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Job Description
Plan, design, and furnish interiors of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings. Formulate design which is practical, aesthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity, selling merchandise, or improving life style. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-1025.00
 - The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 56,220.00
 - The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
 - Currently, there are 53,160 people on this job
 
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Interior Designers”.
Also Known As…
- Interior Designers
 - Interior Designer
 - Interior Design Director
 - Interior Design Coordinator
 - Interior Design Consultant
 - Director of Interiors
 - Designer
 - Decorating Consultant
 - Commercial Interior Designer
 - Color and Materials Designer
 - Certified Kitchen Designer
 - Room Designer
 - Residential Designer
 - Lighting Designer
 - Kitchen Designer
 - Kitchen and Bath Designer
 - Interior Design Assistant
 - Interior Decorator
 - House Designer
 - Home Lighting Adviser
 - Home Designer
 - Home Decorator
 - Furniture Arranger
 - Environmental Designer
 - Design Assistant
 - Decorator
 - Color Expert
 
Tasks for “Design Consultant”
- Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
 - Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
 - Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art works, and accessories.
 - Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
 - Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
 - Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
 - Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
 - Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
 - Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
 - Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, and purpose and function.
 - Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
 
Related Technology & Tools
- T squares
 - Personal computers
 - Print servers
 - Triangles
 - Architects' scales
 - Tablet computers
 - Digital camcorders
 - Digital cameras
 - Desktop computers
 - Digital tape measures
 - Scanners
 - Precision tape measures
 - Laptop computers
 - Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards
 - Drafting triangles
 - Protractors
 - Plotters
 - Graphics tablets
 - Drafting scales
 - Personal digital assistants PDA
 - Three-dimensional laser digitizers
 - Electronic scales
 
- 20-20 Technologies 20-20 Design
 - Autodesk VIZ
 - Autodesk AutoCAD
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
 - Microsoft Office
 - AutoDesSys form Z
 - Vectorworks Designer
 - Microsoft PowerPoint
 - Autodesk 3ds Max
 - Microsoft Excel
 - Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
 - Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
 - Autodesk Architectural Desktop
 - Autodesk Revit Architecture
 - Microsoft Word
 - iPhotoMEASURE
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
 - Graphisoft ArchiCAD
 - Email software
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
 - McNeel Rhino software
 - Autodesk Revit
 - MAXON CINEMA 4D
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
 - Web browser software
 - Google SketchUp
 - IBM Notes