AddressDesign Intern
Location: Bournemouth /Hybrid
Internship date: 1st July to 23rd August 2024
Salary: £11.50 per hour
About the Role
We are seeking an intern to join our multi-disciplinary Design Team on an 8-week summer internship programme from 1st July to 23rd August 2024.
McCarthy Stone’s internship programme will provide you with an excellent experience where you will gain industry and field-related skills, and experience, while earning a competitive salary. Taking part in our programme will boost your CV and will ensure you have a deep understanding of our business, the industry that we operate in and an insight into our customers.
Working with Cross functional teams to advance and improve our designs for older persons housing. Dependant on the candidate’s expertise, specialism, and interests this can be related to:
- Creating aspirational designs for the fastest growing sector in the industry
- Modernising the way we build - Modular and alternative forms of construction
- Creating cutting edge Interior Design
- Innovative Designs with ‘hidden’ care built in – with a focus on Dementia
- Developing and improving Accessibility ad adaptability standards
- Research opportunities
Alongside your role, you will be part of a cohort of interns which will instantly enable you to start building your internal network at McCarthy Stone. There will also be a series of Learning & Development opportunities to get involved in throughout your journey with us including insight and skills sessions and lunch and learns on key business topics.
This internship is based in our Bournemouth head office. It is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office. In certain circumstances we would consider candidates who live further afield with a smaller requirement to work from Bournemouth.
About You
Education and Qualifications
- Under Graduate or Post graduate level.
- Studying towards a degree or equivalent in a design related field – Architecture or Interiors on target for at least a 2:1 or equivalent.
- An interest in residential design and ideally Older persons housing design
- Able and happy to work independently and set themselves realistic but challenging targets.
Personal Attributes
- Creative thinker and a problem solver
- Interested in a career within residential design
- Organised and works well to deadlines.
- Able to multitask and prioritise.
- Communicates clearly, both written and verbally.
- Shows a good level of attention to detail.
- Works well within a team, but equally on their own.
- Good at building working relationships
- Has a flexible, positive and can-do attitude
- Computer literate and has experience in design software.
What Next?
Please make sure to upload your CV and answer all application questions. Our dedicated recruitment team will then be in touch to continue the process.
As part of the selection process, you will have an initial phone or video interview. If successful, you’ll be invited to face-to-face interview.
The application deadline is 25th March 2024
Please note that we are not able to offer company sponsorship for student visas.
If you have any queries or questions relating to this opportunity or the internship programme, please email
About Us
At McCarthy Stone, we believe that later life is filled with possibilities. We create warm and supportive retirement communities that bring people together to make lives more fulfilling. Everyone at McCarthy Stone is passionate about championing the role, wellbeing, and happiness of older people in society.
We aim to create a better understanding and appreciation of older people by playing our part in helping them to live happy and healthy lives. From senior executive positions to front-line colleagues, we have a shared vision of creating a thriving retirement community, built with innovation and heart, that celebrates later life.
We are delighted to be accredited as a Great Place to Work, and this reflects the evolving culture of excellence and inclusivity in our organisation, and the passion from our teams for what they do.
We recognise the successes, promotions, and achievements of everyone in our business and provide extensive Learning & Development opportunities to support and further you in your career.
McCarthy Stone celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst our colleagues. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.
As the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high quality homes to exacting specifications. As of November 2021, McCarthy Stone operates 475 developments across the UK for more than 20,000 people.
We believe in championing the role, wellbeing and happiness of older people in society. We help our customers have a better later life, so they feel more connected, recognised and valued than ever. In late 2020 we launched the McCarthy Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain.
We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2022 as well as making the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list!
