Apparel Design Intern Summer 2026

Detroit, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Preferred Qualifications

Self-directed approach
Ability to communicate effectively
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite including Excel PowerPoint and Word

Job Summary

Interns at the Rock Family of Companies gain priceless hands-on experience. Here they learn how it feels to be in the workplace participate in events and become a valuable member of our team.

Responsibilities

Learn about our business by attending meetings huddles and trainings
Share creative ideas that will help improve our business
Deliver reports analyze metrics and summarize information to help drive our team forward
Assist in creating materials and/or presentations for meetings
Take notes during meetings and provide recaps

We are seeking a fashion/apparel design intern to join the Rocket Threads team. This role will support the lead product manager by researching trends analyzing performance of past collections and generating fresh design concepts. The iterns work will help inform sourcing and sampling decisions ensuring each collection is both strategic and creatively inspired.

This internship is ideal for a student or early-career designer who wants exposure to the entire product development cycle from ideation and research through to real-world execution.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct trend and competitor research compiling seasonal reports and visual decks.
Analyze past Rocket Threads product launches identifying what resonated and where improvements are needed.
Translate research into mockups sketches concept boards and mini-line proposals.
Present ideas and findings to the lead product manager for review.
Assist in preparing internal presentations and design briefs for leadership and vendor partners.
Support the ongoing maintenance of design assets libraries and performance documentation.

Disclaimer

This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed added to removed amended deleted and modified at any time by the leadership group.

Required Experience:

Intern

Preferred QualificationsSelf-directed approachAbility to communicate effectivelyProficiency in the Microsoft Office suite including Excel PowerPoint and WordJob SummaryInterns at the Rock Family of Companies gain priceless hands-on experience. Here they learn how it feels to be in the workplace part...