About the internship
FULL JD: https://shorturl.at/EDIa3
Role Overview
As a Fashion Merchandiser cum Designer, you will be the eye and soul behind the TrueBrands India collection. Your primary mission will be to ensure our inventory is fashion-forward, relevant to our audience, and seasonally appropriate. You will blend creative trend-spotting with sharp merchandising analysis to curate collections and guide brand onboarding, directly influencing the appeal and performance of our marketplace.
Key Responsibilities
Your role will be at the intersection of fashion research and strategic inventory selection, ensuring the TrueBrands India collection is relevant, desirable, and timely.
1. Trend Forecasting and Seasonal Planning
Conduct deep-dive trend spotting in the clothing and apparel space to identify emerging styles and silhouettes.
Study upcoming season mood boards and determine and suggest optimal colour palettes for platform onboarding.
Work on the type of garments and collections to be onboarded based on seasonal forecasts, ensuring the platform stays fresh.
2. Audience-Centric Collection Curation
Analyse and suggest designs and collections that align with current trends and are highly relevant to our target audience.
Suggest designs and collections that specifically cater to the proven taste and preference of our current/ongoing customer base.
Work to enhance the collections at TrueBrands, making them more relevant to our audiences and ensuring the right collection is available at the right time.
3. Inventory Vetting and Sourcing Strategy
Accordingly, shortlist brands dealing in the identified garment types and colour palettes, or with availability of similar collections, to be approached for onboarding.
Thoroughly analyse the available stock once it is received from an onboarded brand to determine which specific clothing types are per our requirements, audience, customer base, and upcoming trends for platform listing.
Go through available collections of suppliers that can be onboarded on our platform in small lots as per our requirements (Audience, customer base, trends, season).
Share trends, category gaps, or competitor insights to improve assortment and platform performance.
4. Internal Coordination:
Work closely with the founder and Business Development team to communicate collection needs and ensure a cohesive sourcing and listing strategy.
Skill(s) required
Branding
Creativity
Effective Communication
Fashion Designing
Fashion Styling
Forecasting
Interpersonal skills
Market Analysis
Marketing Strategies
Market research
Merchandising
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)
Earn certifications in these skills
Who can apply
Only those candidates can apply who:
1. are available for full time (in-office) internship
2. can start the internship between 29th Oct'25 and 3rd Dec'25
3. are available for duration of 2 months
4. have relevant skills and interests
* Women wanting to start/restart their career can also apply.
Perks
Certificate
Letter of recommendation
Flexible work hours
Informal dress code
Additional information
Stipend Structure:
Fixed pay: ₹ 4,000 - 7,000 /month
Incentive pay: ₹ 2,000 - 4,000 /month
Number of openings
2
About TrueBrands India
At TrueBrands India, we bring you premium branded fashion at unbeatable prices, offering exclusive discounts on high-quality apparel. Shop our curated fashion collection and find the best deals on affordable, branded clothes online.
Mukund Gupta, founder of TrueBrands India, comes from a garment manufacturing background where he saw how much brand-new clothing goes unsold and wasted. That's what inspired him to start TrueBrands, a platform that partners with fashion brands to give this surplus a second life. We offer 100% genuine, premium products at up to 60% off, making fashion affordable for customers and sustainable for the planet.