Interior Design Intern - Summer 2025
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 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.
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 a plus