DelVal Students Take a Trip To URBN's Home Office
On October 14, students and staff from our Center for Professional Development (CSPD) took a trip to the URBN's Home Office in Philadelphia, PA.
The day began with a presentation on the internship program by Emily Young, Early Careers Recruiter, at URBN. URBN is offering five exclusive internships to DelVal students in plant buying, business administration and marketing, customer service, design services, and events and café. In addition, students may also apply to their wider national internship pool which has programs in photography, supply chain and social responsibility, merchandising, software engineering, digital marketing, sustainability, menus & venues, and many more. Internships are paid and also provide housing resources. Some internships are based here at Terrain, while others are at the Navy Yard. And, some may be hybrid, while others require a five-day week.
Following the presentation, students toured the various buildings. Each brand has its own building at the Navy Yard. URBN encapsulates Urban Outfitters, Anthropology, NUULY, Terrain, Menus & Venues, Free People, Anthropology Weddings (formerly BHLDN), and FP Movement. URBN internships are across all brands, and they encourage and support shadowing and networking in other areas while working with them. We learned that URBN is a dog-friendly employer, with dog parks on site. It is also a casual environment - many meetings are held on sofas in the lobbies with coffees in hand, and management is very accessible.
The URBN internship philosophy is to invest in the long-term potential of its interns. It is the hope of the company that each internship has the potential to turn into a long-term employment opportunity. Interns may be anywhere from freshmen to recent graduates. As our day ended with lunch in their café’, we were able to meet up with Jen Salvatore. Jen is a DelVal alumna who is one of the first interns from our relationship with URBN. She now works full-time for URBN head office in recruitment and was thrilled to share her experience.
