Job Description

About the Job: Interior Design Intern (Summer 2026)

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Stantec Buildings is a global design firm aiming to be the world’s leading integrated design practice. Their team of architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about design and committed to sustainable design for the built environment. Join Stantec to design your place and contribute to making the world a better place for future generations.

Your Opportunity

Join a Top 10 global design firm in their Plano, Texas buildings practice, which offers Buildings Engineering, Architecture, and Interior Design services. This practice has a long history and strong commitment to the education sector, known for creating high-performance and award-winning buildings and interiors. Stantec values design quality and creates timeless, intelligent, and sustainable designs.

This is a multidisciplinary, team-based environment where collaboration is key among architects, engineers, interior designers, and project managers. They work together to create innovative and integrated solutions for a diverse range of clients.

The Summer Internship program runs from May 2026 through August 2026. Interns will collaborate across Stantec’s interdisciplinary, North American Buildings practice.

Stantec is seeking passionate interns with excellent design, modeling, organizational, and communication skills. These skills are essential for interacting within a multidisciplinary team of architectural/engineering/interior design professionals. Successful Interns will demonstrate creativity, curiosity, motivation, and the skills necessary to create conceptual models and advance design ideas with a team.

The Summer Internship Program includes:

• Internship Program Kick-off Day
• Project site visits
• Cross-office Internship Project
• Educational lunch & learns/seminars
• Participation in design presentations and dialogues

This program is designed to support exposure to the industry, leaders, and provide work experience towards licensure hours.

Your Key Responsibilities

As an Interior Design Intern, you will be a passionate, hard-working designer helping with various aspects of the design process:

• Assisting in the design process and 3D development.
• Selecting and ordering finishes.
• Assisting in organizing and preparing for meetings.
• Incorporating designs into Revit.
• Helping to 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

• Experience in Revit.
• Experience preferred in Sketch-Up, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, and InDesign.
• Please include work samples in your application to be considered for this position.

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: This position is for someone currently pursuing an Interior Design degree from an accredited school. If you have already graduated, please check Stantec’s website for other full-time positions that may 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.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities that may be required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where talented individuals build on each other’s strengths, engage in exciting work, and make a positive impact on the world. Join Stantec and redefine your personal best.

Pay Transparency

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Final compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. Certain roles at Stantec 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
• Wellness program
• Health savings 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
• Paid family leave
• Ten paid holidays per calendar year
• Accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
• 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
• Paid leave, in accordance with state and local law

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

Job Details

• Primary Location: United States | TX | Plano
• 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

Stantec is an equal employment opportunity employer. They prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Discrimination is prohibited in all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations, or any other condition of employment. Stantec complies with laws and regulations, ensuring equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. They are committed to ensuring their recruitment process is accessible to all; please inform a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

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