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DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. Our brand promise is the elevate the human experience through design. If that challenge is appealing, you're at the right place.
DLR Group’s Chicago studio has an opening for an Interior Design student intern. This is a hybrid role expected to be in the office three days a week. This is not a remote role. We have multiple positions and locations available; please refer to all openings posted and apply to the locations that are most suitable to your living situation during the course of your internship.
Each person who works at DLR Group has a design voice, and we can’t wait to help you define and amplify yours. Whether it’s through a design charrette, a client meeting, an internal project review, or working through a building detail, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts (ha!) of putting together a building, while being part of something larger than yourself. You will gain experience on projects large and small, in various phases of construction. We also hope to give you experiences outside of the typical internship in your discipline – from helping out on a business development or marketing pursuit, planning an event for your office, or sharing your ideas on what the future of design services looks like.
As a DLR Group Summer Intern, you will be an important part of our integrated design team and will help produce designs for commercial, educational, and municipal buildings of all sizes and complexities. Our Summer Internship Program is a paid, full-time opportunity running from May 14 through August 9, 2024. We expect interns to participate throughout the duration of the program. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow, learn and contribute your design voice to our brand promise of Elevating the Human Experience.
The successful candidate will:
- Participate with other design team members in the integrated design process for various projects.
- Learn to use primary design tools such as Revit, Enscape, and proprietary DLR Group design tools and methods.
- Assist with the preparation of presentation materials using Adobe Creative Suite.
- Assist with material selection and mood board composition for various project types.
- Assist with project pursuits and business development opportunities.
- Actively participate in project meetings, site meetings, and presentations.
- Participate in and gain an understanding of construction documentation.
- Assist with maintaining material libraries while also fostering great relationships with various material vendors.
Required Qualifications
- Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's of Interior Design or Interior Architecture degree program
- Experience with Revit
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Adobe Suite, Sketch-Up, or other design software
- Excellent visual, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
- Completed 3 years of design education prior to the start of the internship
*TO BE CONSIDERED, APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT A CURRENT PORTFOLIO IN PDF FORMAT*
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
