At SEPHORA we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us.
We are united by a common goal -
to reimagine the future of beauty.
The Opportunity
Do you want to learn how to optimise an omnichannel retail platform and drive trade across multiple channels? Join our Trading Internship at Sephora UK and gain hands-on experience in trade, promotional planning, and consumer insights. This is your chance to work alongside our Trading Team, ensuring seamless online operations, tracking competitor activity, and supporting key business initiatives. If you're detail-oriented, eager to learn, and excited about the world of online retail, this internship is the perfect starting point for your career!
You Will Also Be Responsible For
- Supporting the Trading Team with maintaining and updating key business documents, such as the Macro Plan and Weekly Creative Doc, ensuring all trading updates are accurately recorded.
- Conducting site checks to verify that promotions and offers are correctly displayed across key site areas, including the homepage, strip banners, offers page, and category pages.
- Performing user journey testing on both the app and website to ensure a smooth customer experience and that promotions are working as intended.
- Assisting with setting up promotional codes and sitewide gift-with-purchase (GWP) offers, ensuring availability and accuracy.
- Conducting stock checks for GWPs and providing updates to the wider team on availability.
- Monitoring competitor activity, including app and omni-channel offers, and identifying opportunities for Sephora to stay competitive.
- Supporting the setup of category events, working closely with category assistants to ensure timely execution of GWP promotions and event shop builds.
What You'll Bring
You have a keen interest in ecommerce, trading, and optimising digital retail performance. You’re detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to learn how to optimise online shopping experiences. Whether it's tracking promotional performance, analysing competitor strategies, or ensuring a flawless site experience, you're ready to take on new challenges and develop valuable skills in digital trade.
Our Ideal Candidate Will Also Possess
- Strong analytical skills with an interest in ecommerce performance and consumer insights.
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to spot inconsistencies or errors.
- Great communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with multiple teams.
- A proactive and problem-solving mindset, eager to take initiative.
- Basic understanding of digital tools, Content Management Systems (CMS), and promotional planning (a plus but not required).
Join our Trading Team and gain essential experience in ecommerce operations, campaign execution, and competitive analysis. Apply now to be part of our fast-paced, beauty-driven business!
What You Need To Know
- You currently have the valid right to work in the UK.
- The internship is a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract (FTC), with an anticipated start date of July 2025.
- This role is based at SEPHORA HQ in Russell Square, London, and follows our Hybrid working policy of 3 days onsite per week.
- The application deadline is Monday 31st March 2025, at 11:59 PM GMT.
While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy...
- The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
- The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
- The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000 stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.
You can
unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can
learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can
be yourself, because you are what sets us apart.
This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.
Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
