Job Description
Project Management Intern - San Francisco
IA Interior Architects translates client goals, brands and culture into powerful environments built around people, processes, technologies, and business drivers. Our clients in diverse markets worldwide require high-performance, visually compelling, and sustainable environments to move their enterprises forward, support their culture, engage their staff, integrate technology, and drive efficiencies. As architects, designers, workplace strategists, and environmental specialists in the largest global architecture firm concentrating exclusively on interiors, we help clients articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.
Objective:
Gain hands-on experience in project management within a multidisciplinary design firm while developing organizational, communication, coordination, and proposal development skills through active participation in live projects.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Support Project Managers with day-to-day project coordination and administrative tasks.
- Assist in preparing initial proposal drafts, including gathering project information, compiling scope, and formatting proposal documents.
- Help track project schedules, action items, budgets, and deliverables.
- Attend internal project meetings, take meeting notes, and follow up on action items.
- Organize project documentation, files, and project management tools.
- Coordinate with internal teams to facilitate timely communication and information sharing.
- Assist with preparing project reports, presentations, and client-facing materials.
- Shadow Project Managers to learn project workflows, client communication, project planning, and delivery processes.
- Provide general project support to help teams stay organized and projects stay on track.
Desired Skills
- Intermediate Adobe Suite skills
- Intermediate Hand-Sketching & Rendering skills
- Enscape experience encouraged
- Familiarity with Autodesk Bim360 and Bluebeam Studio construction management software encouraged
- Self-starter
- Driven
- Highly collaborative
- Eager to learn
Salary Range: Estimated between $21 - $23 per hour based upon year in school and previous experience
Numbers & Facts
| Location | San Francisco, CA |
| Industry | Architectural and Design Services |
| Salary | $21–$23 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1984 |
About Company
IA Interior Architects is the first global architecture firm focused exclusively on interiors. The firm provides strategic planning, interior architecture, and design services for corporations, businesses, and institutions.
Founded in 1984, IA has 17 offices in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orange County, Portland, Raleigh, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C) and two international offices (London and Toronto). In addition, IA has more than 60 partner offices outside the United States, representing over 1,000 staff members in the Americas, in Asia/Australia, and in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This network of offices comprises the IA Global Alliance and integrates years of international experience and proven local expertise to bridge cultural differences, comply with local requirements, and help navigate with ease the unique aspects of building and architecture worldwide.
IA’s approach to design is exclusively focused on how the aesthetics and organization of a space can reflect brand, improve efficiency and productivity, increase employee satisfaction, and support sustainability. The firm’s LEED® accredited professionals offer sustainable strategies for projects of all sizes and complexities in public and private sectors. IA helps clients in diverse markets worldwide articulate and align their business strategies and core values with the dynamic use of space.
Specialties
Interior Architecture and Design, Sustainable Design, Workplace Strategies