Interior Designers

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.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

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.

Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.

Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.

Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.

Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.

Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.

Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.

Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Revit

Computer aided design and drafting software CADD

Trimble SketchUp Pro

Microsoft PowerPoint

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud software

Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop

iPhotoMEASURE

Email software

IBM Notes

Microsoft Outlook

Autodesk 3ds Max

Maxon Cinema 4D

Microsoft Excel

Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office software

Microsoft Word

Architects' scales

Drafting scales

Electronic scales

Drafting triangles

Digital tape measures

Precision tape measures

Three-dimensional laser digitizers

Graphics tablets

Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards

Laptop computers

Personal digital assistants PDA

Interior Designer

You won't make very much money being a designer.

Katie Thompson

Interior Designer

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My work combines:

My work combines:

Design

Technology

Problem Solving

Recommended Education

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Katie Thompson

Interior Designer

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Design

Technology

Problem Solving

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Peers:

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