Learning Interior Designer Intern

We are hiring a **Learning Interior Designer** **Intern**who will be responsible for supporting Steelcase Education and Smith System sales and marketing teams. This intern will create insightful educational solutions by translating Steelcase and Smith System research, insights, and products into design principles and solutions for effective learning environments.

**What you will be doing**:

- Creates and develops conceptual design solutions and thought starters with Steelcase Learning and Smith System products for educational facilities globally, primarily classrooms, libraries, media centers, student commons, makerspaces, etc. from Pre-K through HE where appropriate.
- Supports design efforts to ensure the successful translation of research insights through design principles for education-specific thought starters, planning ideas, customer presentations, etc.
- Provides design review services by doing quick checks of the dealer design if requested, keeping the project on target with the most effective products and solutions.
- Explores new product concepts with realistic 3D views to ensure contextual fit of new products into educational setting types for the product development and launch process and marketing.

**Who you are**

**Required Skills and Competencies**
- Currently studying a bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design or similar.
- 95% fluency in verbal and written English.
- To graduate at least in December 2025
- Proficient in Architectural drawing and rendering software, such as SKP, AutoCAD, Revit
- Experience laying out furniture and materiality in interiors is necessary

**Preferred Skills and Competencies**
- Acquire product knowledge of Steelcase Learning, Smith System, and ancillary portfolios.
- Possesses a natural sense of design thinking, creativity, critical thinking in the creative process.
- Shows proficiency in space planning, rendering and graphic presentation skills.
- Strong communication skills to listen, understand, question, and verbally communicate ideas.
- Has confidence and analytical skills to collaborate with others, ask questions for clarity, defend design thinking, and support the team’s goals.
- Shows proficiency in project management, planning and organizing project deliverables, self-management, and effective time management.
- Must have a willingness to take direction from local and remote teams, balancing direction from Steelcase Learning management, field sales, design process lead and customer needs.
- Demonstrates knowledge of construction (building systems, codes, architectural detail, furnishings as well as acoustics, lighting, electrical and other appropriate disciplines.)
- Demonstrates knowledge of architectural building practices (centerline building layout, column spacing, window logic, ceiling/lighting configurations, etc.)

**Why people choose to work with us**:
At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.

**Who we are**:

- Organizations around the world trust Steelcase to help them create places that help people work better, be inspired, and accomplish more. We design, manufacture, and partner with other leading organizations to provide architecture, furniture, and technology solutions
- accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 Steelcase dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading, publicly traded company with fiscal year 2021 revenue of $2.6 billion.
- Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years. If _you’re_ interested in Steelcase, but this _isn’t_ the right time or role, join our Talent Community to be updated on future openings in your area(s) of expertise._