Intern, Distributed Assistant

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Intern/Trainee Job Function:
Digital/E-Commerce

Work Location:

Hybrid
- San Francisco, CA

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Sephora Internships provide an inclusive and comprehensive experience that equips young professionals with the tools needed to align their passions with work. The 10-week internship program develops early career professionals by providing interns with hands‑on learning, personal and professional networking opportunities, and the ability to work on projects that directly impact the business.

An inclusive and engaging experience that develops technical and professional skills through weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels that provide exposure to Sephora’s career growth opportunities.

• June 14 - August 20, 2027
• Working hours:
  
  36hrs/week. Monday
  - Friday, PST
• July 6 - July 9, 2027:
  Intern Optional Summer Shutdown

Position title:

Intern, Distributed Commerce Assistant

As the Intern, Distributed Commerce Assistant, you will support the Distributed Commerce team in identifying, evaluating, and optimizing commerce opportunities in emerging digital channels beyond  You will focus on AI‑assisted shopping and agentic commerce, assess market and competitive developments, and build a prioritization framework that concludes with findings and recommendations for the team.

• Conduct structured research on agentic commerce and AI‑assisted shopping, including consumer adoption, emerging use cases, industry announcements, and relevant technology developments.
• Benchmark shopping capabilities across GenAI platforms and AI assistants, evaluate how beauty competitors and leading retailers use them, and maintain an updateable comparison framework.
• Test Sephora agentic commerce experiences from a client perspective, document pain points and gaps, and partner with cross‑functional teams to identify practical optimizations.
• Build and apply a prioritization framework for GenAI platforms and agentic commerce features using criteria such as user adoption, competitive activity, business potential, cost, and technical fit.
• Present progress, insights, prioritized opportunities, and final recommendations to the Distributed Commerce team and leadership; as a stretch goal, develop a partner onboarding blueprint.
• Demonstrate our Sephora values:
  Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

• Strong interest in emerging digital commerce…