Macy’s, the largest retail brand of Macy’s, Inc. serves as the style source for generations of customers. With one of the nation’s largest e-commerce platforms powered by macys.com and mobile app, paired with a nationwide network of stores, Macy’s delivers the most convenient and seamless shopping experience, offering great values in apparel, home, beauty, accessories and more. Macy’s gives customers even more ways to shop and own their style through an off-price assortment at Macy’s Backstage and at our highly curated and smaller store format, Market by Macy’s. Each year, Macy’s provides millions with unforgettable experiences through Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks® and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® and helps our customers celebrate special moments, big and small. We’re guided by our purpose – to create a brighter future with bold representation that empowers more voice, choice and ownership for our colleagues, customers, and communities.
Website: https://www.macys.com/
About The Internship
Mercedes Potts interned as a Visual Merchandising Associate for the company Macy’s during the Spring 2022 Semester of her Senior Academic Year of 2021 – 2022. During this internship, Mercedes worked with the Retail Merchandising Support Team and completed the following tasks and responsibilities:
- Pull merchandise to set-up visual representations.
- Maintain and present visual displays in a compelling and exciting manner in accordance with company directives.
- Construct, paint, set-up, and install signs, sale banners, panels, and other items required for special events, clearance events, and fashion shows.
- Set-up and maintain fixtures using hand or power tools, such as saws, dykes, hammers, screwdrivers, staple guns, ladders, mannequin units, scissors, nails, spray paint, spray glue, and knives.
- Delivery of processed merchandise to appropriate sales floor drop zones.
- Support Omni-channel initiatives such as fulfillment of online or Buy Online/Pick Up in Store orders.
- Execute receiving, merchandise processing, packing/shipping and reverse logistics tasks timely and accurately to include processing inbound merchandise to floor ready standards by removing packaging and placing sensors per MMPS standards.
Sample Work
Here are visual displays that I had to create using the Macy’s company Visual Merchandising Directives and Standards Guide:
May 2022 Trend “Must-Haves” T-wall:
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