Develop and design manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.

• Bank-Note Designer
• Cloth Designer
• Commercial Designer
• Furniture Designer
• Industrial Designer
• Memorial Designer
• Ornamental-Metalwork Designer
• Package Designer
• Safety-Clothing-and-Equipment Developer

• Advise corporations on issues involving corporate image projects or problems.
• Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
• Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
• Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers.
• Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality.
• Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
• Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.
• Fabricate models or samples in paper, wood, glass, fabric, plastic, metal, or other materials, using hand or power tools.
• Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using and maintaining it.
• Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• Participate in new product planning or market research, including studying the potential need for new products.
• Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
• Present designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval, and discuss need for modification.
• Read publications, attend showings, and study competing products and design styles and motifs to obtain perspective and generate design concepts.
• Research production specifications, costs, production materials and manufacturing methods, and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
• Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.

• analyze market conditions
• analyze project proposal to determine feasibility, cost, or time
• analyze technical data, designs, or preliminary specifications
• communicate visually or verbally
• confer with client or staff regarding theme
• confer with other departmental heads to coordinate activities
• consult with customers concerning needs
• coordinate activities of assistants
• create art from ideas
• distinguish details in graphic arts material
• draw designs, letters, or lines
• draw prototypes, plans, or maps to scale
• estimate production costs
• evaluate product design
• evaluate product quality for sales activities
• fabricate craft or art objects
• follow manufacturing methods or techniques
• identify color or balance
• identify problems or improvements
• maintain consistent production quality
• make presentations
• organize commercial artistic or design projects
• prepare artwork for camera or press
• read blueprints
• recommend improvements to work methods or procedures
• recommend solutions of administrative problems
• schedule work to meet deadlines
• sketch or draw subjects or items
• understand artistic crafts production methods
• use characteristics of graphic design materials
• use computer aided drafting or design software for design, drafting, modeling, or other engineering tasks
• use computer graphics design software
• use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
• use creativity in graphics
• use creativity in industrial artistry
• use creativity to art or design work
• use drafting or mechanical drawing techniques
• use graphic arts techniques
• use hand or power tools
• use marketing techniques
• use product knowledge to market goods