Internship within Heritage Team

Position

The candidate will support the Heritage team within the Communications Department based in Rome, having a 360-degree view of managing a historical archive with a specific focus on exhibitions’ organization and events related to the historical archive.

The candidate will be able to follow the loan processes from the very beginning, learning different techniques and methods to handle historical products properly: from storage and preservation to packaging and shipping procedures.

As part of the Heritage team, the candidate will also deal with different stakeholders from all over the world, from internal Departments (i.e. Style Dept. for new products selection and acquisition, Industrialization, Press office etc) to external collaborators, museum curators and costume designers.

The candidate will work closely to the team in all the processes, with a focus on the analysis of the Maison stylistic vocabulary expressed in the aesthetic themes of all the FENDI collections since 1925.

Job responsibilities

• New products acquisitions/vintage items purchasing;
• Contribute to the products selection for potential exhibitions;
• Collaborate with the team, running specific resources on all materials related to the products selection (i.e. sketches, inspirational sources, press tools etc.);
• Assist in the research on materials/fabrics and study of the conservation conditions of the products;
• Support on the completion of condition reports;
• Collaborate in insurance activation, shipment organization, and packaging rules applications;
• Image research activities and management of the photographic clearance process;
• Update the internal digital platform dedicated to Heritage uploading new contents on a daily basis;

• Exhibition Design with a Focus on Sustainability (make material and set-up proposals; reduce paper consumption promoting online tools; use of separable, recyclable, and reusable packaging).

Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Archival studies or Communication, Languages, Humanities with an archival background;
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English; being fluent in French will be a plus;
• Advanced knowledge of the Office package (Excel and Power Point), Canva and social media;
• Ability to communicate and collaborate cross-functionally with different business departments in a multicultural environment;
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills showing a teamwork attitude;
• Very detailed oriented, great energy and “can-do” attitude demonstrating a flexible and proactive apporach;
• Creative and entrepreneurial spirit with new technologies approach;
• Passion for fashion and vintage products.

Additional information

The candidate will have a 360-degree view of the management of a historical archive with a specific focus on the organization of a specific exhibition.

The profile will be able to follow the organization of the exhibition and loaning processes from the beginning, learning several techniques and methods (how to preserve historical products, how to pack them and prepare the shipping, the evaluation process, legal and insurance aspects etc.)

The intern will learn how to deal with all the stakeholders (internal and external people) in an international working environment.

The candidate will improve and speed up all the processes approaching the projects with her/his own educational background and applying new technologies.

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