Career Support
Career Support
Designed to expand your career opportunities.
At the Institute of Design at Illinois Tech, we offer career development support starting on day one. Once enrolled, our students stack their resumes—gaining practical experiences through internships and assistantships, as well as hands-on classes. With our broad focus on business and social innovation, ID has a singular understanding of what organizations are looking for when recruiting talent. We also help make the connections that create opportunity, with a vast alumni network actively recruiting from within the greater ID community.
Career Services & Experiences
Organizations hire our students as interns, externs, and research assistants to work on a variety of projects, from improving healthcare delivery systems to discovering the future of the workplace.
From defining requirements, to analysis and co-design workshops, sponsored classes allow students to work directly with organizations on challenging issues.
We offer a number of events to help students and alumni connect to industry leaders and polish their career skills.
ID alum and Associate Director of Career Services Peter Zapf hosts the career workshop series and helps students prepare for their careers with resume reviews and mock interviews.
Our engaged alumni network of 2400+ is spread out across the globe and actively recruits our graduates to a multitude of roles and industry sectors.
Students and alumni have the opportunity to connect with Illinois Tech Career Services for resume consultations and interview preparation.
Support
Peter Zapf stands in the ID outside courtyard
Peter Zapf
Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives
Current students should contact Peter about career-related questions, including internships, mentorships, and recruitID.
From Our Students
Why Did You Come to ID?
“I came to ID during a crossroads in my life where I wanted to figure out how to blend the skills that I’ve learned with the skills that I want.”
—Sai Allena (MDes + MBA 2024)
“There were so many large systemic problems that my background in architecture and structural engineering was not preparing me to solve.”
—Tera Delancy (MDes + MBA 2024)
Why ID?
“I have the opportunity to really dig deep into systems and understand what needs to change and why it needs to change.”
—Faysal Biobaku (MDes 2024)
“If you’re considering design in general, ID is the place to be for thinking broadly and deeply about what design means.”
—Michael George (MDes + MBA 2025)
What Makes ID Special?
“I love the small intimacy you receive at ID.”
—Selena Burke (PhD 2025)
“I’m an international student, but I’ve never been in a room where there’s so many different nationalities, races, backgrounds.”
—Samantha Chandra (MDes 2025)
