- Employment
- Temporary
- Seniority
- Intern
- Department
- Retail & Boutique Operations
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
About Kilian Paris
Kilian Paris is a distinguished luxury fragrance maison founded in 2007 by Kilian Hennessy, heir to a lineage of French cognac craftsmanship and savoir-faire. Renowned for its audacious olfactory creations, refillable objects, and theatrical aesthetic, the brand invites employees to contribute to a world where perfume is treated as an art of seduction, memory, and lasting elegance. As part of The Estée Lauder Companies, Kilian Paris offers the intimacy of a niche maison alongside the reach of a global luxury group, attracting talents passionate about creativity, client excellence, artisanal detail, and the codes of contemporary haute parfumerie.
Kilian Paris is seeking a Retail and Education Intern to support APAC retail activations, campaign launches, pop-ups, store openings, and training programs. The role coordinates visual merchandising and market requirements, monitors retail performance, and delivers competitive intelligence while supporting local teams’ retail operations. Temporary, full-time position.
Role & Responsibilities
- Assist in coordinating visual merchandising plans and retail activations across APAC markets, sharing campaign guidelines, best practices, and inspirational content with local teams to support consistent brand execution and retail excellence in stores.
- Monitor retail initiative performance, including pop-ups, VIC activations, and in-store events; review KPIs, identify success drivers, and provide actionable insights and recommendations to optimize future retail strategies and commercial performance.
- Gather and consolidate regional requirements for visual merchandising tools, collaterals, and samples across APAC markets; assist with forecasting, track market requests, and follow up on production and delivery timelines to ensure materials are deployed on time for retail activations.
- Monitor luxury beauty and fragrance industry trends and competitor activities, focusing on pop-ups, visual merchandising executions, client events, and retail activations; produce and distribute regular competitive intelligence reports to regional and global teams.
- Support the deployment of retail and educational initiatives across APAC, including campaign launches, pop-ups, store openings, and training programs.
- Support markets in day-to-day retail and operational activities to enhance in-store execution, optimize retail operations, and strengthen store teams’ product knowledge and selling capabilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Second or third internship, or other prior work experience.
- Strong interest in fragrances, beauty, or luxury.
- Excellent written and spoken English; French, Korean, or Japanese is a plus.
- Able to work in a multicultural environment and engage with different teams and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated independence, organization, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
Skills
Experience
Second or third internship, or other prior work experience.
Education
Bachelor’s degree.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Culture
Kilian Paris fosters a refined, creative workplace culture rooted in the codes of haute perfumery, Parisian elegance, and bold olfactive storytelling. As an employer, it values craftsmanship, artistic curiosity, and a meticulous sense of luxury, encouraging teams to deliver distinctive client experiences with sophistication and passion.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
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