Roles & Responsibilities
- Working closely with engineers, model makers, sales and marketing staff, and other skilled people
- Understanding technology, production methods, and materials such as textiles, metals, and plastics
- Researching similar products and developing ideas
- Making sketches of ideas by hand or computer, and developing the most effective ideas into detailed drawings using specialist computer software
- Ordering samples or working models of designs
- Reworking ideas based on discussions and feedback from brainstorming and review sessions
- Overseeing the testing of the chosen design
- Working within budgets and to deadlines
Requirements
- A keen eye for shape and color
- An understanding of different materials and production methods
- Technical, practical, and scientific knowledge and the ability to be interested in the way people choose and use products