Kohler Co-op - Lifestyle Studio - Interior Design - (req73545)

Kohler; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohler invites you to join a Lifestyle Studio Co-op in Kohler, WI, to explore trend research, data interpretation, mood boards, and 2D/3D concept development across lifestyle, interiors, product, and CMF projects. You’ll contribute insights from early-stage exploration and storytelling to inform design direction.

The program emphasizes collaboration across disciplines, mentorship from industry-leading designers, and hands-on development of visual assets and presentation materials for

Qualifications

• Enrollment in an accredited university program in industrial design or related discipline.
• Strong eye for spatial experience, form, color, and finish.
• Proficiency in visual communication and digital modeling; experience with Rhino/3ds Max/SolidWorks/KeyShot preferred.
• Experience in graphic design, product design, interior design, or architecture is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams on trend research, data interpretation, mood boards, and 2D and 3D concept development for lifestyle, interiors, product, and CMF-driven projects.
• Support presentation development by creating visual assets, refining digital boards, coordinating samples, and helping bring ideas to life through storytelling.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions, research activities, and design reviews, contributing fresh thinking and a strong aesthetic perspective to early-stage design exploration.

Skills

Industrial design concepts

Spatial experience

Visual communication

Graphic design exposure

Education

University-level program in Industrial Design or related discipline

Tools

Rhino

3ds Max

SolidWorks

KeyShot

Job description

Kohler Co-op - Lifestyle Studio - Interior Design

Work Mode: Onsite

Location: Onsite, Kohler, WI

Term: May 2027 through December 2027

Program Overview

Are you inspired by beautiful design that makes everydayliving smarter, easier, and more sustainable? Join Kohler’s award-winning team,where you’ll collaborate across disciplines and grow through mentorship fromindustry-leading designers.
As a Lifestyle Design CoOp, you’ll help develop trend-forward, insight-drivenconcepts that reflect emerging consumer patterns and the evolving relationshipbetween interior spaces and product design and contribute to early research,visual storytelling, and concept exploration that could inform design directionat a global scale.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams on trend research, data interpretation, mood boards, and 2D and 3D concept development for lifestyle, interiors, product, and CMF-driven projects.
• Support presentation development by creating visual assets, refining digital boards, coordinating samples, and helping bring ideas to life through clear, compelling storytelling.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions, research activities, and design reviews, contributing fresh thinking, strong aesthetic awareness, and thoughtful perspective to early-stage design exploration.

Skills/Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited university-level program in Industrial Design or a related discipline, such as environmental design, furniture design, UX/UI design, architecture, or a closely related creative field.
• A flexible and dependable creative thinker with a strong eye for spatial experience, form, detail, materiality, color, and finish.
• Demonstrates proficiency in visual communication, digital modeling, and spatial rendering, with experience in Rhino, 3ds Max, SolidWorks, KeyShot, or similar design tools preferred.
• Coursework or hands-on experience in graphic design, engineering, product design, interior design, architecture, or a related creative discipline is a plus and will help support success in this co-op experience.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Why Choose Kohler?

We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

About Us

It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail]. Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.