Interior Designers

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Designer, Interior Design Consultant, Interior Design Coordinator, Interior Designer

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What they do:
Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.
On the job, you would:
  • Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
  • Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology

  • design
  • building and construction

Business

  • customer service
  • management

Arts and Humanities

  • English language
  • music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • create new and original ideas
  • come up with lots of ideas

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Attention to Detail
  • Innovation
  • Dependability
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Cooperation
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Computer aided design CAD software

  • Autodesk Revit Hot Technology In Demand
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro Hot Technology In Demand

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology In Demand

Graphics or photo imaging software

  • Adobe Creative Cloud software Hot Technology In Demand
  • Adobe Illustrator Hot Technology In Demand

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Average
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
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