Interior Designers and Decorators plan and design commercial, industrial, public, retail and residential building interiors and design posters and other print materials. They coordinate and participate in construction and decoration.
Determining the design by consulting with clients, undertaking research and analysing functional requirements or studying layouts;
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Designing industrial and commercial products, including new types and styles of clothing and accessories and harmonising aesthetic considerations with technical and other requirements;
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Supervising the production of sample products or designing illustrations, instructing other workers in making models or patterns of products, or instructing finishing or layout artists in assembling artwork for printing;
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Creating interior decorating schemes and planning furnishings for houses, public buildings, ships and other places;
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Designing and painting backdrops;
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Creating and executing artistic effects for use in show windows and other display/promotional areas;
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Designing floral arrangements such as wreaths, bouquets and corsages according to customers’ preference, purpose, occasion and availability of flowers;
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Performing related tasks; and
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Supervising, scheduling and monitoring the tasks of other workers.
What are the skills required?
Skills, knowledege and abilities that are essential to carry out a task with determined results. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.
Hard Skill
AutoCAD
AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application.
Soft Skill
Communication
The ability to communicate effectively with superiors, colleagues, and staff is essential, no matter what industry you work in.
Hard Skill
SketchUp
Working experience of SketchUp. SketchUp, formerly Google Sketchup, is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design. It is available as a freeware version, SketchUp Make, and a paid version with additional functionality, SketchUp Pro.
Hard Skill
Photoshop
Manage and preparing Photo editing, Vector tracing, Typography, Free hand drawing, Color theory, Print design: flyers, posters, brochures, megazines, business cards, Sketching, Layout and Branding
Hard Skill
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for macOS and Windows.
Hard Skill
Project Management
Project management is the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria.
Soft Skill
Research
Experience performing creative and systematic work to understand a product, market, or customer, either before building a new solution, or to troubleshoot an existing issue
Soft Skill
Space Planning
Space planningis a fundamental element of theinterior designprocess. Itstarts with an in-depthanalysisof how the space is to be used. Thedesignerthen draws up a plan thatdefines the zonesof the space and theactivities that will take placein those zones. The space plan will alsodefine thecirculation patternsthat show how people willmove through the space. The plan is finished by adding details of all thefurniture, equipment and hardware placement.
Hard Skill
3D rendering
Working experience of 3D rendering. 3D rendering is the 3D computer graphics process of automatically converting 3D wire frame models into 2D images on a computer. 3D renders may include photo realistic effects or non-photo realistic rendering.
Hard Skill
Illustrator
The computer program Adobe Illustrator CC is a graphical ICT tool which enables digital editing and composition of graphics to generate both 2D raster or 2D vector graphics. It is developed by the software company Adobe.
Soft Skill
Marketing
Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships.
Soft Skill
Planning
Planning (also called forethought) is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal.
Soft Skill
Time Management
Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities - especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.
Hard Skill
V-Ray
V-Ray is a commercial rendering plug-in for 3D computer graphics software applications.
Hard Skill
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems.
Hard Skill
Interior Architecture
Interior Architecture is the design of a space inside any building or shelter type home that can be fixed. It can also be the initial design and plan for use, then later redesign to accommodate a changed purpose, or a significantly revised design for adaptive reuse of the building shell.
Hard Skill
3D Modeling
The process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of an object via specialised software. The product is called a 3D model. It can be displayed as a two-dimensional image through a process called 3D rendering or used in a computer simulation of physical phenomena. The model can also be physically created using 3D printing devices.
Hard Skill
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is an office suite of applications, servers, and services developed by Microsoft.
Soft Skill
Problem Solving
Problem solving consists of using generic or ad hoc methods, in an orderly manner, for finding solutions to problems.
Hard Skill
3D Visualization
Develop visual design from given specifications and requirements, based on the analysis of the scope and target audience. Create a visual representation of ideas such as logos, website graphics, digital games and layouts.
Hard Skill
Costing
Cost accounting is a type of accounting process that aims to capture a company's costs of production by assessing the input costs of each step of production as well asfixed costssuch asdepreciationof capital equipment.
Soft Skill
Speaking
ability to communicate effectively. These skills allow the speaker, to convey his message in a passionate, thoughtful, and convincing manner
Soft Skill
Writing
Experience expressing business messages effectively in written form. This may include planning drafting and revising as necessary.
Hard Skill
3D Studio Max
Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio, then 3D Studio Max is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images.
Hard Skill
Architectural Design
Concept that focuses on the components or elements of a structure or system and unifies them into a coherent and functional whole, according to a particular approach in achieving the objective(s) under the given constraints or limitations.
Hard Skill
Graphic Design
Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving using one or more of typography, photography and illustration.
Soft Skill
Leadership
Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
Hard Skill
Animation
Animation is the process of making the illusion of motion and the illusion of change by means of the rapid succession of sequential images that minimally differ from each other.
Hard Skill
InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and typesetting software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and ebooks.
Soft Skill
Listening
Expertise in focusing on the words and intention being communicated by another in a way that demostrates focus and enhances the effectiveness of the interaction.
Hard Skill
Schematic Design
A schematic, or schematic diagram, is a representation of the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures.
Hard Skill
Administration Management
The process of creating information systems and supervising its flow from and to others within an organization.
Hard Skill
Autodesk 3ds Max
Video creation and editing software
Hard Skill
Autodesk AutoCAD
Computer aided design CAD software
Hard Skill
Building Design
Building design refers to the broadly based architectural, engineering and technical applications to the design of buildings.
Soft Skill
Computer Literacy
The ability to use computers and related technology efficiently for work tasks.
Hard Skill
Construction Management
Construction Project Management (CM) is a professional service that uses specialized, project management techniques to oversee the planning, design, and construction of a project, from its beginning to its end.
Hard Skill
Creative Design
Skills to produce a finished model, graphic or label. We have reviewed several job listings and found the following among the core Creative Designer duties and responsibilities.
Soft Skill
Critical Thinking
Experience objectively examining assumptions (adopted rules of thumb) underlying current beliefs to assess their correctness and legitimacy, and thus to validate or invalidate business beliefs.
Soft Skill
Decision Making
In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities.
Soft Skill
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information.
Hard Skill
Engineering Drawings
Working experience of Engineering Drawings, which are a type of technical drawing, is used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items.
Engineering drawing (the activity) produces engineering drawings (the documents). More than merely the drawing of pictures, it is also a language - a graphical language that communicates ideas and information from one mind to another.
Hard Skill
Illustration
Experience creating images that enhance product marketing or user training documentation.
Hard Skill
Image Editing
Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital photographs, traditional photochemical photographs, or illustrations.
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Mapping
Graphical representation of a procedure, process, structure, or system that depicts arrangement of and relationships among its different components, and traces flows of energy, goods, information, materials, money, personnel, etc. See also mind mapping.
Soft Skill
Marketing Communications
Marketing communications (MC, marcom, marcomm) uses different marketing channels and tools in combination: Marketing communication channels focuses on any way a business communicates a message to its desired market, or the market in general.
Hard Skill
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.
Hard Skill
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program currently developed by Microsoft, for use on both Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems.
Field of Study Required
Field of study consists of a broad area of academic and skills qualifications that come under a similar branch of subject knowledge. In addition, courses offered under each field of study require similar academic entry requirements.