Kate Spade - Visual Designer - Summer Mentorship Program

Kate Spade invites you to design a strategy that maintains the unique personality of our brand while we evolve away from novelty and storytelling and focus on building a stronger base of core handbags, acquiring new and younger consumers, and elevating the brand. For this project we want you to think beyond our windows and in store experience. Provide new ways to approach the tools & guidelines that we share with our teams to ensure excellent execution in our stores.

Details to be considered while developing your project:

• Overall experience
• What do we want customers to feel? What is the emotional connection?
• Think beyond window displays and in store experience
• include new ways to approach the tools & guidelines that we share to our teams in the stores

Guidelines: All submissions must include:

* Research, strategic approach, and a full creative presentation to showcase

* A description of the changing landscape and the impact it has on stores

* Visualization (images, sketch, renderings, drawings, etc)

* Resume of the participant

You can present your submission in any preferred readable format such as PDF slides, video or any other innovative format to add a personal touch. Each submission may only be made by one individual, must be entirely your own work and must not be the work of a team. Your submission must not include any elements from any other artist’s or designer’s creations, work, or pieces.

Deadline: Friday, February 28th 2025

All submissions received before Friday, February 28th 2025 at 11:59 PM ET will be judged by WindowsWear who will determine the top five “Finalists”. Judging will be based 30% on originality, 30% on overall design aesthetics, 30% on best use of innovation, and 10% for the project explanation. Please note that students that have some form of software design skills: Sketch Up, Rhino, or any other 3D software are more eligible to be considered.

Prizes

The five finalists will be judged by Kate Spade Global Visual Experience team, Tapestry Talent Acquisition team, and WindowsWear who will select one 1st place winners, one 2nd place winner, and one 3rd place winner between all submissions of projects from Kate Spade.

1st Place: A paid internship with Kate Spade brand to be completed during Summer 2025, contingent on passing a legally permissible background check and confirmation of eligibility to work in the U.S. Winner must be available for the internship for a minimum of eight (8) weeks and the internship shall not exceed twelve (12) weeks. The paid internships will be conducted on an in-person basis at Tapestry, Inc.’s HQ in New York City. No living accommodations, meals, or travel is included in this First Prize.

2nd Place: One (1) Kate Spade bag (handbag, messenger bag, tote bag or backpack, as selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion). ARV $395

3rd Place: One (1) Kate Spade accessory (wallet, wristlet, travel kit or other small leather good, as selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion.) ARV $95

All Finalists that are not selected as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a Kate Spade gift valued at $50 (valid to be used only in the U.S) and a letter congratulating them on their submission signed by Sponsor’s VP, Global Visual Experience, and/or other leaders.

U.S. Residents: All U.S. residents, including international students residing in the U.S. on a student visa are eligible to enter, must have either a Social Security Number (“SSN”) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (“ITIN”) at the time of being notified as a potential winner to be eligible to win (see additional information below in the Eligibility section).

Please apply at windowswear.com/mentorship