2027 Summer Intern - Creative Design (Interior/Exterior)

Job Description

The Role:

At General Motors, we pride ourselves on designing, building, and selling the world's best vehicles and transportation solutions. We are seeking a new generation of visionaries to help launch bold Design initiatives and shape new directions for General Motors. Through our Intern Program, you will gain hands-on, career-specific experience while learning from industry leaders and experts in Creative Design.

GM Design's 2027 internship opportunities include Creative Design Interiors and Creative Design Exteriors. We are looking for enthusiastic creative students who are willing to learn, enhance their skills, work as a team, and communicate what they are working on.

The Team:

The Creative Design team works with studio engineers, modelers, designers, and fabrication personnel to develop design solutions and scale models for future vehicles.

What You’ll Do:

• Create new and unique design concepts.

• Make perspective sketches and renderings sufficient to communicate innovative design ideas.

• Develop two- and three-dimensional mock-ups of proposed design solutions.

• Work with studio engineers, modelers, other designers, and fabrication personnel in the development of a scale model.

Please note, you must submit a portfolio to be considered for this position – see instructions below.

Required Qualifications:

• Pursuit of a bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Transportation Design, or Automotive Design.

• Must be graduating between December 2027 and May 2029.

• Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the summer months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with Photoshop or comparable digital sketch software.

• Strong sketching skills, including perspective, shading, proportions, and line quality.

• Strong visual communication skills demonstrating varied materials, finishes, and textures.

• Experience with the fundamentals of 3D digital software such as Blender, Sub-D, Alias, or comparable tools.

• Ability to understand a brand and customer and propose designs that represent the brand's design language and identity.

• Portfolio including automotive and/or industrial product design proposals; a minimum of three unique projects is recommended.

• Portfolio examples showing development of a design concept from 2D to 3D.

• Developmental sketches highlighting the thought process and selection leading to the final design.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).

Work Arrangement:

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. The successful candidate is expected to report to Pasadena, CA, or Warren, MI, on a full-time basis. Each successful candidate will be offered an onsite role at a specific location. Candidate location preferences are considered but cannot be guaranteed.

GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program.

To help facilitate administration of relocation benefits if you are selected, please apply using the permanent address you would move from.

Start Dates:

Start dates for this internship role are May & June of 2027.

Compensation:

• The salary for this role is $6,100 monthly.

What You’ll Get From Us (Benefits):

• Paid U.S. GM Holidays

• GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program

• Result-based potential for growth within GM

• Intern events to network with company leaders and peers

Portfolio Submission Instructions:

We strongly encourage you to include a link to your online portfolio in the "website" section of your application or directly on your resume. This allows us to easily access larger files and view your work in its intended format.

Please do not submit Dropbox files or Google Docs.

1.Save your portfolio as a PDF document.

2. Name your portfolio LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. Example: Candidate name is John Smith. Portfolio PDF file name is: Smith, John.pdf.

3. Upload it as an attachment; you may have to condense the file.

DISCLAIMER: The works included in your career portfolio must not be subject to any nondisclosure and/or confidentiality agreement. If the works in your career portfolio are owned by your current or former employer, or by any other third party, there must be express written consent from the owner allowing the works to be included in your career portfolio for sharing with General Motors ("GM"). By sharing your career portfolio, you grant to GM the right to quote, paraphrase, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use all or any portion of the career portfolio for purposes of making a hiring determination. By sharing your career portfolio, you also agree to release and discharge GM, and its licensees, successors, and assigns, from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action that you may have regarding any use of the career portfolio, including (but not limited to) any claims based on the right to privacy, the right to publicity, copyright, libel, defamation, or any other right.

About GM

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Why Join Us 

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Benefits Overview

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