| There is more to Interior Design than home | | | | sold at a store. Professional Buyers travel to |
| decorating. The career opportunities for interior | | | | trade shows and are innovators for the latest |
| design graduates are endless. | | | | trends. |
| According to the United States Department of | | | | Hospitality or Service Designer - Working with |
| Labor, employment of interior designers is | | | | hotels/resorts, sports stadiums and restaurants. A |
| expected to grow 19 percent from 2006 to 2016, | | | | hospitality designer creates a pleasant & functional |
| faster than average for all occupations. | | | | space for people to gather. |
| If you are interested in a hands-on education, | | | | Set Designer - Working on television, exhibit, |
| working with the latest design software | | | | movie and theater sets. A set designer works |
| technology that results in a wide variety of fulfilling | | | | closely with the director and studies the script to |
| positions, this may be a career path for you. Earn | | | | determine the appropriate set design. This includes |
| a Bachelors of Science in Interior Design or an | | | | selecting the furniture, wall & floor coverings and |
| Interior Design & Decorating Associates degree | | | | other props to give the set the desired mood and |
| and start your career as a: | | | | time period of the script. |
| Green Designer - Green designers work with | | | | Government Designer - Designing the interiors for |
| builders, specifying eco-friendly materials from | | | | public buildings such as court houses, training |
| renewable resources and designing energy | | | | facilities and jails. Designers who specialize in public |
| efficient homes & buildings in Florida. | | | | buildings concentrate on accessibility design and |
| Healthcare Designer - Designing the interior | | | | operational design. During the interior design |
| structure of hospitals, doctor offices, medical | | | | process of government buildings the interior |
| clinics and facilities. A healthcare interior designer | | | | designers make sure the accessible environment |
| job is to make sure the medical facility is built | | | | meets the needs of people who are blind or have |
| within the governed regulations and technical | | | | poor vision. Also, the designer is responsible to |
| requirements needed to function. Also, a major | | | | design the facility to meet the needs of the |
| role of a medical interior designer is to design the | | | | service it provides. |
| clinic for optimal operational productivity and | | | | Preservationist -Working with historic buildings and |
| increasing the bottom line. | | | | museums. A Preservationist helps preserve, |
| Buyer or Purchasing Agent - Working for large | | | | conserve and protect buildings and its materials of |
| retail stores, department stores and furniture | | | | historic significance. |
| stores. A Buyer decides what merchandise will be | | | | |