texfash.com offers internships for students and early-career professionals interested in the global textiles-apparel-leather-footwear industry. The internship is designed for those who want to engage with the research, policy debates and supply-chain developments shaping the sector.
Interns work closely with the editorial team on ongoing reporting, surveys and research initiatives. The work involves reading industry reports, examining policy developments, analysing data and preparing research material that feeds directly into texfash coverage and studies.
Internships are offered throughout the year and can be undertaken remotely, allowing interns to participate from anywhere in the world.
Areas of Work
- Editorial Research: Assist with background research for texfash Updates, interviews and analytical features by reading reports, identifying key facts, verifying information and preparing briefing notes.
- Industry Interviews: Support preparation of interview questionnaires, compile background notes on interviewees, and help review transcripts from conversations with industry leaders, policymakers and researchers.
- Industry Surveys: Assist in designing questionnaires, compiling responses, organising datasets and helping analyse surveys conducted across the textile and apparel ecosystem.
- Research Projects: Work as research associates on texfash research initiatives by conducting literature reviews, gathering data, tracking developments and compiling material used in studies.
- Policy Tracking: Monitor developments in sustainability regulations, trade policies and supply-chain standards affecting the global textile and apparel industry.
- Industry Mapping: Help build datasets, company directories and innovation trackers that document developments across the textile and apparel value chain.
- Case Studies: Assist in compiling case studies of companies, technologies and supply-chain initiatives related to sustainability and industry transformation.
- Data Compilation: Gather and organise industry data used in texfash reporting, including production figures, policy developments and market information.
- Event Research: Prepare background notes and research summaries related to major industry events, trade fairs and policy forums covered by texfash.
- Knowledge Archive: Support the organisation of reports, research papers and industry documents that form part of the texfash research repository.
- Research Briefs: Prepare short analytical briefs on emerging developments in textiles, sustainability and supply chains based on available research and industry material.
- Editorial Projects: Assist with long-form editorial work by compiling background material and research inputs used in analytical features and studies.
What Interns Gain
- Industry Exposure: Gain direct exposure to developments in the global textiles-apparel-leather-footwear sector, including sustainability initiatives, policy debates and supply-chain innovations.
- Research Experience: Work with international research papers, policy reports and industry studies used in texfash coverage.
- Editorial Workflow: Understand how research-driven journalism is developed, from source material and data collection to analysis and publication.
- Portfolio Development: Build a portfolio of research notes, analytical briefs and editorial work completed during the internship.
- Publication Credits: Strong contributions may receive credit on texfash stories or research outputs where appropriate.
- Mentoring: Receive editorial feedback and guidance on research methods, analytical writing and industry analysis.
- Project Responsibility: Interns may undertake defined research or editorial tasks and may continue working on additional projects over time.
- Industry Visibility: Work that contributes to texfash coverage may bring exposure to industry leaders, researchers and professionals who follow the platform.
- Certification: Interns who successfully complete their internship project will receive a certificate from texfash.
- Continued Association: Exceptional interns may continue contributing to texfash as occasional contributors after completing the internship.
Eligibility
- Students should ordinarily be in the second year of their undergraduate course or above.
- Postgraduate students are welcome to apply.
- Applicants may come from disciplines such as fashion communication, fashion journalism, fashion marketing, fashion design, textile engineering, textile technology, journalism, media and communications, or related fields.
Internship Terms
- Internship projects at texfash are unpaid.
- Applications are accepted throughout the year.
- Internships can be undertaken remotely from anywhere in the world.
- Internship duration and time commitment can be discussed depending on the nature of the project.
- Applicants should provide a recommendation from the head of their institution, department or course where applicable.
How to Apply
- Familiarise yourself with the texfash.com site before applying.
- Email mail@texfash.com with your CV and photograph.
- Mention your areas of interest or expertise.
- Ask the head of your institution, department or course to send a recommendation addressed to the Managing Editor, texfash.com.
- Mention when you would like to start the internship.
- Applications that do not follow these guidelines will be rejected.
- Please do not call or message on WhatsApp.