursue a career in Fashion Retail”

The placement we have lined up for her will definitely give her this experience. A Sydney based design company that started in 2003 and has taken the Australian fashion scene by storm after their launch at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week which saw them attract celebrity fans including Rose Byrne, Jennifer Hawkins, Miranda Kerr and Nicky Hilton.

She has a phone interview next week to speak with the Sydney based fashion design company. This is an opportunity for her to talk through what kind of work she would like to and what experience she would like to get on her CV.

From there Intern Options will put the internship details into a formal contract for her, which the employer has signed and we will then help her through the visa application, looking at accommodation, flights, insurance and set her up an Australian bank account.

If you’re interested in an internship in Sydney or Melbourne in fashion retail like this or in fashion design, merchandising, buying, events and many more, check out the Fashion Internships page for full details as well as example company and position descriptions.

University: Manchester Metropolitan University

Course: BA (Hons) Fashion

Currently in: Sydney, Australia

For how long: 20 weeks

Louisa is a graduate from MMU and is looking to move into fashion marketing and has applied for an internship  in either Sydney or Melbourne in this area. Louisa has been looking for a graduate job since she graduated but has found this very tough with no marketing experience on her CV. Although Louisa has not studied marketing exactly she will get experience in this area while on an internship Sydney or Melbourne.

Louisa has had some experience in the UK while studying, this has been mainly in fashion design. The goal is to place Louisa into a small to medium sized fashion company where she can get a good grounding in how the business runs and work on the company marketing of their products.

Louisa has agreed to keep us up to date weekly on her internship (thanks again Louisa!) search which began at the beginning of September with Intern Options. The Sydney office is currently talking with the contacts they have in Sydney and Melbourne about a position for Louisa and I understand they are getting pretty close!

So I will hand you over to Louisa to fill you in on all the details from applying to getting her offer (hopefully soon) through to moving to Sydney/ Melbourne and keeping you up-to-date on how her fashion marketing internship is going.

If you’re interested in a Fashion Internship in Australia you can check out the programme details as well as Fashion Internships company and position descriptions for fashion placements in Sydney or Melbourne.