Interior Design Intern – Summer 2023

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 self-motivated. We are looking for reliable and detail-oriented team members to aid throughout the entire design process and work alongside our designers and partners.

• Assist design team throughout entire design process

• Conduct programming efforts, including space planning, furniture layouts, lighting + finish coordination

• Render conceptual, schematic, and design development stages

• Create design presentations in coordination with designers and design leadership

• Communicate with vendors and manufacturers

• Collaborate with designers and leaders in brainstorm sessions, design briefs, and team projects

• 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

• 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, 3Ds Max, and/or other modeling software)

• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

• Hand sketching ability a plus

Started in 2013, Pophouse is a full-scope design studio focused on the built environment. Located in Detroit, Michigan, we work on both commercial and residential projects with a specialty in workplace, hospitality, and retail as well as home office design. Our team of designers and strategists work to positively impact people through interior, industrial, and environmental graphic design.

 

Leveraging industry research and business intelligence, we begin every project with a meaningful strategy that informs our design narrative. The design narrative is then carried through every aspect of the project including finishes, space plans, custom furniture, branding, wayfinding, signage, and artwork to transform the space into one that highlights culture, increases productivity, and optimizes business outcomes.

This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life, things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted and modified at any time by the leadership group.

We are proud equal opportunity employers and committed to providing an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all candidates and team members. Employment decisions, including hiring decisions, are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law.