Interior Design Intern

ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING ENGINEERING PRACTICE 

Internationally recognized with a portfolio spanning more than 80 years, Michael Baker provides creative technical ability, visionary design, and collaborative integration. We seamlessly integrate our service offerings — architecture, planning, design, engineering, and management — to solve clients’ challenges from multiple vantage points, providing unsurpassed holistic, sustainable, and innovative solutions. From high-profile, high-image landmarks to economical, utilitarian solutions, we know how to balance image and cost appropriately for each unique situation. 

We believe that the beauty of a project resides both in performance and aesthetics — “success” to us is measured by functionality, value and exceeding our clients’ expectations.

DESCRIPTION

Michael Baker International is seeking to hire a Part-Time Interior Design Intern to work out of our Moon Township, PA office. This internship will run from January - April at approximately 10 hours per week. The Interior Design Intern will balance creativity and technical expertise to design functional and innovative spaces for a broad range of project types, including clients that are local, national, and international. The selected candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate about Interior Design and will support the Interior Design project team with development for career growth. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support interior design department and their efforts on all project phases including programming, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, construction documentation and construction administration 
• Work in multi-disciplinary, collaborative design teams with architects, interior designers, and building systems engineers
• Engage in space planning, selection of finishes and furnishings of interior environments with attention to architectural, engineering, sustainability, ergonomic, constructability, business-use, and cost factors
• Assist in selecting and specifying furniture, finishes and equipment (FF&E) and utilizing database programs for documentation
• Assist in the development of interior finish concepts, selections of finishes and documentations of specifications
• Assist in preparation of construction documents 
• Assist design team with documentation such as presentation drawings, binders, and color boards

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design from an accredited university 
• Minimum 1 year completed coursework
• Demonstrated Building Information Modeling (BIM) [Autodesk Revit Architecture]/AutoCAD proficiency preferred 
• Ability to work in “Cloud” based platforms and shared multi-discipline operations
• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and InDesign 
• Rendering software (Revit/Enscape, 3DMax, Rhino, Vray etc.) experience preferred but not required
• Design talent, graphic presentation and effective verbal communication skills are essential
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are important for success

COMPENSATION

The approximate salary range for this position is $17 - $18 per hour.  This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting.  Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.