Summer Intern, Interior Design

Description

About the Internship

Join our team and gain hands-on experience with major interior design and architectural design/build projects. As an intern, you'll apply your drafting and surveying skills in real project environments. You'll attend meetings, participate in site surveys, and work directly with project managers. The role also includes helping select and finalize furniture finishes, materials, and orders. This is a valuable opportunity to grow your technical abilities and contribute to impactful, large-scale initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members from concept design through construction administration
• Help prepare project presentations, meeting notes and cost estimates
• Participate in client meetings and site visits alongside project team members
• Coordinate with other disciplines and other internal and external team members (e.g. vendors, clients and contractors)
• Will work on a variety of assignments, likely on more than one project simultaneously
• Assist with creation of surveys/questionnaires as needed
• This job may require site visits in New York and New Jersey

Minimum Qualifications

• Enrollment at a college or university at the time of the internship
• Major in Interior Design, Architecture, Construction Management or related discipline

Desired Qualifications

• Eagerness to learn and grow within a collaborative team
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Knowledge of AutoCAD
• Interest in Interior Design, space planning, and project/ construction management.

Internship Details

• The start date will be Thursday, May 28, 2026

• The internship will last approximately 12 weeks, ending on Friday, August 21, 2026

• This is a full-time internship (5 days per week at 7.25 hours per day)

• In accordance with Port Authority policy, this position permits interns to work remotely a maximum of one day per week. In person collaboration is essential to how the Port Authority conducts business and regular in-office days or team collaboration days may be required depending on business needs. Some internships may require interns to be fully in-person.

Selection Process

• Only applicants under consideration will be contacted
• If selected to move forward, the hiring team will reach out directly to schedule 1-2 interviews
• Different internships will have different timelines for interviews

Compensation & Benefits

• The hourly rate range is $18.07 to $30.31 (the exact rate will be determined by internship type and rising school year)

• Ability to opt in to the New York State and Local Retirement System
• Access to Employee Business Resource Groups
• Facility Tours
• Career Panels
• Social/Networking Events

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should apply to this job by clicking on the "Apply Now" button and submitting a resume. The Port Authority of NY & NJ welcomes veteran and military spouse applications.

Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.

About The Port Authority:

Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than twenty three billion in annual wages and eighty billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey/Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

It is the Port Authority's policy, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws, to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment and who request the Port Authority do so, unless providing the requested accommodation would result in an undue hardship to the Port Authority.

Job applicants may request a reasonable accommodation (1) if they claim a disability is affecting the interview process, or (2) to ensure that if they are selected for a position, they can perform the essential job functions. To submit a request, please contact the recruiter or email the Human Resources Department's Disability Accommodation Coordinator at [email protected].

The Port Authority will treat any request for Reasonable Accommodation by a job applicant confidentially.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY

Job ID: Port_Authority-17111239

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-12-05T23:43:25