Interior Designers

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (56%).

• Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
• Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
• Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
• Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
• Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
• Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.

• Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.
• Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.
• Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
• Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
• Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.
• Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.
• Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
• Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
• Research and explore the use of new materials, technologies, and products to incorporate into designs.