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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
 
Also Known As…
- 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 Consultant
 - Design Assistant
 - Decorator
 - Color Expert
 
Tasks for “Interior Designers”
- Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art works, and accessories.
 - Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
 - Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
 - Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
 - Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
 - Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
 
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic scales
 - Graphics tablets
 - Laptop computers
 - Drafting scales
 - Digital cameras
 - Personal computers
 - Protractors
 - Drafting triangles
 - Three-dimensional laser digitizers
 - Architects' scales
 - Tablet computers
 - T squares
 - Precision tape measures
 - Personal digital assistants PDA
 - Plotters
 - Print servers
 - Digital camcorders
 - Triangles
 - Desktop computers
 - Digital tape measures
 - Scanners
 - Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards
 
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
 - AutoDesSys form Z
 - Graphisoft ArchiCAD
 - 20-20 Technologies 20-20 Design
 - Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
 - Autodesk Architectural Desktop
 - Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
 - Autodesk AutoCAD
 - Autodesk 3ds Max
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
 - Google SketchUp
 - Autodesk Revit
 - Autodesk Revit Architecture
 - Microsoft PowerPoint
 - iPhotoMEASURE
 - McNeel Rhino software
 - Autodesk VIZ
 - IBM Notes
 - Microsoft Word
 - Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
 - Email software
 - Microsoft Office
 - Microsoft Excel
 - Vectorworks Designer
 - Web browser software