WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. MERCHANDISING INTERNSHIP 2027

Williams-Sonoma
San Francisco, California, United StatesPosted Aug 31, 2026
Year-round

About the role

We designed our program to be a game-changing first step in kicking off your career journey. We're looking for the next generation of home merchandisers who can bring fresh ideas and perspectives to our brands. During this 10-week program, you'll develop your skills alongside a team of supportive mentors and inspiring leaders.

Merchandising blends creativity, analytics, and marketing to drive customer engagement and profitability. As an intern, you'll work closely with a team for a specific category (ex: furniture, tabletop, bath, etc) to get behind the scenes insight on how they create product strategies, manage pricing, and interpret data. You'll use this to develop your own new product recommendations.

ABOUT YOU

  • Passionate about product, home decor, and retail
  • Keep up with home design trends
  • Currently in your junior year of an undergraduate program
  • Minimum GPA of 3.5
  • Able to work onsite at one of our brands in San Francisco
  • Know how to prioritize and move quickly to react to our ever-changing

business

  • Think strategically and critically to solve problems
  • Have Excel experience: vlooks-ups, pivot tables, etc…

OUR PROGRAM

Our program is designed for undergraduate students graduating in 2028. During your internship, you will be a part of an intern cohort working for one of our San Francisco Brands (Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, or PB Kids and Teen). Throughout the program, you will attend business critical meetings, lead projects, gain experience working with cross-functional teams, attend professional trainings, and have the chance to brainstorm with our leadership team.

At the end of the program, you are given the opportunity to pioneer a new idea and present it to our executive leadership team. Many of our interns' project proposals have been implemented in new business strategies, as we value the fresh perspective our interns bring to the business.

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