Overview

The Chick-fil-A Design department's primary purpose is to anticipate and create design solutions for the business. Interns will be exposed to a wide variety of tasks over the lifetime of a project. The work will go beyond their design major and could include interior design, research, service design, industrial design and more. Our program is committed to helping interns learn more about design in practice, but we are also hoping to learn as well. We are looking for interns to bring in fresh, bold perspectives and feel it is a fantastic way to keep our design team on a lifelong path of learning as well as the pursuit of a bolder future.

Responsibilities

As an intern, you will be exposed to a design-thinking approach to discover and validate experiences, environments and tools related to our future-thinking projects. Our small team approach allows interns to obtain hands on experience led by our design leads. The design lead role is responsible for not only the creative and strategic direction of a project, but also for the day-to-day management of internal and external teams. Interns will be exposed to a wide variety of tasks over the lifetime of a project. The work will go beyond their design major and could include interior design, research, service design, industrial design and more.

Interns will also support the larger design team by being involved on projects in tangible ways. This may include providing strategic and creative input to in-progress projects, participating in imagine and validation sessions and fulfilling specific project-related design deliverables.

Our program is committed to helping interns learn more about design in practice, but we are also hoping to learn as well. We are looking for interns to bring in fresh, bold perspectives and feel it is a fantastic way to keep our design team on a lifelong path of learning as well as the pursuit of a bolder future.

What You Will Doing:

• Participate in end-user research and analysis
• Help generate and articulate design ideas
• Support the development of interior, environmental, and service design concepts through sketches, narratives, etc.
• Iterate creatively in search of a solution to a well-defined problem
• Immerse in current global and industry trends influencing our future
• Complete a specific design project that solves a problem for the business. This includes defining project goals, developing a project plan and giving a final presentation of their project to the team for review

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalency
• In progress of completing a bachelor's degree in the area of Service design, User Experience Design, Interior Design, Industrial Design, or Related Design field
• Proficiency in design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD, Sketch-up, 3D Max and Revit
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills
• Experience in working in group settings, balancing taking direction with working independently
• Exposure to consumer/user research and analysis, ideation, brainstorming, sketching, prototyping, and concept visualization
• Knowledge of user-centered design methodologies
• Strength in time management and ability to deliver results in a timely manner
• Ability to work quickly and visualize ideas at varying levels of fidelity
• Ability to manage shifting priorities
• Creative problem-solving skills

Travel Requirements

10%

Required Level of Education

Bachelor's Degree

Major/Concentration

Service design, User Experience Design, Interior Design, Industrial Design, or Related Design field

Minimum GPA (4.0 Scale)

3.0