Interior Design Internship – Summer 2026

Job Description

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Interior Design Internship – Summer 2026

About Stantec Buildings

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

Join a Top 10 global design firm in our Houston, Texas Buildings practice that provides Buildings Engineering, Architecture, and Interior Design services with a long history and deep commitment to the education sector. Our practice is renowned for creating high-performance and award-winning buildings and interiors. We’re passionate about the design quality of the built environment and create designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home. In our multidisciplinary, team-based environment, collaboration is key among a talented group of architects, engineers, interior designers, and project managers, who work together to create innovative and integrated solutions for a wide range of clients.

Summer Internship Program Details

• Program Dates: May 2026 through August 2026.
• Collaboration: Interns will collaborate across our interdisciplinary, North American Buildings practice.
• Candidate Profile: We are seeking passionate interns who possess excellent design, modeling, organizational, and communication skills, which will enable them to interact within a multidisciplinary team of architectural/engineering/interior design professionals. Successful Interns will possess the creativity, curiosity, motivation, and skills necessary to create conceptual models and advance design ideas with a team.
• Program Elements: Our Summer Internship Program includes the following to support industry exposure, leadership interaction, and work experience in support of licensure hours:
  • Internship Program Kick-off Day
  • Project site visits
  • Cross-office Internship Project
  • Educational lunch & learns/seminars
  • Participation in design presentation and dialogues.

Your Key Responsibilities

As an Interior Design Intern, you will be a passionate, hard-working designer helping with:

• The design process.
• 3D development.
• Selecting and ordering finishes.
• Assisting in organizing and preparing for meetings.
• Incorporating designs into Revit.
• Helping produce presentation materials.
• Conducting basic interpretations of sketches, drawings, codes, program, and other similar material.
• Supporting the project team in the development of interior design documentation and presentation materials.
• Assisting in the development of a design through sketches, physical models, electronic models, diagrams, massing studies, and other visual formats to continue to project space planning, lighting, material selection, and furniture design.
• Utilizing BIM technologies in the development of three-dimensional models of interiors and their components to develop construction documents.
• Assisting in research of concept, benchmarks, materials, typology, and precedents.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Required:

• Experience in Revit.
• Please include work samples in your application in order to be considered for this position.

Preferred:

• Experience in Sketch-Up, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, and InDesign.

Education and Experience

• Working towards an Interior Design degree from a CIDA-accredited institution.
• Must be in the 3rd or 4th year of an undergraduate degree or in a Master’s program.

Please note: We are looking for someone who is currently pursuing an Interior Design degree from an an accredited school. If you have already graduated, please check our website for other full-time positions that might be more suitable for you.

Work Environment

• Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.
• Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

Pay Transparency

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary

• Regular Full-time and Part-time Employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to: medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave.
• Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year.
• In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
• Temporary/Casual Employees have access to: 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Details

• Primary Location: United States | TX | Plano (Though the opportunity description mentions Houston, the primary location for the requisition is listed as Plano, TX.)
• Organization: BC-2140 Buildings-US Texas Architecture
• Employee Status: Regular
• Business Justification: New Position
• Travel: No
• Schedule: Full time
• Job Posting: 03/02/2026 11:02:26
• Req ID: 1004105

Equal Employment Opportunity

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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