Interior Design Intern
THE POSITION
As an Interior Design Intern at Pophouse, you will join our creative team to assist with both small- and large-scale projects to gain professional experience and hands-on knowledge and mentorship. Whether assisting with material sampling and palette, conceptual design packages, space planning, or participating in design charrettes, you will work as a fully collaborative member of our design team. Pophouse is looking for someone who is eager to learn and selfmotivated. We are looking for reliable and detail-oriented team members to aid throughout the entire design process and work alongside our designers and partners.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist design team throughout entire design process
- Conduct programming efforts, space planning, furniture layouts, material, lighting, and accessory selection, finish coordination, and drawing documentation
- Model and render conceptual, schematic, and design development stages of projects
- Create design presentations in coordination with designers and design leadership
- Communicate with vendors and manufacturers and attend vendor product updates
- Collaborate with designers and leaders in brainstorm sessions, design briefs, and team projects
- Assist within Materials Library
SKILLS
- Professional, reliable, and organized
- Detail-oriented, self-motivated
- Ability to jump in and assist as needed
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to efficiently manage and set priorities
- Ability to work independently and within a team setting
QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Interior Design or a related program, CIDA accredited program highly preferred
- Completion of your third year of an undergraduate program or first year of a graduate program
- Submission of an online portfolio that demonstrates design process and innovative design solutions (PDF format, 4-6 work samples)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD required, Revit and/or BIM modeling software a plus
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- 3D computer modeling and rendering skills (SketchUp, Enscape, D5, Lumion, 3Ds Max, and/or other modeling and rendering software)
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Hand sketching ability