Interior Design Careers

Home staging designer

Selects furniture, art, and decor, and creates designs from an inventory selection for homes to be staged to sell.

Residential Interior Designer

assesses interior spaces and drafts up plans to recreate those spaces according to a client's needs

Holiday designer

assists in the execution and completion of rooftop installations of lights, tree decorating, and other indoor and outdoor décor items.

Industrial Architect

constructs buildings that produces products. Buildings are constructed for the purpose of efficiently and safely processing raw materials into new products.

Exhibition designer

creates fixtures and display stands for events such as large public exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, and temporary displays for businesses

Textile designer

creates patterns and prints in fabrics, for personal and household goods such as furniture, rugs, bed linens, towels, and clothing

Landscape architect

designs attractive and functional public parks, gardens, playgrounds, residential areas, college campuses, and public spaces

Architect

designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction

Industrial designer

designs products, devices, objects, and services used by millions of people around the world every day

Housing and urban development

develops land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities in towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.

Smart Home designer

enhances a home with smart technology to provide solutions that make daily living more productive and easier to access while at home and away

Green designer

incorporates environmental sustainability in the design of a home or community

Event Planner

organizes corporate or private events for companies or individuals

General Contractor

oversees all aspects of a construction project from start to finish. Duties include hiring and training subcontractors, applying for licenses and building permits and providing hands-on supervision to workers on the site

Real estate broker

oversees real estate transactions between buyers and sellers. Duties include drafting contracts for buyers and sellers, negotiating sale prices between buyers and sellers

Interior design painter

paints residential properties. Meets with clients to discuss color schemes, keeps an inventory of supplies like paint brushes, rollers, tarps, or ladders, and works with a team of painters to oversee the completion of painting jobs.

Set designer

responsible for designing the scenery in which a stage, television, or film performance takes place. For example, a living room in a movie.

Art director

responsible for the visual style and images in magazines, newspapers, product packaging, and movie and television productions

Furniture designer

specializes in designing furniture for manufacturers. Designs couches, chairs, tables, shelves, and decorative accents for furniture pieces.

Kitchen designer

work with clients to discuss all aspects of creating, remodeling, or updating the kitchen area of their home. discusses building materials, themes, colors, patterns, and room layout with a client.

Lighting Designer

works with natural and artificial light to transform a space, create the desired mood, and highlight important areas.