Project Intern
Brailsford & Dunlavey
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Job summary
Brailsford & Dunlavey (B&D) is seeking a part-time Project Intern to join our Atlanta office for the Fall 2026 semester. This role offers hands-on experience on real client engagements across real estate, planning, finance, and strategy while you continue your studies.
As an intern, you will assist with data collection and analysis, prepare presentation materials, support project delivery, and collaborate with experienced advisors.
Qualifications
- Pursuing an undergraduate (junior or senior preferred) or graduate degree in real estate, urban planning, architecture, business, finance, construction management, economics, higher education administration, or related field.
- Directly related work or internship experience in real estate, urban planning, economic development, finance, or construction is desirable.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Support research, data analytics, synthesis, and project delivery across client engagements.
- Perform data collection and analysis including market research, interviews, surveys, and focus groups.
- Develop presentation materials, financial models, and other project deliverables.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support recommendations.
- Assist with quality control and client satisfaction efforts on assigned projects.
- Contribute to research and development by identifying new tools and improving models.
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Job description
We are seeking a part-time Project Intern to join our Atlanta team for the Fall 2026 semester. This opportunity is designed for students who want to gain meaningful, hands-on experience while continuing their academic studies. B&D leads the planning, development, and management of the places that shape and strengthen our communities. Interns at B&D are active contributors to real client engagements—not observers—working alongside experienced advisors on projects at the intersection of real estate, planning, finance, and strategy.
If you're intellectually curious, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to make a meaningful impact while building your professional experience, we'd love to hear from you.
As a Project Intern, you will play a dynamic role on project teams by supporting research, data analytics, synthesis, and project delivery across a range of client engagements. You'll collaborate closely with experienced professionals and contribute meaningfully to real-world projects while developing the analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills essential to advisory work.
- Perform data collection and analysis to support client engagements, including:
- Market and industry research
- Focus group facilitation and reporting
- In-person and telephone interviews
- Survey design and analysis
- Space planning support
- Financial modeling and quantitative analysis
- Internet and secondary research
- Synthesize and translate complex information into clear, actionable insights that equip clients to make effective decisions.
- Develop accurate, well-organized presentation materials, financial models, and other project deliverables that support the team's storytelling and recommendation development.
- Engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support critical thinking, analysis, and the development of recommendations.
- Support quality control and client satisfaction efforts specific to assigned projects.
- Contribute to the firm's research and development efforts by identifying new analytical tools, strengthening existing models, and exploring improved ways of working.
- Perform other duties as assigned, contributing thoughtfully and proactively to team and firm success.
- Current undergraduate (junior or senior preferred) or graduate student pursuing a degree in real estate, urban planning, architecture, business, finance, construction management, economics, higher education administration, or a related field.
- Directly related work or internship experience in real estate, urban planning, economic development, finance, or construction is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present ideas clearly and professionally.
- Highly motivated and able to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Resourceful in gathering, organizing, and evaluating data and information.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Familiarity with real estate, finance, and basic accounting principles.
- Proven adaptability, flexibility, creativity, and intellectual curiosity.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating effectively within a team.
- Reliable transportation and the ability to work part-time from our Atlanta office throughout the fall semester.
- Clear alignment with and support for the firm's mission, values, and operating philosophy.
- Impactful Mission – Be part of meaningful work that helps shape the places where people live, learn, work, and connect.
- Learning & Growth - Gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and professional development while working alongside industry experts.
- Strong Culture – Entrepreneurial thinking, collaboration, intellectual curiosity, integrity, and excellence drive how we work together.
- Meaningful Experience – Interns contribute to real client work, develop valuable skills, and make an impact from day one.
This role's target hourly pay rate is currently $18.00-25.00/hr. Pay scales are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors unique to each candidate, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, relevant education, experience, certifications, candidate abilities, and pay relative to other team members.
Brailsford & Dunlavey is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Brailsford & Dunlavey participates in E-Verify
We recruit project managers, construction managers, planners, architects, economists, finance specialists, management consultants, and other experts. The merging of these diverse skill sets and backgrounds helps us meet—and often exceed—our firm’s goals. We are committed to every employee’s rapid professional development and provide many opportunities for everyone to stretch their intellectual capacities.
B&D Employee
We believe that a comprehensive benefits package is critical to supporting our employees' personal and family needs, and demonstrates our true commitment to work-life balance.
Whether you are looking for a company that shares the burden of health care costs, permits occasional working-from-home flexibility, or invests heavily into each employee’s 401(k), B&D delivers a complete package.
B&D provides a complete package to our full-time employees.
- 100% company-paid medical, prescription, and dental insurance premiums for employees and their children
- Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care expenses
- Company-paid contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts
- Flextime and telecommuting
- Parental leave
- Voluntary vision insurance
- Company-paid disability and life insurance
- Vacation, sick, and holiday pay
- Adoption assistance program
- Reimbursement for professional memberships/certifications
- Learning & Development department dedicated to providing in-house training
- Employee assistance program
- Corporate fitness center access at most locations
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Wellness Committee and wellness-based programming
Each B&D employee embodies these attributes:
- Willing to take intellectual, emotional, & financial risks
- Committed to excellence for excellence’s sake
- Predisposed to initiate deliberate, disciplined action
- Intellectually curious
- Of high personal integrity
- Ambitious for the firm
- EngagingAble to endure to achieve excellence
Throughout B&D’s history, firm leaders have shown a commitment to creating positive, inclusive, and diverse environments for both our client communities as well as the firm. Inclusion is an essential part of our purpose.
In addition to making concerted efforts to hire and retain a diverse group of employees, we have an active Inclusion Committee that is dedicated to ensuring we all feel connected and included at B&D. As a firm, we are examining our biases together, which makes us all better and allows us to make smarter decisions for our clients. Working for B&D means making inclusion a top priority in your day-to-day words and actions.
At B&D, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. This is why we are proud to have an Employee Resource Group, which was formed organically through the efforts of many individuals passionate about equity in the workplace.
In the true spirit of inclusion, this group is open to all employees. The ERG meets regularly to discuss issues, host events, provide peer support and advise HR and senior leadership on matters related to the workplace and the broader community. Our ERG helps expand representation to include new perspectives at all levels of the organization. Interest groups represented within our ERG include, but are not limited to, LGBTQ+ employees, black employees, women employees, employees who are parents, health and wellness initiatives, and more.
Brailsford & Dunlavey is an Affietive Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail humanresources@bdconnect.com.
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