Industrial Design Intern
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Fiskars is seeking an Industrial Design Intern for Summer 2027 in Middleton, Wisconsin. The intern will work with experienced designers and cross-functional partners on consumer product projects, contributing across research, ideation, visualization, prototyping, and presentations. The role offers hands-on experience in a global consumer products organization and an opportunity to build a portfolio while learning how ideas develop into products.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: At Fiskars Group we are unified and driven by our common purpose: pioneering design to make the everyday extraordinary. Join our team and seize the extraordinary opportunity to influence the everyday! FISKARS Industrial Design Intern Summer 2027 Middleton, WI | Hybrid At Fiskars, we believe that thoughtfully designed products can make everyday life easier, more enjoyable, and more meaningful. For more than 375 years, Fiskars has been creating products that bring together function, innovation, and thoughtful design. We're looking for an Industrial Design Intern to join our team in Middleton, Wisconsin, and gain hands-on experience bringing ideas from early concepts to products that people use every day. About the Internship As an Industrial Design Intern, you'll work alongside experienced designers and cross-functional partners to explore ideas, solve problems, and help shape the next generation of Fiskars products. This is an opportunity to contribute to real projects while learning how industrial design works within a global consumer products organization. You'll be involved in different stages of the design process-from research and ideation to sketching, visualization, prototyping, and presenting. You'll have the opportunity to build your portfolio, learn from experienced designers, and see how great ideas evolve into products. What You'll Do Support research, trend exploration, and inspiration gathering to help inform new product opportunities. Participate in brainstorming, problem framing, and concept development. Create sketches, digital renderings, and visual concepts to communicate ideas. Assist with physical and digital mock-ups, models, and prototypes. Help prepare presentations and design stories to communicate concepts and recommendations. Collaborate with industrial designers, engineers, product teams, and other partners to understand how designs move toward production. Explore form, function, usability, ergonomics, and aesthetics in product design. Support designs that reflect the Fiskars DNA and support a user-centered design approach. Participate in design reviews, learn from feedback, and contribute to a defined summer design project or challenge. What You Bring Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related field. A portfolio that demonstrates your creativity, design thinking, and ability to develop ideas. Foundational skills in sketching, visualization, and communicating design concepts. Experience or coursework using software Adobe Creative Suite and SolidWorks Curiosity about how people interact with products and an interest in form, function, usability, and aesthetics. A willingness to ask questions, receive feedback, experiment, and learn. A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working with... For full info follow application link. Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/F2B03D4CAF5549C6
How this job compares
Set against the 776 open Product Design jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$170–242K/yr530 salary ranges
- US median$25–40/hr44 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Product Design jobs in Wisconsin and 776 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Product Design postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (556 postings).
- Education
- 173 of the 776 open Product Design jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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