Interior Designer Intern (Summer 2026)
About The Position
Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec. Your Opportunity Join a Top 10 global design firm in our Chicago buildings practice that provides Architecture, Buildings Engineering, and Interior Design services with a 50+ year history and deep commitment to multiple sectors, including hospitality, workplace, civic, retail, healthcare, higher education. Our practice is renowned for creating high-performance and award-winning buildings and interiors. We’re passionate about the design quality of the built environment and create designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home. In our multidisciplinary, team-based environment, collaboration is key among a talented group of architects, engineers, interior designers, and project managers, who work together to create innovative and integrated solutions for a wide range of clients. We are seeking passionate interns who possess excellent design, graphics, organizational and communication skills, which will enable them to interact within a multidisciplinary team of architectural/engineering/interior design professionals. Successful interns will possess the creativity, curiosity, motivation, and skills necessary to create conceptual models and advance design ideas with a team.
Requirements
- Experience with Revit, Sketch-Up, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, and InDesign
- Must be in the process of obtaining an Interior Design degree from a CIDA-accredited institution
- Must be in the 3rd or 4th year of undergraduate degree or in a master’s program
- Currently pursuing an Interior Design degree from an accredited school
Nice To Haves
- Please include work samples in your application to be considered for this position
Responsibilities
- Help in the design process
- 3D development
- Selecting and ordering finishes
- Assisting in organizing and preparing for meetings
- Incorporating designs into Revit
- Help produce presentation materials
- Conducts basic interpretations of sketches, drawings, codes, program, and other similar material
- Supports project team in development of interior design documentation and presentation materials
- Assists in the development of a design through sketches, physical models, electronic models, diagrams, massing studies, and other visual formats to continue to project space planning, lighting, material selection, and furniture design
- Utilizes BIM technologies in development of three-dimensional models of interiors and their components to develop construction documents
- Assists in research of concept, benchmarks, materials, typology, and precedents
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
