2026 Consumer Insights Intern
Job ID 2023-01489
Description
The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to provide exceptional students interested in a career in CPG with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations at Conair. Those selected will gain invaluable work experience through challenging project assignments and on the job learning experiences.
Position Summary:
Join Conair’s Consumer Insights team and learn how research and data shape decisions across our Beauty & Home Care brands. You’ll help turn consumer signals—surveys, reviews, social listening, and sales trends—into clear stories and recommendations that guide brand strategy, innovation, packaging, and retail activation. Over the summer, you’ll build core CPG insights fundamentals, collaborate with cross‑functional partners (Marketing, Product, Digital, Sales, and Finance), and deliver a capstone insights project with practical, business‑ready recommendations.
Responsibilities:
Research & Learning
- Support study design (objectives, hypotheses, screeners), vendor coordination, and fieldwork for qualitative and quantitative research.
- Assist with concept, pack, and pricing tests; help run small, agile learning cycles and in‑home use tests.
Analytics & Synthesis
- Clean and organize data; build clear tables/charts; connect patterns across multiple sources (survey results, ratings/reviews, social signals, POS trends).
- Size opportunities and articulate consumer tensions and jobs‑to‑be‑done in simple, decision‑ready language.
Storytelling & Reporting
- Draft one‑page insight summaries and slide narratives; contribute to dashboards/scorecards that teams use to make fast decisions.
- Present interim findings and a final capstone read‑out to stakeholders.
Category & Shopper Fundamentals
- Track category performance drivers (penetration, buy rate, price/promo cues) and highlight what matters for the consumer at shelf and online.
Collaboration & Ways of Working
- Partner effectively in a matrix environment with Marketing, Product/Innovation, Digital, Sales, and Finance.
- Practice good documentation, confidentiality, and project hygiene (timelines, notes, version control).
To Qualify/Apply:
- You should be a current college student, entering your junior or senior year in the fall of 2026.
- The internship program will run from June 1, 2026, through August 7, 2026. Interns will work Monday through Friday on a 37.5-hour work week schedule, which includes a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day.
- We require candidates to maintain excellent academic standing.
- Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint, is a must.
- As part of our hybrid work model, interns are expected to be present in the office 4 days a week with Friday being a work from anywhere day. Please note that Conair does not provide housing for summer interns.
- Compensation for all internship positions is set at $25 per hour, and the internship is based out of our Stamford, CT corporate office location.
- At this time, we are unable to sponsor visas or OPT
Environmental Factors:
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Must be able to sit/stand for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.
- We currently operate on a hybrid schedule; candidate must be willing to come into the office 4 days a week with Friday being a work from anywhere day.
About Conair:
Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.
Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands include CONAIR, Cuisinart, Cuisinart Outdoors, BaBylissPro, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.
Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.
At Conair, we inspire our customers with innovative quality products and brands
that enhance their lives.