🔝 Reports to: eCommerce Content Manager
📑 6-month internship contract
💰 Bachelor’s Degree: CHF 2’500 / Master’s Degree: CHF 3’000.-
📍 EMEA HQ, Geneva (Switzerland)
👩💻🏡 Hybrid mode (2 days/week home-office)
📆 Start date: July 2024
OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.
At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.
Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.
Discover a world of diversity within our team of 700+ across 13 European countries, united by the common goal of elevating Columbia to the pinnacle of outdoor brands in Europe. Our omnichannel approach seamlessly integrates Columbia and Sorel brands' engaging in-store and online experiences.
Nestled at the heart of the Alps in Geneva, Switzerland, our European headquarters hosts the Executive Committee, go-to-market functions, and Planning and Logistics teams. In Schiltigheim, near Strasbourg, our shared services center thrives with over 100 professionals managing Finance and Operations/Customer Service. Our distribution center in Cambrai ensures swift delivery to customers, while our 30+ Columbia stores adorn major European outlet centers. Finally, the Sales and Trade Marketing teams are displayed in 3 different regions across Europe, close to their customers and markets.
We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.
And we believe in you.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Located in our EMEA headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), the Content Team is part of a wider E-commerce team and oversees the production of all digital assets for our Columbia and SOREL European websites (2 brands, 5 languages, 22 websites), newsletters and marketing banners.
The E-commerce team includes 15 people split in 3 teams: Buying, Digital Marketing and Content. The Content team is composed of 4 people with diverse roles (team management, copywriting, asset management, scheduling, web design, testing).
The role of the Content team is to provide a flawless on-site user experience and to support various other teams in their initiatives (brand marketing, traffic acquisition etc.).
To reach this goal the team needs to stay up to date with numerous projects from several teams, manage multiple deadlines, execute content production according to brand guidelines, keep in touch with our US headquarters, and follow the performance of produced content.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Content team needs extra support in the second half of the year to support new collection launches and key business opportunities like Black Friday and the winter sale.
During this 6 month internship, and by supporting each team member, you will gain extensive knowledge about the functioning of an e-commerce content team and will dive into each role, understanding the responsibilities and constraints of each.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
You will take an active part in all aspects of content creation such as:
- Thorough training in copywriting
- Thorough training in content production management
- Coordination of translation needs
- Asset management and resizing
- Training in web design best practices
- Content localization
- Cross-device testing
- Performance review
- Consumer experience strategic thinking
ABOUT YOU
- You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Digital Content Creation or any other fields related
- You are looking for a 6-month internship in the field of e-Commerce and content creation
- Passionate about the web environment and highly motivated to join the Content team
- You are Consumer-oriented and empathetic
- You have a very good level of English (C1)
- You are extremely meticulous in handling your tasks and your schedule, at ease with multitasking
- You are very good at communicating with your colleagues and managers and enthusiastic about teamwork
- You are eager to learn new skills and understand the big picture as well as the details
- You always bring a growth mindset!
PERKS & BENEFITS
🎁 Significant discounts on Columbia and Sorel products
🧘♀️ Pilates and yoga classes on our premises, and running groups or sports activities
📚 Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
📖 A monthly Learning Hour for training, discovery and learning
👩🏫 Unlock your potential: access to in-house training courses (feedback, leadership, Insights®...)
🌈DEI initiatives to exchange and strengthen our involvement around these themes
ABOUT THE CULTURE
- At Columbia Sportswear, we value an inclusive and open culture that emphasizes the absence of barriers between team members. We are committed to fostering a sense of belonging by encouraging personal connections at all levels, which creates a cohesive and supportive work environment.
- Team members serve as ambassadors for our brand, finding motivation in being part of an organization dedicated to activities they are passionate about. This dedication reflects our commitment to building a team that takes pride in our products and values.
- We offer the opportunity to work for a US-based company within a multicultural environment, where your job has an impact across different countries.
- Our "Always Be Learning" culture of continuous learning enables our employees to identify and develop skills that will enable them to continue to grow within the company.
- "Unlock Your Potential" is the spirit that characterizes our vision of employees' development: to offer them opportunities to grow, in their job, in their team or even to change jobs completely. We grow our people to grow our business.
To learn more about us and our culture, visit our page on Welcome To The Jungle: https://bit.ly/49bl1i5
ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS
1️⃣ Ready to unlock your potential at Columbia Sportswear Company? Apply now to help us connect active people with their passion! The hiring team will review your application in the following weeks.
2️⃣ If your application is selected: a 30-45mn introductory interview with our Talent Acquisition Team
3️⃣ In-person interview with the hiring manager within our office in Geneva
4️⃣ Your unique strengths align perfectly with our team: we are thrilled to extend you an offer!
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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.