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An exciting opportunity for an Intern to join us to gain experience of an exciting Communications team and work across our two of our skincare brands; Shiseido & Clé de Peau Beauté.
About Shiseido Group
Our mission : Beauty Innovations for a Better World
Founded in 1872 in Japan, Shiseido Group is within the Top 5 leading cosmetics companies in the world and aims to inspire a life of beauty and culture. Operating in 120 countries with 42,000 employees and 70 nationalities, Shiseido offers a unique selection of Skincare, Makeup and Fragrance brands with a projected turnover over £7.0bn in 2022. Celebrating 150 years of heritage in 2022, Shiseido constantly creates high-quality, safe and innovative cosmetics and develop brands deeply loved by people from all over the world, in line with our mission: Beauty Innovations for a Better World. Did you know that Shiseido is the most awarded company in terms of innovation with a record 26 FSCC Awards?
Shiseido UK & Ireland plays a central role in the EMEA region, leading the Digital acceleration agenda thanks to a team of local experts, but is also constantly reinventing its Retail footprint in this buoyant market.
To deliver our strong Growth & Profitability ambitions, we will follow 4 strategic streams
- Leverage our unique portfolio of Beauty brands across all 3 categories
- Stay agile and capture new retail opportunities
- Customer-driven decisions
- Create a great place to work in Beauty
Our first strength is Make-up, led by NARS, the No 8 brand in the UK market with incredible success globally.
Skincare is a key priority for expansion, with Shiseido having huge growth potential in UK&I, and also the spectacular launch of Clé de Peau Beauté in Harrods and H-Beauty. Drunk Elephant joined our portfolio at the beginning of 2021 bringing its unique tone of voice together with its amazing formulations. In 2023 we are planning to launch ULE a newly created Skincare brand with breakthrough credentials around Sustainability, as well as expanding Gallinée, our most recent acquisition from 2022 and specialized around skin microbiome.
We are also growing fast in Fragrance with brands such as Issey Miyake, Narciso Rodriguez, Tory Burch, Zadig&Voltaire and Serge Lutens.
Our clients include high-street retailers such as department stores, drugstores & chains as well as online pure players and specialty stores. We also have 4 boutiques and 3 direct e-commerce websites.
About Shiseido Brand
Recently voted as No5 most trusted brand in Health & Beauty worldwide, Shiseido has defined the concept of beauty and spread its knowledge and power across the world. Heralding an army of devoted followers, we feel that by inspiring empathy, beauty can become a positive force in the world, and guide the next generation boldly into the future.
About Clé de Peau Beauté
Clé de Peau Beauté, the premier luxury skincare and makeup brand from Shiseido Cosmetics, was founded in 1982 as the ultimate expression of elegance and science. Forever guided by exquisite aesthetics and intelligence, Clé de Peau Beauté has instilled its products with modernity, enchantment, and dynamism to emerge as an industry leader in delivering radiance so remarkable, it emanates from within.
We are committed to using only ingredients that either directly benefit the health of the skin or support the integrity of our formulations. We never take into account whether something is synthetic or natural, instead choosing ingredients based on biocompatibility.
Main responsibilities
- Dealing with daily requests and managing mail outs to journalists and influencers
- Coverage monitoring - on and off line
- Regular online manual tracking and sharing of competitor activity
- Helping to develop PR ideas and support PR strategy
- Compiling coverage reports, competitor reports and assisting with event recaps
- Assisting with PR projects e.g. launch events, creative mailers
- To take full responsibility for in-house product stocks and order as required + compile monthly product orders in line with PR budget
- General office admin to include handling all outgoing mail and processing all deliveries
Profile, skills and experience required
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- A strong interest in the beauty industry
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task
- Hands on approach
- Creative
- Great attention to detail
- Excellent time-management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Alignment with the group’s “Trust8” working principles: Think Big, Take Risks, Hands on, Collaborate, Be Open, Act with Integrity, Be Accountable, Applaud Success
