Product Design Intern

Food52 is a next-generation cooking and home company, named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, with a monthly reach of more than 30 million people. The digital hub challenges the models of traditional media and retailers, combining content, commerce, and community around the belief that the kitchen is the heart of the home and that food is the center of a well-lived life. Food52 connects a global community of experts and amateurs, supporting them with inspirational, helpful content — recipes, videos, podcasts, cookbooks, and more — and outfitting them with products that make them happy. In addition to a curated Shop that features hundreds of makers, the Food52 family of brands includes the lighting and lifestyle goods company Schoolhouse and the heritage home brand Dansk.

Schoolhouse is dedicated to the preservation of American manufacturing, thoughtful living, and purposeful design. From iconic lighting to one-of-a-kind homewares, our mission is to provide a new generation of heirlooms that inspire people to create unique, meaningful spaces in which to live and work.

Dansk is an inspired home brand created in 1954 by Ted and Martha Nierenberg to bring the elegant simplicity and natural materials of Scandinavian design to the American market at reasonable prices. The mission of the Dansk brand is to preserve Dansk’s heritage, revive many of the exceptional designs from its archives, and collaborate with leading designers around the world to create new products that will someday be passed through generations.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Food52, Schoolhouse, and Dansk will be launching a 10-week paid internship program, from June 10 - August 16, 2024. In addition to training, career development, and programming throughout the summer, our interns will also be eligible for college credits. We are looking for fast-learning and creative interns who are up for a challenge. In turn, our interns will have opportunities to make a meaningful impact across our portfolio of brands. We’re looking for the right hires across several departments.

Product Design: As the Product Design Intern, you will support the day to day activities of the design team including performing competitive analysis, supporting the design process through model creation, sketching, rendering and specifying along with managing our sample library. Additional duties include assisting in product sample review and documentation, helping set up displays to show coordination across products and maintaining digital visual documents.

QUALIFICATIONS

The majority of our internships are for undergraduate students, particularly focused on rising Seniors who may wish to join our company after graduation. The program offers hands-on experience working out of our office located in Portland, OR in an onsite capacity.

COMPENSATION

This is an non-exempt role. The target pay range for this role is between $15.50 to $16 per hour, dependent upon state of employment.

EEO STATEMENT

Food52 is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. To achieve our mission of teaching the world to grow, we are building an environment where every employee can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do the best work of their careers. We value diversity and recruit, hire, and promote individuals solely based on talent, qualifications, competence, and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.

OUR VALUES

We save everyone a seat.

• We forge connections with our community through kindness, empathy, and personal touch.
• We view everyone as a whole person, and we celebrate what makes us unique.
• We aspire to leave things better than we found them.

We reset the table.

• We actively create opportunities for change and believe in challenging industry norms.
• We clearly communicate our DEI vision and welcome discussion.
• We make room for new and existing members of our community and commit to supporting their needs.

We go off recipe.

• We don’t follow the pack, we lead it.
• We strive to build a great company that continues to grow and develop, with original ideas and unique implementation.

We light the fire.

• Instead of waiting for work to be identified or assigned, we take the initiative and seek it out, embracing action and accountability.
• Put simply: we get stuff done.

We pass the butter.

• We engage in respectful interactions under all circumstances, operating with a “we” not an “I” mentality.
• We lead with positive intent and charitable assumption, and we understand that we are all working towards the same goals.
• We lift each other up by generously bringing what we have to offer to the table.

VISA SPONSORSHIP

• Currently, Food52 does not provide Visa sponsorship. All applicants must be able to provide legal proof of their eligibility to work in the U.S.