Offer summary

Qualifications:

Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Communications, Design, or Marketing., Interest and coursework in the design field preferred., Excellent written and verbal communication skills., Proficiency in Microsoft Office and some design software experience preferred. .

Key responsabilities:

Process design requests using proprietary software and Adobe Photoshop.

Collaborate with the internal design team on current design needs and trends.

Identify ways to optimize the design process from start to finish.

Communicate metrics related to design leads and conversions to sales.

Job description

Job Description

Pella Corporation

DesignWorks Intern – Summer 2025

Pella, IA (Onsite)

Who is Pella Corporation?

As the #1 most-preferred national window and door brand by homeowners across the country, Pella Corporation leads the industry in innovation and design. Founded in 1925, today the Pella Family of Brands encompasses a robust product offering sold and installed through various channels. We are a growing, privately owned company with 20 manufacturing locations and over 10,000 team members in the U.S. and Canada. Pella is consistently recognized as a great place to work by Newsweek, Forbes and Glassdoor, having most recently been named to America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek in 2024. We have also received numerous accolades for innovation and design, including Fast Company’s Most Innovative Manufacturers for 2022 and 2023.

At Pella, our team cares deeply, learns continuously and achieves results that go beyond. We encourage creative thinking that seeks out and includes diverse perspectives. And we empower you to do the work you’re most proud of — that’s why we offer individualized talent development plans, cross-functional experiences and opportunities for career advancement through personal and professional development.

With talent just like you, we are imagining, building and fighting for a brighter future for generations to come. Ready to find a career that sparks your passion?

Responsibilities

Position Overview:

Come enjoy a summer internship with a small but mighty design/visualization team at Pella Corporation while being part of the Pella Summer Intern Program. Pella DesignWorks offers a design service to that stretches across the nation to PDSN branches where the team visualizes Pella products on real photos for sales reps and homeowners in the retail, trade and commercial space with the goal of landing the sale. In addition to designs, the program offers design inspired lunch and learns, newsletters, on site design events and branch level training that is created collaboratively together. Daily, the Pella Design Intern works from a design queue in a project management software and may work directly with the sales rep from inspiration to providing renderings, revisions, as well as be exposed to marketing and activities around activating usage and engagement at branch level.

This intern position will continually strive to go above and beyond for the branch as well as the homeowner. The DesignWorks program is always green and growing and excited to see where new technologies and AI will take the service next. Work collaboratively with your new design team on establishing best practices, creating marketing opportunities, identifying opportunities to extend the design services to better service the PDSN’s design needs as the newest DesignPro. Design, software and product training provided for the right candidate.

The primary purpose of this position is to:

Process design requests from the project queue utilizing web based proprietary software and Adobe PhotoShop
Collaborate with internal design team on current design needs and trends
Identify ways to optimize design process from start-to-finish
Identify, understand and communicate metrics pertaining to design leads and conversions to sale

Skills/Knowledge

Design skills/training preferably in the exterior residential realm
Extreme focus on customer service – willing to go above and beyond
Creative, collaborative, and energetic approach to problem-solving
Self-motivated, team-oriented, and well organized

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Pursuing bachelor’s degree (BA or BFA) from four-year college or university – Communications, Design, Marketing majors preferred.
Interest and coursework in design field preferred.
Creative, collaborative, and energetic approach to problem-solving.
Self-motivated, team-oriented, and well organized.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Some experience using design software preferred, not required (Adobe Creative Suite, Auto-CAD, Revit, Sketchup, 3DS Max, etc.)
Pella Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to workforce diversity. Pella is a Smoke Free Environment.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:

Pella Corporation is committed to workforce diversity. Pella is a Tobacco-Free Work Environment. Post-offer background check and drug screen required. Pella participates in E- Verify. Pella will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

Pella Corporation provides a working environment free of discrimination and harassment. Pella Corporation treats all persons equally, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or disability, as each is protected under federal law. A number of states in which Pella operates have laws protecting classifications of Team Members not necessarily protected under federal law. Therefore, Pella also treats all persons equally, regardless of political affiliation and belief, pregnancy, national origin, age, creed, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, mental disorder, veteran status, ancestry or handicap as each category is protected under a municipal ordinance or state law.

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