DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group’s Marketing team has an opening for a Summer Intern in our Overland Park studio. We have multiple positions and locations available; please refer to all openings posted and apply to the locations that are most suitable to your living situation during the course of your internship. This is not a remote position.

About EPX at DLR Group 
Each person who works at DLR Group has a design voice, and we can’t wait to help you define and amplify yours. Whether it’s through a design charrette, a client meeting, an internal project review, or working through a building detail, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts (ha!) of putting together a building, while being part of something larger than yourself. You will gain experience on projects large and small, in various phases of construction. We also hope to give you experiences outside of the typical internship in your discipline – from helping on a business development or marketing pursuit, planning an event for your office, or sharing your ideas on what the future of design services looks like. 

Position Summary 
DLR Group’s K-12 Education team has an opening for a Marketing Summer Intern. This individual will collaborate within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team, gaining hands-on experience while supporting the sectors’ marketing and public relations efforts. As part of our integrated marketing, pursuits, and brand strategy, they will engage in a well-rounded role that fosters growth and creativity. Our Summer Internship Program is a paid, full-time opportunity running May 19 through August 7, 2026. We expect interns to participate throughout the duration of the program. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow, learn and contribute your design voice to our brand promise of Elevating the Human Experience.

What you will do: 

• Marketing and Pursuit Efforts: Assist in copywriting and copyediting on-brand project narratives, employee bios for new hire staff, a variety of original website content, and social media captions, creating and updating employee resumes, and asset management of project photography
• Public Relations Efforts: Assist in crafting press materials, including press releases, pitches, a variety of original website content, fact sheets, and media lists
• CRM: Maintain accurate project and people details in Vantagepoint database

Required Qualifications: 

• Enrolled in a Bachelor of Marketing, English, Journalism, Public Relations, Communications, or similar major
• Highly effective writer capable of producing succinct, key messages, responsive to the audience
• Collaborative, strong communicator able to work with a wide spectrum of personalities
• Self-starter who can calmly manage multiple projects and produce high-quality materials under concurrent deadlines
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite and asynchronous collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (particularly InDesign)
• Experience writing original content such as blog posts and thought leadership pieces
• Passionate about the built environment and the impact it has on people

*TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT A RESUME, COVER LETTER, AND WRITING SAMPLE (PDF FORMAT PREFERRED*  

Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position, including temporary visas such as E, F-1 (including OPT and CPT), TN, J, H-1B, or those who need employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.