Lighting Design Intern
Key details
- Location
- Seattle, WA, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Intern
- Job type
- Internship
- Function
- other
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 16h ago
Skills
adobe creative suiteautocadinterior designlighting designmicrosoft officeproject coordinationrevit
About the role
As a Lighting Design Intern with Pivotal Lighting Design in our Seattle office, you will join an architectural lighting design studio that brings together creativity, building science, and technical expertise. Pivotal works both independently and in collaboration with AEI's multidisciplinary teams to create lighting solutions that support architectural intent, visual comfort, human experience, sustainability, and building performance.
Why we need you:
In this role, you will work alongside lighting professionals and gain hands-on experience contributing to projects from early design concepts through documentation and construction.
You will assist with architectural lighting concepts, presentations, precedent research, luminaire selection, photometric and energy calculations, lighting controls, and physical or digital mockups. You will help document lighting designs in Revit and AutoCAD, assemble fixture and cut-sheet packages, edit specifications, support responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), and participate in project coordination and meetings.
You will learn how aesthetics, visual comfort, technology, energy performance, budget, and constructability come together in a successful lighting design.
Expertise of our most successful Lighting Design Intern:
Enrollment in an Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Theatre Design, Engineering, or related program.
Strong interest in architectural lighting and the built environment.
Curiosity about how light affects architecture, materials, perception, and human experience.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office and design tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, or lighting-analysis software.
Effective skills to help you flourish:
Strong visual, written and verbal communications skills.
Excellent organization and time management skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
Ability to work effectively both independently and within collaborative, multidisciplinary teas.
Willingness to learn, ask questions, test ideas and participate actively in the design process.
Why we need you:
In this role, you will work alongside lighting professionals and gain hands-on experience contributing to projects from early design concepts through documentation and construction.
You will assist with architectural lighting concepts, presentations, precedent research, luminaire selection, photometric and energy calculations, lighting controls, and physical or digital mockups. You will help document lighting designs in Revit and AutoCAD, assemble fixture and cut-sheet packages, edit specifications, support responses to Requests for Information (RFIs), and participate in project coordination and meetings.
You will learn how aesthetics, visual comfort, technology, energy performance, budget, and constructability come together in a successful lighting design.
Expertise of our most successful Lighting Design Intern:
Enrollment in an Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Theatre Design, Engineering, or related program.
Strong interest in architectural lighting and the built environment.
Curiosity about how light affects architecture, materials, perception, and human experience.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office and design tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, or lighting-analysis software.
Effective skills to help you flourish:
Strong visual, written and verbal communications skills.
Excellent organization and time management skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
Ability to work effectively both independently and within collaborative, multidisciplinary teas.
Willingness to learn, ask questions, test ideas and participate actively in the design process.
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