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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
- 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
- Designer
- Design Consultant
- Design Assistant
- Decorator
- Color Expert
Tasks for “Designer”
- 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.
- Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- 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.
- Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art works, and accessories.
- Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
- Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
- Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
- Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, and purpose and function.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Electronic scales
- Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards
- Precision tape measures
- Desktop computers
- Plotters
- Three-dimensional laser digitizers
- Digital tape measures
- Triangles
- Drafting triangles
- Digital cameras
- Graphics tablets
- Scanners
- Laptop computers
- T squares
- Protractors
- Drafting scales
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Architects' scales
- Digital camcorders
- Print servers
- Tablet computers
- Google SketchUp
- AutoDesSys form Z
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Graphisoft ArchiCAD
- Microsoft Excel
- Web browser software
- Autodesk Revit Architecture
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- IBM Notes
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Autodesk Architectural Desktop
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk Revit
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- iPhotoMEASURE
- Email software
- 20-20 Technologies 20-20 Design
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- Vectorworks Designer
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- McNeel Rhino software
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Autodesk VIZ