What are the responsibilities and job description for the Merchandising Intern - Summer 2025 position at The RealReal?
About The Role
As a Digital Merchandising Intern at the RealReal, you will be responsible for supporting our Site and Merchandising functions with a variety of tasks ranging from Merchandising, to Project Management. This role requires high attention to detail, excellent time management, and strong interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
**This is a 10 week internship from 6/2/2025 - 8/8/2025.**
What You Get To Do Every Day
Minimum Requirements:
This role is not eligible for benefits.
The expected hourly rate for this role is 21.00-25.00. To determine starting pay we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity. Additionally, salary is just one component of TRR’s total rewards package. Depending on role, employees may also be eligible for a bonus program, incentive pay and benefits.
The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 30 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. We have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. We make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. We do all of the work for consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing their items, as well as handling shipping and customer service. At our 13 retail locations, including our twelve shoppable stores, customers can sell, meet with our experts and receive free valuations.
The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records. At TRR, People Come First. That’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our Diversity Equity and Inclusion program here.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
As a Digital Merchandising Intern at the RealReal, you will be responsible for supporting our Site and Merchandising functions with a variety of tasks ranging from Merchandising, to Project Management. This role requires high attention to detail, excellent time management, and strong interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
**This is a 10 week internship from 6/2/2025 - 8/8/2025.**
What You Get To Do Every Day
- Keep a pulse on trends and the competitive e-commerce environment; proactively seek market knowledge through exposure to competitive websites and make site merchandising recommendations based on learnings
- Support in the management of an asset library for the Site Team
- Partnering with Site and Category Merchandising to curate onsite merchandising experience to drive sales, engagement and conversion
- Share weekly fashion news and seasonal trend reports with Merchandising
- Assist with daily project management tasks in our PM tool as well as in Slack
- QA Site and Email to validate linking experiences
- Analyzing and sharing out internal search trends
Minimum Requirements:
- Full-time (minimum 12 credit hours) undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field; with a focus on merchandising graduating after December 2025
- Proficiency with Excel & Google Suite
- Strong analytical skills
- Exceptional attention to detail, and organizational skills highly preferred
- Team player able to work effectively and collaboratively across all departments to meet goals
- Customer curious and dedicated to delivering an exceptional customer experience
This role is not eligible for benefits.
The expected hourly rate for this role is 21.00-25.00. To determine starting pay we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity. Additionally, salary is just one component of TRR’s total rewards package. Depending on role, employees may also be eligible for a bonus program, incentive pay and benefits.
The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 30 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. We have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. We make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. We do all of the work for consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing their items, as well as handling shipping and customer service. At our 13 retail locations, including our twelve shoppable stores, customers can sell, meet with our experts and receive free valuations.
The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records. At TRR, People Come First. That’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our Diversity Equity and Inclusion program here.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
