Job Location: El Segundo, CA
About the Company
Griffin Capital Company is a leading full-service real estate investment management firm with a 30-year track record of leadership, innovation, and disciplined execution. Since its founding in 1995, the firm has owned, managed, sponsored, or co-sponsored approximately $24.5 billion in assets across a wide range of real estate sectors and investment vehicle structures. Griffin Capital remains committed to creating value through thematic investment strategies and delivering thoughtfully developed housing solutions that benefit both communities and capital partners.
Griffin Capital’s investment team is exclusively focused on the rental housing segment of the market, with strategies targeting multifamily, build-to-rent (“BTR”), and student housing investments. The firm’s rental housing portfolio includes 41 institutional-quality communities, comprising over 13,667 rental housing units and 693 student housing beds, representing a total project value exceeding $4.4 billion.
Position Summary
Griffin Capital is seeking an AI Enablement Intern to join the Information Technology team for Summer 2026. This is not a passive support role. The intern will work directly with the Head of IT, Business Applications Manager, and Systems Administrator to help Griffin Capital evaluate, adopt, and operationalize AI tools across all functional departments. The intern will serve as an active contributor to the firm's ongoing AI beta program, partnering with department captains to map use cases, document workflows, and support responsible adoption firm-wide. The ideal candidate brings demonstrated fluency with Claude and generative AI platforms, the intellectual curiosity to quickly learn platform-specific tools as they are introduced, and the communication skills to translate AI capabilities into practical business solutions for a non-technical audience.
This position is based in our El Segundo headquarters and requires 4 days in office. The internship is 32 hours/week for 10-12 weeks, with the option for extension. Exact schedule can be adjusted to accommodate the right candidate. This position is not eligible for immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.
Duties and Responsibilities
AI Beta Program Support
Prompt Library & Knowledge Resources
Process & Workflow Improvement
IT Team Collaboration
Capstone Deliverable
At the close of the internship, the AI Enablement Intern will deliver a Capstone Report to the IT team and select firm leadership summarizing: use case findings and prioritization recommendations by department, the state of the prompt library and adoption resources delivered, an assessment of AI tools evaluated during the program, and recommended next steps for the firm's full AI launch. This presentation serves as the primary accountability mechanism for the internship and as a knowledge transfer document for the organization.
Requirements:Required
Preferred
Salary
The starting compensation range is $20 - $25/hour dependent on depth and relevance of experience.
Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only. Griffin Capital takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees.
Equal Employment Opportunity at Griffin
Griffin Capital Company, LLC (“Company”) is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Griffin Capital will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations and in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.
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