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Pathway: Marketing, Sales & Customer Service
Job: Interior Designer
Job Description
Interior Designers plan the space and furnish the interiors of private homes, buildings, businesses and institutional facilities. They also prepare drawings and specifications for non-load bearing interior construction, furnishings, lighting and finishes. They use computers to plan layouts.
Necessary Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Helpful High School Courses
Mathematics, Art, Computerized Design, English, Psychology
Working Conditions
- Work varies due to type and place of employment; some work in comfortable office space
- Work schedules may be adjusted to meet clients needs and clients available times
- Work involves pressure to please clients and find new ones
Delaware Salary Range
- 2003,
Delaware average annual salary
$41,880
- 2003,
Delaware average hourly wage,
$20.14
Career Ladder Information
- Associate Degree graduates normally qualify to assist designers
- Interior designers are often self-employed
- Experienced designers in large companies may advance to design department head or other supervisory position
- Some designers become teachers in design schools and colleges
- Master’s Degree may increase earnings
Personal Qualities and Interests
You:
- Have artistic abilities
- Are very creative
- Have a strong sense of the esthetics – an eye for color, sense of proportion and balance
- Like dealing with people and satisfying needs of customers
- Have salesmanship skills
- Able to communicate ideas in writing, visually and verbally
- Are open to new ideas and trends
- Able to deal with rejection as part of the job
Did you know?
- Interior Design is the only design field subject to government regulations such as building codes and public access for disabled and elderly
Additional Information
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