2025 Summer Design Intern

Official Title: 2025 Summer Design Intern
Duration: 3-4 months
Start Date: May 2025
Location: Pittsburgh Office
Salary Range: $20/hr to $26/hr commensurate with experience

evolveEA is an award-winning studio that is committed to advancing resiliency, community, and vitality by design. We believe placemaking needs to be a shared act and that creative solutions integrate the resource flows and cultural systems of a community. We are problem seekers and we collaborate with clients, communities, and partners to find innovative approaches and solutions.

As design thinkers and design do-ers, we are committed to being active in practice, teaching, and advocacy. We pride ourselves on a supportive and inviting office culture where all of our team members contribute in meaningful ways and our firm is a B Corp, is Just Certified, and is carbon-neutral. We are committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our work and in how we work and we are on a journey to understand how our commitment can improve our practice and the lives of those around us.

Established in 2004, evolveEA is an award-winning carbon-neutral, triple bottom line focused WBE firm located in the East End of Pittsburgh, PA. evolveEA is a mission-driven firm and was named one of the best places to work in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2019. We pride ourselves on a supportive and inviting office culture where all of our team members contribute in meaningful ways. For more information about our firm, refer to evolveEA.com.

Design and Planning Studio

Our nationally recognized design and planning studio has made huge contributions in how the profession approaches the design and planning of resilient communities at multiple scales. We create compelling and thought provoking landscapes, buildings, experiences, and objects to reexamine our relationship to our environment. We enable communities to create more livable places, systems and economies by addressing the ecological, social and economic issues. Our work includes commercial & residential architecture, urban design & placemaking, ecodistrict planning and living city planning, human factors concept & design, and community/user engagement.

For more information on our work, please visit www.evolveea.com/work/placemaking/.

Position Description

evolveEA is seeking summer interns who can join our multidisciplinary team to work on urban design, community planning, architectural design, and landscape projects.  We are looking for motivated problem solvers with strong visualization skills who will work on projects at the macro, meso, and micro scales.  This 3-4 month position is an opportunity to participate in projects that reshape the places where we live, work, and play to be socially equitable, resilient, and environmentally sustainable.

Tasks may include

As an intern you will support the project team by completing discrete tasks under the guidance of a Senior Designer or Project Manager. Interns are typically exposed to a variety of efforts and focus on 1 or 2 major projects. The applicant should be able to support or lead the following tasks with minimal assistance or supervision, as listed below:

• Support the design of architectural, landscape, and/or urban design projects, including participation in collaborative design efforts and workshops
• Lead 3D model creation and renderings for projects
• Support analysis and/or computational analysis for urban design and planning projects
• Support preparation and management of project documentation
• Support project meetings and public meetings, including the creation of presentation materials
• Support final document layout for reports and project materials
• Additional tasks to support project delivery

Necessary qualifications

• Education: Pursuing a degree in one of the following fields: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and/or Urban Design
• Experience with the following programs: AutoCAD, Revit, Sketchup, Rhino, ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to effectively multi task
• A desire to promote and encourage sustainability and ability to collaborate in a flexible work environment; 

Desired (but not required) Qualifications

• Experience with Grasshopper, Python, or VRay
• Experience with projects similar to those in the evolveEA portfolio
• Experience with sustainability frameworks such as LEED, WELL, Living Building Challenge, Passive House, etc.

How to Apply

Our Process:  

• Application submissions will be accepted through February 28, 2025
• Applicants of interest will be notified by email of an opportunity to proceed to an interview, or potentially be asked to clarify or confirm their current status or qualifications before being invited to interview 
• First Interview 
• Second Interview if requested
• Final response 

This position has an anticipated start date of May 19, 2025. The position will be filled once a suitable candidate is selected.
An interview will be required.
evolveEA reserves the right to remove or modify this position in order to reflect our strategic needs and personnel strengths. 

Salary commensurate with experience. Intern positions are not benefits eligible. We are seeking candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Commitment to Equitable Hiring

evolve provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or genetics.
In addition to federal law requirements, evolve complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company operates.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.