Fashion, Industrial and Jewellery Designers

Key Tasks

• •Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders
• •Undertaking product research and analysing functional, commercial, cultural and aesthetic requirements
• •Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery
• •Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts
• •Negotiating design solutions with clients, management, and sales and manufacturing staff
• •Selecting, specifying and recommending functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture
• •Detailing and documenting the selected design for production
• •Preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples
• •Supervising the preparation of patterns, programs and tooling, and the manufacture process

Employment Projections to 2034