Furniture Designer

• Designs furniture for manufacture, according to the knowledge of design trends, offerings of competition, production costs, the capability of production facilities, and characteristics of company's market: Confers with production, design, and sales personnel to obtain design suggestions and customer orders.
• Sketches freehand design of the article.
• Obtains approval from the customer, design committee, or authorized company officials, and originates scale or full-size drawing, 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..
• 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 build or oversee construction of models or prototypes.

job requirements

2 to 5 years

Not Specified