Industrial Designer
- Design innovative products that blend art and functionality for everyday use.
- Shape the future by creating appealing and practical designs for diverse industries.
- Transform ideas into reality with cutting-edge tools and creative problem-solving.
💰 Earn $66K-$117K
📚 Bachelor Degree
Overview
Design and develop manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.Scoop
Good (Increasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
- Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
- Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
- Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
- Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discuss need for modification.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Influencing or leading others
- Working with my hands
- Being creative or artistic
You are skilled in 💫
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Time Management
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
You value 🙏
- Accomplishing things
- Having freedom
- Personal relationships
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Industrial Designer
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