MBA Intern

Work with our awesome team

RKS has been at the forefront of Innovation in the United States for the last 42 years. We are considered one of the top firms globally for product design, engineering, and development service, as well as digital design and engineering, and experience design. Our work brings innovation that enhances everyday lives, from sporting goods to dental devices, to wearables to household appliances, and global and local NGOs. 

The key to our success is our collaborative and creative environment. Our diverse team is lead by some of the most celebrated and senior professionals in our industry. We work on all projects as a tight-knit team, drawing on each other’s strengths, capabilities, and good humor. Our office is a state-of-the art solar-powered design studio.

We are looking for a dynamic and engaging project coordinator. In this role you manage multi-disciplinary projects of varying sizes, establish rapport with both our team and our clients, and create a track record of successful delivery. This position plays a multi-faceted role: first and foremost, you are responsible for all aspects of the project life cycle: diagnosing client needs, managing program teams, and leveraging the knowledge and creativity of colleagues to generate robust solutions to client business challenges.

You will use a variety of project management tools to inspire, coordinate, and manage the daily activities of your project teams. You will participate in weekly planning meetings to support resource leveling. You will guide the integration of work by our execution team – cultivating collaboration, balancing trade-offs, and helping ensure that we create meaningful solutions to product design challenges.

This is a hybrid position, for our Thousand Oaks office.

You can find more about RKS: rksdesign.com

In this role, you will:

Consult Market and User Research

• Conduct primary and secondary research to gather data on market trends, consumer behavior, and competitors.
  
• Analyze research data to identify patterns, insights, and opportunities.
  
• Design and implement surveys or questionnaires to gather user feedback.
  
• Compile research findings into comprehensive reports for further analysis by the team.
  

Create Presentations and Documentation

• Develop engaging PowerPoint presentations to summarize research findings, proposals, or project updates.
  
• Create charts, graphs, and other visual aids to effectively communicate data and insights.
  
• Ensure all documents and presentations are error-free, clear, and professional.
  
• Maintain a systematic archive of research materials, presentations, and related documents.
  

Support Projects though Collaboration

• Provide support to project teams by contributing to brainstorming sessions and strategy meetings.
  
• Work with various departments (e.g., engineering, UI/UX, strategy) to align research with broader project goals.
  
• Assist in coordinating various tasks and activities within the project timeline.
  
• Actively seek and incorporate feedback from team members into ongoing tasks.
  

Requirements

Key Requirements

• Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills, coupled with responsiveness and follow-through on details
  
• Familiarity with and/or interest in consulting environments and how they work
  
• Work Authorization: Located and authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time
  

Preferred Requirements

• BA preferred, but not a required
  
• MBA
  
• Experience with front-end and back-end software (app, mobile and/or embedded software) development projects
  
• Knoweldge of P/A
  

Other Qualifications

• You love what we do! You have a true passion for project management and human-centered product design. You want to be deeply
  
• immersed in the product development process and are willing to educate yourself as needed to truly understand the nature of client work. You like to explore new territories and learn from others
  
• You cultivate and thrive in collaborative environments. You have interest and/or experience in inspiring, empowering, and guiding interdisciplinary teams of researchers, strategists, designers, and engineers
  
• You are familiar with how to plan and maintain client projects from start to finish. You are happy to adjust work plans ad budgets as needed, depending on project process
  
• You are committed to high standards of workmanship. You are self-motivated and can work independently with little oversight
  
• You are an excellent communicator with exemplary writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills – all needed for interaction with clients, participants, and internal teams
  
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, because sometimes that leads to the most unique, unexpected design solutions