Business Internships

A Walk In Our Shoes

The Best Way to Get Your Foot in the Retail Door!

If you're looking for a business internship that gives you real experience in multiple areas, this could be for you. Brown Shoe offers the rare opportunity to get immersed in both the wholesale and retail sides of the shoe business within the same company.

As the saying goes, you can't really know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes. The same goes with companies and careers. We invite you to take A Walk in Our Shoes through our internship program and find out for yourself if Brown Shoe is a perfect fit for you.

Our Ideal Business Intern:
• Takes initiative
• Strong communicator
• Good problem solver
• Professionally mature
• Creative and innovative

Business Internship Program Overview

Who can apply:
Juniors enrolled within an accredited college or university. (Business and marketing majors are preferred, but all majors will be considered.)

What it pays:
$10 per hour + invaluable experience

Length of program:
12 remarkable weeks

Fringe benefits:
Awesome employee shoe discount!

Housing:
Yes! Allowance provided.

Where you'll be:
Corporate Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri

How to apply:
Apply online through Brown Shoe Careers: Job Openings. Applications accepted September 12 – September 30, 2011 for Summer 2012.

Business Internship Program Outline

Interns are paired up for a full 12-week experience. Each pair is assigned a real-life project that focuses on at least two business areas of the company. These areas can include:

• Style and Trend
• Product Development
• Finance
• Marketing
• Sales
• Retail Planning
• Customer Service
• Loss Prevention

Sample of Project Assignments (from previous internships):
• Leverage the Brown Shoe children’s brands in our Famous Footwear stores. Interns spent six weeks in our Wholesale Children’s division, followed by six weeks in Famous Footwear’s Children’s Buying area. They worked on proposals to leverage the children’s area of both wholesale and retail divisions.
• Work on the social media campaign for a new brand. Interns spent time in our Wholesale Naturalizer division, followed by time in our Social Media department. During this project, interns worked on leveraging social media for a developing brand.

Along with the project assignments, interns are provided many opportunities to learn about various business areas within Brown Shoe: Product Development, Sourcing, Marketing, Merchandising, Finance, Customer Service, Asset Management, Human Resources, and Strategic Planning.

Brown Shoe Career Fair Calendar

School	Date of Visit	Time	Event	Location

University of Pennsylvania	W, 9/14	10-3pm	Career Link 2011	University City Sheraton Hotel
	Th, 9/15	5-6pm	Penn Info Session	Jon M. Huntsman Hall - Room G65
	F, 10/7 - W, 10/12	All Day	Resume Drop	Online - Penn Career Link
	T, 10/20	5pm	Penn Application Deadline	Online - Penn Career Link
	F, 10/28	All day	Penn On-Campus Interviews - ACT ONLY	Interview Suite 90, McNeil Building

Washington University	W, 9/14	3-7pm	All Campus Career Fair	Athletic Complex
	Th, 9/15	5pm	Wash U Info Session	Danforth University Center
	s/b - 9/23/11	5pm	Wash U Application Deadline	Online - Wash U Career Link
	Wed, 10/5/11	All day	Wash U On-Campus Interviews - Intern	Danforth University Center
	Th, 10/6/11	All day	Wash U On-Campus Interviews - ACT	Danforth University Center

University of Missouri - Columbia	Fri, 9/16	10am-3pm	Truslaske College of Business Career Fair	Hearnes Center Concourse
	Wed, 9/21/11	5pm	Information Session	Robert J. Trulaske College of Business
	Th, 9/29/11	All Day	Application Deadline	Online - Mizzou Business Career Services
	Wed, 10/12/11	9am - 5pm	Mizzou On-Campus Interviews - Internship	Robert J. Trulaske College of Business
	Th, 10/13/11	9am - 5pm	Mizzou On-Campus Interviews - ACT	Robert J. Trulaske College of Business

University of Florida	M, 9/26/11	5 - 6:30pm	Retail Reception	Stuzin Hall
	T, 9/27/11	9am-3pm	Career Showcase	Stephen C. O'Connell Center
	W, 9/28/11	5:30pm	Information Session	J. Wayne Reitz Union - Career Resource Center
	T, 10/6/11	5pm	Application Deadline	Online - Gator Career Link
	T, 10/25/11	9-5pm	UF On-Campus Interviews - Internship	J. Wayne Reitz Union - Career Resource Center
	W, 10/26/11	9-5pm	UF On-Campus Interviews - ACT	J. Wayne Reitz Union - Career Resource Center

Saint Louis University	W, 9/28/11	12-4pm	Career & Graduate School Fair	BSC Multipurpose room
	Th, 9/29/11	5-6pm	SLU Info Session	Busch Student Center
	Th, 10/6/11	5pm	SLU Application Deadline	Busch Student Center
	Th, 10/12/11	5pm	SLU Preselect Deadline	Online - SLU Career Services
	W, 10/19/11	9-5pm	SLU On-Campus Interviews - Intern	Busch Student Center

"The Brown Shoe internship program is unlike any other company. It provides you the opportunity to see and experience all parts of the retail business, and teaches you to apply what you've learned to real life projects and situations."

Julia Bockerstette
Naturalizer Intern
St. Louis University -
Business Major