Internship Dates: Monday, May 4, 2026 – Friday, August 21, 2026
Schedule: In office, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
DiMella Shaffer is seeking a Design Support Intern for the summer 2026 internship cycle. As an intern, you’ll collaborate with our design support team to deliver design excellence across a variety of markets. You’ll gain hands-on experience in balancing creativity, quality, and functionality while contributing to meaningful projects that make a real impact for our clients.
Through design research, documentation revisions, strong organizational skills, and clear communication, you’ll support our team in creating thoughtful, high-performance environments where people live, learn, work, and play.
The responsibilities of the Design Support Intern, guided by Senior Designers, encompasses a diverse range of tasks, including but not limited to:
- Conducting comprehensive design research.
- Performing thorough site and context analysis.
- Creating preliminary design studies
- Generating architectural drawings for clients, contractors, and consultants.
- Producing conceptual graphics that clearly communicate design intent.
- Compiling design presentation packages.
- Fabricating physical models utilizing 3D printers.
Things we value, but are not required to apply:
- In pursuit of a professional degree, or recently obtained professional degree
- Proficiency in 3D modeling, visualization, and graphics software such as:
- Revit, Sketch-Up, and/or Rhino
- Lumion and/or Enscape
- Adobe Creative Suite and Affinity Publisher
- InDesign and PowerPoint
DiMella Shaffer could be right for you if:
- You are eager to contribute to and support a design team.
- You want to develop your design skills and are open to feedback.
- You are passionate about creating beautiful, high-performance environments for people.
- You are curious and eager to learn!
DiMella Shaffer is curious about you:
- Who / What is your biggest influence?
- How do you like to spend your time outside of work?
- What do you hope to achieve or learn?
- Why did you choose a career in design?
Compensation: The hourly range for this role is $24.00 – $26.00.
DiMella Shaffer is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and, as one of our core values, we actively support diversity, equity, and inclusion. People of Color, trans and gender nonconforming/nonbinary people, people from poor and working-class backgrounds, parents or people with dependents are encouraged to apply.