You're encouraged to explore your interests, define a career goal, and receive invaluable work experience through an internship offered either on- or off-campus. Most internships are posted on Handshake, but there are other resources as well listed below. The Arts and Sciences Center for Career and Professional Success (ASC Career Success) can assist you with the many resources available through Handshake, as well as help you to prepare for a strategic search for experiential learning opportunities such as internships, volunteer positions, or off-campus research positions.
Employers wishing to list an internship opportunity are encouraged to access these instructions for more information on how ASC Career Success can facilitate your search for a Buckeye: https://artsandsciences.osu.edu/career-success/employers
Internships may be taken for course credit by Design major students after approval of the Design faculty, and will be counted as elective courses. Full-time internships for course credit may only be taken by Design major students during the Summer term after the second year of design course. Part-time internships for course credit may be taken any term starting during the third year of study.
Companies typically require students to submit cover letters with resumes, in addition to portfolios of design project work, during the interview process. The academic advisor assists the students with the hiring process and their class scheduling during their internship.
Internships must be paid, unless they clearly meet the standards for unpaid internships established by the U.S. Department of Labor. Potential employers may contact the Academic Advisor to promote an internship to design students.
Internship Resources
Past internship employers are too numerous to mention, but include for-profit and not-for-profit organizations locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Students should see their major area faculty coordinator or the Academic Advisor to determine which potential employers might be approached for internship opportunities.
Sample of Most Recent Internships
| Company |
Location |
IND |
INT |
VCD |
| Abercrombie & Fitch |
New Albany OH |
|
X |
X |
| ACUHO-I: Association of College and University Housing Officers - International |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Adidas Design Studio |
Portland OR |
X |
|
|
| ai3 |
Atlanta GA |
X |
|
|
| Anthropologie |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Beyond Design |
Chicago Il |
X |
|
|
| Big Red Rooster |
Columbus OH |
X |
X |
X |
| Biro Manufacturing |
Marblehead OH |
X |
|
|
| Calori & Vanden-Eynden Design Consultants |
New York NY |
|
|
X |
| Camfil Farr USA |
Riverdale NJ |
|
|
X |
| CDI: Color Design Innovations |
Columbus OH |
X |
|
|
| Chute Gerdeman |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
X |
| Clara I. Brown Interiors |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| College of Arts and Sciences Communications |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| College of Engineering Communications |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| Continuum Innovation |
Boston MA |
X |
|
|
| Davis Group |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Dell Experience Design Group |
Austin TX |
X |
|
X |
| Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| Design Central |
Columbus OH |
X |
|
X |
| Design Collective Incorporated |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Design Edge |
Austin TX |
X |
|
|
| Design86 |
Seoul, Korea |
|
|
X |
| East Asian Studies Center |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| Engineering Education and Innovation Center |
Columbus, OSU OH |
X |
|
|
| eRetailing |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Eyethink |
Powell OH |
|
|
X |
| Fahlgren Mortine |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| FITCH |
Columbus OH |
X |
X |
X |
| Formation Studio |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Fortner |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Freeform |
Chicago Il |
X |
|
|
| Grace Polaris Church |
Westerville OH |
|
|
X |
| Hearts In Action |
Galena OH |
|
|
X |
| HFP Racing |
Granville OH |
|
|
X |
| IDEO |
Palo Alto CA |
X |
X |
X |
| Igloo Letterpress |
Worthington OH |
|
|
X |
| Instant Signs Co |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| Lagomorph Design |
Chicago Il |
|
X |
|
| Landrum & Brown |
Cincinnati OH |
|
|
X |
| Lextant |
Columbus OH |
X |
X |
X |
| Limited Brands |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Little Tikes |
Hudson OH |
X |
|
|
| LIVV Interior Designs |
Powell OH |
|
X |
|
| LOTH, Inc. |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| MACTOOLS |
Columbus OH |
X |
|
|
| Mikey's Late Night Slice |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| NBC Universal |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| New Balance |
Lawrence MA |
X |
|
|
| Objects for the Home |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Office of Real Estate and Planning for the Ohio Department of Administrative Services |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
| Office of Student Life, Facility Planning and Design |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
X |
|
| Ohio State Athletics |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| OhioDance |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Prime Social Group |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Procter & Gamble |
Cincinnati OH |
X |
|
|
| Promowest Productions |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. |
Jackson TN |
X |
|
|
| The Columbus Dispatch |
Columbus OH |
|
|
X |
| Vitality Distributing, Inc. - Avitae |
Dublin OH |
|
|
X |
| Walt Disney Imagineering |
Lake Buena Vista FL |
|
|
X |
| Wexner Center for the Arts |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
|
X |
| Wexner Medical Center - Facilities & Materiel Management |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
X |
|
| Wexner Medical Center - Graphics & Marketing |
Columbus, OSU OH |
|
X |
|
| Williams Interior Designs Inc. |
Columbus OH |
|
X |
|
IND=Industrial Design | INT=Interior Design | VCD=Visual Communication Design
