Join L'Oréal: As the #1 beauty company in the world with over 37 international brands – CeraVe, Kiehl’s, Maybelline, Prada Beauty, and Redken to name just a few – we embrace diversity and inclusion, sustainability, innovation, and well-being in the workplace to lay the groundwork for you to be able to help drive the future of beauty.

The L’Oréal USA Summer Internship Program is a paid, 11-week experience where you will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of a team while also leading your own, individual strategic project to discover what it is truly like to develop a career at L'Oréal. We are committed to giving our interns the space to explore, to have full time employee responsibilities, present their own insights to senior management, and to become future leaders. At the end of the summer, you will present your project to senior leadership for the opportunity to be considered for a full-time return offer into our Management Trainee program.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis beginning August 15^th through September 30^th. We encourage students of diverse backgrounds to apply, including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender expression, LGBTQ+, military status, and people with disabilities.

Who You Are:

• Ambitious students currently enrolled in a 4-year college or university who are expected to graduate between December 2026 – July 2027
• Trendsetters and innovative thinkers who want to create the beauty that moves the world
• No prior industry experience is necessary to apply

• Minimum Requirements:
  • Able to start working fulltime starting September 2027 upon graduation with your bachelor’s degree
  • Legally authorized to work in the US on a fulltime, permanent, and ongoing basis without requiring sponsorship now or in the future
  • Willing to relocate to any USA-based office that has a summer internship opportunity, including:
    • New York, New York
    • El Segundo, California

What You’ll Do:

Become immersed into L'Oréal North America’s Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Team and help to implement L'Oréal for the Future, our global program designed to transform L'Oréal towards an increasingly sustainable business model and contribute to solving the challenges facing the world.  
 
At L'Oréal, achieving our sustainability goals depends on the mobilization of a number of key functions whose processes and decisions impact our social and environmental footprint. In this role, you will work on projects where sustainability intersects with the work of our Sourcing, Packaging Engineering, IT, and Marketing teams. Examples of some projects you might work on include:
 

• Work on projects to embed sustainable practices and reduce waste across L’Oréal’s business operations and may focus on solutions like inventory management, product donations, and recycling  
• Support L'Oréal USA’s sustainable sourcing initiatives, including supply chain data collection and analysis and supplier engagement on key topics like carbon reduction
• Research and execute on projects that help to further the achievement of our sustainable packaging goals, including helping us to understand policy and NGO perspectives on packaging
• Support our marketing teams in communicating on L'Oréal's and our brands’ sustainability efforts that will most resonate with our consumers, including researching and digesting consumer insights on sustainability and developing materials to support retailer engagement on sustainability

You will also have the opportunity to support the CSR team in our work on philanthropy, sustainability communications and employee learning and engagement.  

The Program:

• This is a paid internship opportunity. Housing assistance is provided on an individual basis based on eligibility per our L'Oréal Relocation Policy.
• All interns will be paired with a mentor and buddy to help guide you through your internship
• Professional development & social programming is an integral part of your internship experience to understand our culture. From networking events to trainings, your calendar will always be full!
• There are many perks to being a summer intern, but two standout ones are access to our company store that has discounts on L’Oréal products and our Summer Friday program – every Friday during your internship is a half day!

What's In It For You:

• Salary Range: $24-$29 per hour (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location)
• Relocation Assistance
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays)
• VIP Access to the L’Oréal Company Store for Discounted Products

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