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Our depth of expertise spans disciplines—from workplace and mixed use to education, hospitality, cultural institutions, digital tech, and more. Whether we’re dreaming into a future learning environment, planning a new urban district or designing a super tall building, we strive to make the everyday places people occupy more inspiring, more resilient and more impactful. 

To learn more about our internship programs, please visit gensler.com/internships. 

Your Role

As an intern in the Design Center, you will support the Design Resource Library and our Materials Hub. The materials library exists as a resource for designers and architects to find samples of products for their projects. This internship will focus on sorting and organizing samples, and assisting teams as needed. This opportunity will advance our intern’s knowledge of materials, their applications and performance, and sustainability.

This is a full-time program running from June 3, 2025, through August 8, 2025. You must be available for the entire duration of the program. This is not a remote position.

What You Will Do

Gain knowledge of materials by experiencing presentations and sitting in on manufacturer's sales rep product meetings

Daily filing, organization and weeding of existing materials. Labeling, ordering new samples, corresponding with sales representatives

Create a visual layout guide for our new design library

Help manage materials

Be responsible for sorting and packaging materials and contacting vendors for material returns and assisting in the Materials Hub for our material landfill-diversion efforts.

Assist individual designers with material returns

Assist with school material donation packaging and correspondence

Updating the vendor directory

Assist with miscellaneous tasks within the resource library

Reordering paint swatches and refiling them

Creating labels and tags using InDesign templates

Ordering samples online

Your Qualifications

You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Interior Design; CIDA accredited program highly preferred 

You have completed your third year of an undergraduate program or first year of a graduate program and are returning to your program post-internship. This internship is not for recent graduates. 

Possess outstanding self-motivated, multi-tasking qualities

Organizational, communication and follow-up skills a must

Physical requirements include walking and standing throughout the day, bending, push and pull objects, and lifting up to 50 lbs.

Comfortable working with potentially hazardous material including pieces of glass, tile, ceramic, metal, and wood with broken or sharp edges (protective gloves provided)

Comfortable crouching and sitting on the floor to access low shelves and drawers

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, some Excel) and basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign

Proficiency in Adobe Suite a plus!

Interest in interior design, familiarity with the Architecture & Design industry a big plus

Additional Characteristics

Detail-oriented

Resourceful, team-oriented

Enthusiastic team player

Attention to detail, love of organization, can-do attitude

Takes initiative, self-starter, comfortable working independently

Excellent communication skills

How to Apply 

Submit an online application including a resume, cover letter, and portfolio in PDF form. If you choose to submit a link to an online portfolio, you must make sure it is not password protected and that it contains a resume, cover letter, and work samples. Submissions made in Microsoft Word and/or without work samples will not be considered. 

This posting will remain open until early March 2025.  

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and available positions may be filled before the posting closes. 

This is a paid internship at the rate of either $25-$27.50 per hour based upon location and year completed in your educational program.