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Job Description
- Designs furniture for manufacture, according to knowledge of design trends, offerings of competition, production costs, capability of production facilities, and characteristics of company's market.
- Confers with production, design, and sales personnel to obtain design suggestions and customer orders.
- Evaluates orders and proposals to determine feasibility of producing item.
- Sketches freehand design of article.
- Obtains approval from customer, design committee, or authorized company officials, and originates scale or full size drawing, using drawing instruments.
- Prepares itemized production requirements to produce item.
- Traces drawing on material for use in production of blueprints, using drawing instruments.
- Prepares or directs preparation of blueprints containing manufacturing specifications, such as dimensions, kind of wood, and upholstery fabrics to be used in manufacturing article.
- Attends staff conference with plant personnel to explain and resolve production requirements.
- May design and prepare detailed drawings of jigs, fixtures, forms, or tools required to be used in production.
- May plan modifications for completed furniture to conform to changes in design trends and increase customer acceptance.
- May design custom pieces or styles according to specific period or country.
- May build or oversee construction of models or prototypes.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor degree in applied arts or fine arts
- Good knowledge of Autocad, 3D max and Sketch
