Junior Design Strategist

$72,800 - $72,800/Yr

Perkins Eastman - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Intern

Pittsburgh, PA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Junior Design Strategist position at Perkins Eastman is a client-facing internship role focused on human-centered problem-solving. The role involves engaging with clients to uncover their needs, supporting data analysis and visualization, and contributing to project management and proposal development. This internship provides exposure to various sectors including workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality, and offers the potential for full-time employment after the internship period.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the facilitation of workshops, interviews, and other client-facing engagements to gather insights and co-create solutions.
• Support data analysis efforts and help transform findings into compelling visuals for presentations, using PowerPoint and Excel with high proficiency.
• Contribute to the development of proposals and support sales activities, helping to frame our approach to solving client challenges.
• Engage in project management activities, including scheduling, meeting minutes, milestone tracking, and reporting to keep projects on track.
• Work with senior team members to create engaging materials for client presentations, workshops, and strategy sessions.
• Conduct market research and participate in other research activities, drawing insights to inform our human-centered, problem-solving approach.
• Assist in drafting client-facing and internal communications that clearly convey strategic recommendations.
• Provide various forms of support, ensuring smooth client interactions and well-coordinated internal operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Design, Architecture, Psychology, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of work experience required.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills are essential for effectively conveying insights and ideas.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications; the ability to create visually compelling presentations is key.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Adobe InDesign and Miro is an asset.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative social science research design and mixed-methods data collection is an asset.
• A passion for design and the physical environment, with a strong interest in user-centered, design-driven problem-solving.
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning and sharing knowledge with the team.
• Detail-oriented and well-organized, with the ability to support multiple projects effectively.
• A proactive, collaborative team player who thrives in a client-focused, consulting role.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with design tools such as Adobe InDesign and Miro is an asset.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative social science research design and mixed-methods data collection is an asset.

Benefits

• Paid internship with a potential for full-time employment upon completion.
• Hybrid work model (3 days in the office, 2 days remote).