Industrial Design

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging placement opportunity where you can experience the design process on all levels?
The Kohler Mira Design Team based in Cheltenham (UK), is looking for its next Industrial Design (ID) intern The successful candidate will be part of the Industrial Design team for a 12-month paid internship (commencing September 2026).
This year, the job is open to all current 2 nd year students enrolled with a UK-based university (BSc/BA Industrial Design, Product Design or equivalent). The successful candidate will be selected via an online competition in collaboration with Design Truth . Please check Design Truth’s social medias for more insight about the competition.
If you are enthusiastic, ambitious, and driven about design then this is your opportunity
The successful candidate will be an exceptionally creative thinker with a personal commitment to quality and attention to detail. Applicants will be studying a related degree such as BSc/BA Industrial Design, Product Design, or similar.
As a member of a highly creative team, it is important that the successful candidate is continually pushing the boundaries of Industrial Design to ensure that the company stay at the forefront of product development. The ID team has been around for over 55 years and has been awarded 40+ international design awards and is part of a global design team that counts more than 100+ designers.
Currently be studying a degree in BSc/BA Industrial Design, Product Design (or equivalent)
Have good organisation and time management skills
The successful candidate will support the ID studio and project workload throughout the year. Mentored directly by a lead designer from the Mira Shower ID Team, the student will rotate across product categories as the Design Studio’s workload requires. Be a proficient user of 2D design visualisation tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Have a good capability of 3D modelling and visualisation software (e.g. Solidworks, NX, Rhino, Keyshot, Vizcom, or other AI software)
Show excellent creative problem-solving skills
Possess an ability to compile research and create impactful trends/mood boards and presentations (Miro)
Maintain design intention from concept generation to final implementation
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of design principles
Ensure innovation by actively researching, sharing and implementing new trends and materials
Possess excellent time management, organisation and prioritisation skills required to handle multiple projects simultaneously within tight timelines and meet deadlines
Have effective, articulate design communication and decision-making skills
As a member of a highly creative team, it is important that the successful candidate is continually pushing the boundaries of ID to ensure that the company stay at the forefront of product development. The ID team has been around for over 55 years and has been awarded 40+ International design awards and is part of a global design team that counts more than 100+ designers.
The successful candidate will be supported to develop hard skills (CAD software, Adobe Suite, Visualisation) and soft skills (presentation skills, problem solving, communication), and will have the opportunity to learn about different areas of the business
The opportunity to work on real-life projects on a range of categories across our three brands, Mira Showers, Rada and Recoup
The opportunity to learn from and work with our team of award-winning creatives in our open-plan studio space
The opportunity to understand the product design and development process, and how these are built into the wider multi-functional product development process
£23,500 gross salary + 25 days of paid leave (not including bank holidays)
A flexible working environment with in-studio as well as WFH time (upon agreement with the manager)
Please submit your CV, portfolio and competition design submission (see deliverables for more details). We invite Industrial/Product Design students to take part in the 2026 Kohler Mira X Design Truth live brief.
This year’s challenge focuses on rethinking one of the most timeless and familiar household tools: the watering can.
Your task is to redesign a watering can. Consider how design can improve functionality, ergonomics, sustainability, and emotional connection in a simple everyday object.
Who is the watering can for — a home gardener, a city dweller with plants on a balcony, or a professional horticulturist?
How can design make the act of watering more efficient, precise, or enjoyable? How can you include inclusivity within the design? How can the design facilitate transportation and storage?
Aesthetics and brand alignment: Reflect Kohler Mira’s commitment to craft, innovation, and thoughtful design. The final result shouldn’t be just a styling exercise, rather respond to tangible user needs and take manufacturability into account.
How are watering cans manufactured? What are the criteria used to judge your concept?
The concepts will be judged by the Kohler Mira Design Team. Output quality
Design sensibility
Brand awareness
The ID team will award extra points to the concepts that reflect Kohler Mira’s Design DNA.
Monday 12 th January 2026
January 2026
Submission deliverables for the ‘reimagine the watering can’ competition (A3 landscape format)
Ideation board: show us your design process and how you got to the final design. On this board, we are very interested to see your design-thinking process and how you can come up with a concept proposal and create iterations. This can be communicated via sketches (digital or non), and sketch models. What we are interested in seeing here is how you got to the final design and why.
This can be done via CAD renderings, photorealistic sketches or a mix of the two.
1st place: 12 months paid internship + featured on Design Truth and Mira’s LinkedIn + Design Truth event ticket
io) + £500 + featured on Design Truth and Mira’s LinkedIn + Design Truth event ticket
Design Truth honourable mention): £500 + featured on Design Truth and Mira’s LinkedIn + Design Truth event ticket.
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